qíng tóu yì hé

to have affection for and be compatible with each other (often of a romantic couple)

qíng yǒu dú zhōng

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yì yì shēn cháng

to have profound meanings; to be thought-provoking

yì yóu wèi jìn

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shèn shǐ jìng zhōng

to be cautious and careful from beginning to end

shèn zhōng zhuī yuǎn

to cautiously perform the funeral rituals to deceased parents and sincerely pay homage to them at ceremonies

出处: From the Analects, Book 1 (《論語·學而》)

chéng hé tǐ tǒng

what impropriety it is; what a scandal

chéng jiā lì yè

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chéng lóng pèi tào

to link up the parts to form a whole

wǒ xíng wǒ sù

to persist in one's old ways; to continue in one's own way no matter what others say

zhàn wú bù shèng

to win every battle; to be ever-victorious

直译: to fight without not winning a single war

suǒ xiàng wú dí

all-conquering; invincible wherever one goes

shǒu bù shì juàn

diligent and eager to study; studious

shǒu wǔ zú dǎo

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直译: hands dance and feet trip

出处: From the Classic of Poetry, great preface (《詩經·大序》): : and Li Lou I, Mencius (《孟子·離婁上》): : and the Record of Music in the Book of Rites, (《禮記·樂記》)

shǒu zú wú cuò

to be at a loss for what to do

直译: to have no way to move the hands or feet

出处: From the Analects, Book 13 (《論語·子路》)

cái gāo bā dǒu

of great talent

出处: From Xie Lingyun's comment about Cao Zhi: In this statement, Xie expressed his admiration of Cao Zhi as well as his pride.

dǎ qín xiàn qù

flattery and sweet talk

dǎ cǎo jīng shé

to give away your position through rash actions; to alert someone of your presence unwittingly

直译: to beat the grass and startle the snake

dǎ yā zi shàng jià

synonym of 趕鴨子上架 /赶鸭子上架 (gǎn yāzi shàng jià, “to make someone do something entirely beyond them”)

直译: to drive a duck onto a perch

yáng cháng bì duǎn

to make best use of one's advantages while avoiding their shortcomings

fú yáo zhí shàng

to rapidly ascend; to rapidly rise through the ranks

出处: From Zhuangzi

tóu qí suǒ hào

to do what someone likes; to adapt to someone's taste

tóu huái sòng bào

to throw oneself into someone's else's arms; (of a girl) to unreservedly express one's fondness (of a man); to throw oneself on

tóu jī qǔ qiǎo

to be opportunistic

tóu táo bào lǐ

to return a favor; to exchange gifts; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.

直译: toss a peach, get back a plum

出处: From the Classic of Poetry, poem 256 (《詩經·大雅·抑》)

tóu shí wèn lù

to test the waters

直译: to toss a stone to find out what's ahead

tóu xián zhì sǎn

to assign to an unimportant position

bào hàn zhōng shēng

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bào hàn zhōng shēn

synonym of 抱憾終生 /抱憾终生 (bàohànzhōngshēng, “to feel regret for the rest of one's life”)

chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng

to rob Peter to pay Paul

直译: to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall

tuō jiā dài kǒu

dragged down by having a family to feed; to bring along one's large family

zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn

to pass oneself off as someone prominent and deceive people; to swagger and swindle

bō luàn fǎn zhèng

to bring order out of chaos; to set right what have been thrown into disorder; to restore justice

zé shàn gù zhí

to insist on the righteous cause

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

shí rén yá huì

to plagiarize another’s opinion

guà yī lòu wàn

to be inexhaustive; to leave many important items out

直译: to touch on one and miss out ten thousand

出处: From a poem by Han Yu

zhǐ rì gāo shēng

May you soon rise in rank!

àn xū fēn pèi

distribution according to need (principle of distribution in a communist society)

tiǎo bō lí jiàn

to incite one person against another; to drive a wedge between; to foment disunity and dissension; to sow discord