yī liǎo bǎi liǎo

all troubles end when the main trouble ends; death ends all one's troubles

yī wǔ yī shí

💡 Болсон явдлыг юуг ч орхилгүй, нэг бүрчлэн эхнээс нь дуустал ярих.

直译: one five, one ten

出处: From counting by fives.

yī chàng yī hè

to echo each other

yī chàng bǎi hè

to meet with general approval

直译: when one starts singing, all the others join in

yī guó sān gōng

divided leadership

直译: a state with three rulers

yī wén bù míng

penniless

yī xīng bàn diǎn

a tiny bit; a very small amount

yī xīng bàn diǎn r

erhua form of 一星半點／一星半点 (yīxīng-bàndiǎn, “a tiny bit; a very small amount”)

yī qī yī huì

you should treasure every encounter, for it will never recur

出处: Wasei kango (和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご)), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 一(いち)期(ご)一(いち)会(え) (ichigo ichie).

yī lái èr qù

💡 Ирж очиж харилцсаар байгаад аажимдаа ямар нэг зүйл болох.

yī bìng bù qǐ

to fall gravely ill and never recover since

yī yǔ zhòng dì

to hit the mark with a single comment

qī shàng bā xià

💡 Юу болохыг мэдэхгүй хүлээж, сэтгэл тавгүй, зүрх дэлсэж түгших.

出处: A derivative of the general 七……八…… structure for chengyu. Compare English at sixes and sevens.

qī lǎo bā shí

very old; in one's old age

sān qī èr shí yī

(to not care about) the actual situation; facts of the matter

直译: three sevens beget twenty-one

出处: Originally a line in the Chinese multiplication table.

sān bù wǔ shí

sometimes; from time to time; occasionally; now and then

shàng shàng xià xià

💡 Дээрээс доош хүртэл, ахмад залуу, дарга ажилтан хэнийг ч орхилгүй бүгд.

出处: AABB-type reduplication of 上下 (shàngxià)

xià wèn

to ask someone who is less learned or of lesser status than oneself

bù kě duō dé

💡 Амархан олддоггүй, ховор бөгөөд үнэ цэнэтэй хүн, зүйл.

bù míng yī wén

penniless; broke

直译: without a penny to one's name

bù míng yī qián

penniless; broke

直译: without a penny to one's name

bù dà bù xiǎo

💡 Хэт том ч биш, хэт жижиг ч биш, яг тохирсон хэмжээтэй.

bù míng bù bái

unclear; vague; ambiguous; without a clear reason; for no reason; unjustly; shady; of an unclear source

bù shì wán r de

to be no joke

bù jiàn tiān rì

to live in a world of injustice; to keep something secret

直译: not to see the sun nor the sky

yǐ xiǎo jiàn dà

to see the forest for the trees; to discern the big picture or an overall pattern from small details

gōng míng zhèng dà

alternative form of 光明正大 (guāngmíngzhèngdà)

qián hòu bù yī

inconsistent; unmatching

bāo yī bǎi bìng

synonym of 包治百病 (bāozhìbǎibìng, “guaranteed to cure all illnesses; cure-all”)

bāo dǎ tiān xià

to take care of everything and not allow others to get involved

shí yǒu bā jiǔ

💡 Бараг лав, арваас найм есөн нь.

直译: eight or nine out of ten

bàn bù

synonym of 半……半…… (bàn bàn, “half …, half …”)

bàn dà bù xiǎo

between childhood and adulthood

bàn gōng bàn dú

to work part-time while studying

bàn wén bàn bái

half literary, half vernacular

chī chī hē hē

to eat and drink (especially for social purposes); to wine and dine

tóng dào zhōng rén

person that share the same interests and aspirations

hòu zhī hòu jué

to only become aware of something after it has happened

tīng shuō dú xiě

💡 Хэл сурахын дөрвөн чадвар: сонсох, ярих, унших, бичих.