kě xiǎng ér zhī

💡 Хэлэлгүй ч бодоод мэдэхээр.

shǐ wú qián lì

unprecedented

sī kōng jiàn guàn

💡 Дасаад гайхахаа больсон, энгийн үзэгдэл.

出处: A literary allusion. 司空 is an ancient official title, here referring to Li Shen.

chī hē wán lè

to eat, drink and be merry; to seek pleasure instead of doing work

直译: eat, drink, play and be merry

gè shū jǐ jiàn

💡 Хүн бүр өөрийн санал бодлоо чөлөөтэй хэлэх.

tóng zhōu gòng jì

to work together to overcome difficulties; to pull together in times of trouble

直译: to cross a river in the same boat

出处: From The Art of War

míng fù qí shí

💡 Нэр нь бодит байдалтайгаа таарсан, нэрэндээ хүрсэн.

hòu gù zhī yōu

trouble back at home; family worries

直译: fear of disturbance in the rear

xǐ chū wàng wài

to be pleasantly surprised by unexpected good news

xǐ nù āi lè

💡 Баяр, уур, гуниг, жаргал — хүний бүх сэтгэл хөдлөл.

出处: From the Doctrine of the Mean (《中庸》) in the Book of Rites

sì miàn bā fāng

💡 Бүх зүгээс, дөрвөн зүг найман зовхисоос.

yīn rén ér yì

to differ from person to person; to vary with each individual

chuí tóu sàng qì

💡 Толгой гудайж, урам хугарсан байдал.

直译: to bow one's head and lose heart

出处: First attested in 811, in Goodbye to Penury (《送窮文》) by Han Yu (韓愈)

yè yǐ jì rì

💡 Шөнө өдөргүй, тасралтгүй ажиллах.

dà tóng xiǎo yì

💡 Ерөнхийдөө адил, багахан ялгаатай.

出处: From the book Zhuangzi.

dà míng dǐng dǐng

celebrated; famous; well-known

dà jiē xiǎo xiàng

high streets and back lanes; throughout the city

tiān lún zhī lè

💡 Гэр бүлийн дотно харилцааны жаргал.

tiān jīng dì yì

💡 Тэнгэр газрын жам ёс шиг зөв, маргаангүй зүйл.

出处: From an aphorism posthumously attributed to Zichan (子產) by You Ji (aka. Zitaishu, 子大叔) as recorded in the Zuozhuan.

tóu tóu shì dào

💡 Ярьж байгаа нь бүгд утга учиртай, ойлгомжтой.

出处: Originally a Buddhist term, meaning the Tao is everywhere.

kuā kuā qí tán

to boast; to talk big

rú yuàn yǐ cháng

💡 Хүссэн зүйл нь биелэх.

shǒu zhū dài tù

to be conservative; to resist change and innovation; to sit around and wait; to ambush

直译: to watch a tree stump waiting for a rabbit

出处: Based on a story in Han Feizi

shí shì qiú shì

💡 Бодит байдалд тулгуурлаж үнэнийг эрэх.

shí huà shí shuō

💡 Үнэнийг үнэнээр нь, нуулгүй шууд хэлэх.

jiā yù hù xiǎo

💡 Айл бүр мэддэг, хэн бүхэнд танил.

出处: From Liu Zongyuan's famous prose The New Hall of Prefect Wei of Yongzhou: : Note that in certain versions of this text, 饒／饶 (ráo, “prosperous”) is in place of 曉／晓 (xiǎo, “to know”).

róng guāng huàn fā

to glow with vigour and joy

liáo liáo wú jǐ

very few

xiǎo xīn yì yì

cautious; prudent; wary; with great care; cautiously

出处: Occurred a few times in the Classic of Poetry, for example, poem 236 (《詩經·大雅·大明》)

céng chū bù qióng

💡 Ар араасаа гарсаар, дуусахгүй.

qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ

💡 «Ийм юм байж болох уу!» — уурлан гайхах.

直译: Whence such a rule?

fēng huí lù zhuǎn

to see a turn for the better

chuān liú bù xī

💡 Гол мэт урсаад зогсохгүй; тасралтгүй.

zuǒ gù yòu pàn

💡 Зүүн баруун тийшээ эргэж хараад байх.

yīng yǒu jìn yǒu

to have everything one needs; to be comprehensive; to be complete

fèi qǐn wàng shí

to be completely wrapped up in one's work and skip one's sleep and meals

直译: to neglect sleep and forget about food

kāi tiān pì dì

creation of the world; dawn of heaven; heroic; first of its kind

出处: A reference to the legend of Pangu.

yì kǒu tóng shēng

💡 Олон хүн нэг дуугаар ижил зүйл хэлэх.

yì xiǎng tiān kāi

to be unrealistic and absurd