duō shì zhī qiū

troubled period; eventful times

duō kuài hǎo shěng

greater, faster, better and more economical

出处: From the slogan proposed by Mao Zedong in the Great Leap Forward Movement

duō cái duō yì

💡 Олон авьяас, олон чадвартай.

yè bàn sān gēng

in the middle of the night; late at night

yè shēn rén jìng

💡 Шөнө гүн, хүмүүс унтаж нам гүм болсон үе.

dà zhōng zhì zhèng

perfectly fair and impartial

dà zuò wén zhāng

to make a big thing out of a certain matter to escalate the situation and achieve one's own goals

dà gōng gào chéng

💡 Том ажил бүрэн дуусч, амжилтад хүрэх.

出处: First attested in c. 1335, in《大元勅賜脩堰碑》by the Yuan-era historian Jie Xisi

dà fā pí qi

💡 Ихэд уурлаж, ааш нь хөдлөх.

dà hū xiǎo jiào

to shout aloud; to be loud and noisy

dà shī suǒ wàng

to be greatly disappointed

dà fù dà guì

to have great wealth and prestige

dà tíng guǎng zhòng

public place with numerous people; (before) a big crowd; (on) a public occasion

dà jīng shī sè

to turn pale with fright

dà yǒu wén zhāng

there's something behind all this; there's more to it than meets the eye

dà cái xiǎo yòng

to use a talented person in an insignificant position; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut

dà bù liú xīng

with vigorous strides; at a stride

dà jiāng nán běi

💡 Хятад орон даяар, өмнөд хойд бүх нутаг.

直译: north and south sides of the great (Yangtze) river

dà ér huà zhī

to do something carelessly and not pay attention to details

出处: From Mencius

dà ér wú dàng

large but impractical; unwieldy

dà fèi zhōu zhāng

to spend a lot of time and effort to handle a complicated matter; to go to a lot of trouble to handle a difficult matter

dà qǐ dà luò

💡 Огцом өсөж, огцом буурах.

dà fēng dà làng

💡 Амьдралын том шуурга, хүнд сорилт.

dà bǎo yǎn fú

to feast one's eyes on something

tiān xià dà luàn

the world is in chaos

tiān xià wú shuāng

unique; unparalleled; singular

直译: without another one in the entire world

tiān xià wú nán shì zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén

nothing is difficult if one is dedicated

tiān zuò zhī hé

heaven-made match; a match made in heaven

出处: From the Classic of Poetry, poem 236 (《詩經·大雅·大明》)

tiān gōng zuò měi

the weather is good, especially for an event

直译: the heavens are cooperative

tiān gè yī fāng

to be very far apart from one another

tiān wú èr rì

there cannot be two monarchs or chiefs at the same time

直译: there are no two suns in the sky

出处: From Confucius, quoted in Mencius and the Book of Rites. Mencius, Book 9 (《孟子·萬章上》): : Book of Rites, Book 7 (《禮記·曾子問》)

tiān shēng lì zhì

to be a natural beauty; to be smart and beautiful

tiān gāo dì hòu

the vastness of the world; profound; deep (of kindness); complexity of things

直译: as high as the heavens and as deep as the earth

出处: From the Classic of Poetry, poem 192 (《詩經·小雅·正月》)

shī shēng dà xiào

to burst out laughing; to burst into laughter

shī ér fù dé

to regain something after it has been lost

tóu tòng yī tóu jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo

to treat symptoms but not the disease; to take stopgap measures rather than getting to the root cause of the problem

直译: treat the head when the head hurts, treat the foot when the foot hurts

tóu tòng nǎo rè

synonym of 頭疼腦熱 /头疼脑热 (tóuténgnǎorè, “headache and slight fever; slight illness”)

tóu pò xuè liú

💡 Толгой нь хагарч, цус алдтал зодуулах; хүнд цохилт авах.

直译: head broken open and blood flowing (bleeding)

qí tán guài lùn

absurd argument or remark