cóng shàn rú liú

to be happy and quick to accept good advice

cóng róng jiù yì

to die for a just cause calmly and fearlessly

dài dài xiāng chuán

to pass down from generation to generation

lìng rén fà zhǐ

to raise someone's hackles; to arouse one's anger; highly offensive; objectionable; frightening; scary; hair-raising

直译: to make one's hair stand up

lìng xíng jìn zhǐ

to enforce total obedience to commands; to have all orders abode by

出处: Frequently used in various pre-Qin texts. An explanatory usage can be found in Guanzi: : In the same book, this four-character form was attested five times, once in Chapter 6 and four times in Chapter 67, for example: : Contemporaneously, attested three times in Xunzi, three times in Han Feizi, and once in The Lost Books of Zhou, see the quotations below.

yǐ xíng bǔ xíng

to supposedly heal or nourish a body part by eating something that is visually similar to the respective body part, often the corresponding body part of an animal

yǐ zhàn yǎng zhàn

bellum se ipsum alet, to use resources obtained in a war to support that war

yǐ bào yì bào

to replace one tyranny with another

出处: From The Records of the Historian, Vol. 61

yǐ cǐ lèi tuī

💡 Үүнтэй адилаар үргэлжлүүлэн бодох, гэх мэтчилэн.

yǐ lèi xǐ miàn

to grieve greatly; to be filled with sorrow

直译: to wash one's face with tears

yǐ zhí bào yuàn

to recompense injury with justice

出处: From the Analects, Book 14 (《論語·憲問》)

yǐ tuì wéi jìn

to retreat for the sake of advancing

yǐ fáng wàn yī

💡 Юу ч болж магадгүй гэж урьдчилан бэлдэх.

shāng fēng bài sú

to corrupt public morals

sì dǒng fēi dǒng

to not really understand; to half-understand

直译: to seem to understand, but not to understand

sì shuǐ liú nián

years passing by quickly, like the water stream; time flies

tǐ tiē rù wēi

to be extremely considerate towards someone; to be very considerate and thoughtful; to look after with meticulous care

fó kǒu shé xīn

to speak with benevolence and mercy but be vicious and malicious in reality

直译: mouth (or words) of a Buddha, heart of a snake

zuò wēi zuò fú

to openly abuse power; to tyrannize

直译: to punish and award

出处: From 《尚書·洪範》.

jiā ǒu tiān chéng

💡 Тэнгэрээс заяасан сайхан хос.

yī rán rú gù

💡 Урьдын хэвээрээ, юу ч өөрчлөгдөөгүй байх.

yī rán gù wǒ

to remain unchanged; to be just the same as before

bǎo jià hù háng

💡 Ямар нэг зүйлийг хамгаалж, саадгүй явахад нь тусална.

xìn ér yǒu zhēng

to be true and supported by evidence

出处: From Zuozhuan

jiè gǔ yù jīn

to allude to present events or figures by referencing historical events or figures

jiè huā jìng fó

to offer something that one has received (as a gift, favour, etc.) to someone else

直译: to borrow flowers to venerate Buddha

jiè huā xiàn fó

to offer something that one has received (as a gift, favour, etc.) to someone else

直译: to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha

jiè tí fā huī

to seize on an incident to express one's own ideas

jiǎ gōng jì sī

to exploit public office for private gain

jiǎ mó jiǎ yàng

to behave in an affected way; to put on an act

bàng rén mén hù

to depend on others; to be unable to live independently

ào màn bù gōng

arrogant and impudent; insolent and disrespectful

xiōng yǒu dì gōng

to show love and respect as good brothers should

chōng ěr bù wén

to turn a deaf ear

直译: to stuff one's ears and pretend not to hear

xiān fā zhì rén

to take the initiative to subdue the enemy; to take preemptive measures

guāng guài lù lí

monstrous and multicolored; grotesque and variegated

kè dí zhì shèng

to defeat the enemy and win

rù xiāng suí sú

when in Rome, do as the Romans do

直译: when entering a village, follow the customs

rù jìng suí sú

when in Rome, do as the Romans do

出处: Literally, “Enter an area, follow the local customs”.