qì xiàng wàn qiān

ever-changing and magnificent scene

出处: From Yueyang Lou Ji by 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan)

shuǐ shēn huǒ rè

to be in deep distress; to live with great misery and hardship

直译: the water is deep and the fire is hot

出处: From Mencius

shuǐ mǐ wú jiāo

to have no relations or contact with each other; to be upright and accept no gifts from the people (of officials)

yǒng zhì bù wàng

to remember forever and never forget

yǒng wú zhǐ jìng

without an end; endless; never-ending; boundless

yǒng jié tóng xīn

to be united as one forever

hàn rú yǔ xià

💡 Хөлс нь бороо шиг асгарах.

直译: sweat like rainfall

jiāng hé rì xià

to worsen by the day; to get worse with each passing day

直译: the (water level) of the streams and rivers goes down by the day (because of the change of seasons)

méi rì méi yè

💡 Өдөр шөнөгүй, амралгүй ажиллах.

mò mò wú wén

obscure and unknown; not famous

yóu rán ér shēng

to arise spontaneously

yóu yán bù jìn

stubborn

fǎ lì wú biān

to have boundless and enormous power (usually supernatural power)

yáng yáng dà guān

spectacular; grandiose; imposing

yáng xiàng hái děi yáng rén chū

foreigners tend to make a fool of themselves abroad

出处: Wordplay on 出洋相 ("to make a fool of oneself") and 洋人 ("Western/Caucasian foreigner")

huó de bù nài fán

to be tired of living; to ask for trouble; to court death

liú nián bù lì

to have an unlucky year

liú shuǐ xíng yún

very smooth and natural; natural and unforced style

liú lí shī suǒ

to become destitute and homeless; to be displaced

jǐ jǐ yī táng

many people gather together in the same place

shēn xìn bù yí

to firmly believe without any doubt

shēn jū jiǎn chū

to live a secluded life and rarely come out of one's home

shēn shān lǎo lín

deep and remote mountains and forests

shēn sī shú lǜ

💡 Гүн бодож, сайтар тунгааж байж шийдэх.

shēn gēng bàn yè

in the dead of the night

mǎn tóu dà hàn

💡 Толгой дүүрэн хөлөрсөн, хөлс нь цувсан.

mǎn dù zi huǒ

to be furious, to be extremely angry

直译: a stomach full of fire

piāo yáng guò hǎi

💡 Далай тэнгис гатлан алс холын оронд очих.

huǒ shàng jiā yóu

to add fuel to the fire (to worsen a conflict)

dēng tái bù zì zhào

synonym of 丈八燈臺——照遠不照近 /丈八灯台——照远不照近 (zhàng bā dēngtái, zhào yuǎn bù zhào jìn)

dēng huǒ tōng míng

brightly lit

diǎn jīng zhī bǐ

the finishing touch to a painting; the crucial point that brings the subject to life

yān xiāo yún sàn

to vanish like mist and smoke; to completely vanish

zhào māo huà hǔ

to copy or imitate slavishly without attempt at originality

直译: to draw a tiger with a cat as a model

shú néng shēng qiǎo

💡 Дадлага хийсээр ур чадвар төрдөг.

出处: Attested in 1827, in the novel Flowers in the Mirror. Parables ascribed to the message came later, such as 賣油翁 (The Oil Peddler) by Ouyang Xiu.

shú mén shú lù

to know something very well; to be very familiar with something

ài xī yǔ máo

💡 Нэр төрөө хайрлан хамгаалах.

ài mín rú zǐ

to greatly love and cherish one's subjects

直译: to love the people as if they are one's own children

fù sǐ zǐ jì

a system of succession where the son succeeds his father when his father dies