guā mù xiāng kàn

to be astonished by someone's progress; to treat someone with renewed respect

qián shì jīn shēng

the preceding and current lives; past and present

dòng shǒu dòng jiǎo

to come to blows; to take liberties (with women)

直译: to move one's hands and feet

huà yǔ chūn fēng

benefits of education; positive influence of a teacher

直译: rain and spring wind

shí wàn huǒ jí

extremely urgent

shí shì jiǔ kōng

desolate after a war or disaster; deserted as people have died or fled

直译: nine out of ten houses are empty

出处: First attested in c. 317, in Baopuzi Outer Chapter XIV (《抱朴子·外篇·用刑》)

qiān wàn mǎi lín

good neighbours are hard to find

直译: to buy a neighbour for ten million

qiān qí bǎi guài

💡 Янз бүрийн сонин хачин.

qiān shān wàn shuǐ

many rivers and mountains; distant, dangerous and difficult path

直译: one thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers

qiān yán wàn yǔ

thousands and thousands of words; to have much to say

qiān nán wàn nán

very difficult

bàn jīn bā liǎng

six of one, half a dozen of the other; not much to choose between the two

直译: half catty, eight taels

出处: From the historical Chinese system of measuring weight, wherein one catty (斤 (jīn)) was equal to 16 taels (兩／两 (liǎng)).

bàn xīn bù jiù

no longer new; showing signs of wear; worn

nán běi dōng xī

alternative form of 東西南北 /东西南北 (dōngxīnánběi)

lì lì kě shǔ

every one of them can be seen distinctly; can be counted one by one

lì lì zài mù

vivid in one's mind

biàn míng yì xìng

synonym of 改名換姓 /改名换姓 (gǎimínghuànxìng)

kǒu bù zé yán

to talk indiscreetly; to talk recklessly

kǒu kou shēng shēng

keep on (saying); repeatedly (say); (say) over and over again

kǒu kuài xīn zhí

synonym of 心直口快 (xīnzhíkǒukuài, “outspoken and straightforward”)

kǒu shì xīn fēi

to say one thing but mean another; what one thinks is different from what one says; two-faced; duplicity

直译: mouth (says) yes, heart (says) no

kǒu zhí xīn kuài

synonym of 心直口快 (xīnzhíkǒukuài, “outspoken and straightforward”)

zhī zì bù tí

not say a single word (about something)

zhī yán piàn yǔ

a word or two; a few isolated words and phrases

chī hē wán lè xíng

to eat, drink, play, enjoy and travel

hé liǎng wéi yī

synonym of 合二為一 /合二为一 (hé'èrwéiyī, “to combine two things into one”)

hé èr wéi yī

to combine (two things) into one; to merge into a single whole

hé ér wéi yī

to combine into one; to merge into a single whole

tóng nián ér yǔ

to mention things on equal terms

tóng rì ér yǔ

💡 Хоёр юмыг нэг түвшинд тавьж харьцуулах (ихэвчлэн «болохгүй» гэж хэрэглэнэ).

直译: to speak of two things on the same day

míng cóng zhǔ rén

to refer to something by the name its owner refers to it by

míng mǎn tiān xià

world-famous

míng huā yǒu zhǔ

the famed beauty has been spoken for; (of a girl, or something precious) to be taken

直译: the famous flower has already got a host

míng guò qí shí

to have an exaggerated reputation; to fall short of one's reputation