xiāng fǎn xiāng chéng

to be both opposite and complementary; to oppose each other and yet also complement each other

xiāng ān wú shì

to coexist peacefully

出处: First attested in c. 1300 in Deng Mu's The Way of Officials

zhēn xīn chéng yì

💡 Чин сэтгэлээсээ, үнэн зүрхнээсээ.

zhēn cái shí liào

real deal; real stuff; real thing; authentic material

yǎn guān liù lù

💡 Бүх зүг рүү анхаарлаа хандуулж, сонор сэрэмжтэй байх.

直译: to keep an eye on the six directions (above, below, front, rear, left, and right)

yǎn guān liù lù ěr tīng bā fāng

💡 Хурц нүд, сонор чихтэй, эргэн тойрноо бүрэн мэдэрдэг.

直译: to keep an eye on the six directions (in the space) and an ear out for the eight directions (on the compass)

yǎn guān sì chù ěr tīng bā fāng

synonym of 眼觀六路，耳聽八方 /眼观六路，耳听八方 (yǎn guān liùlù, ěr tīng bāfāng, “to have sharp eyes and keen ears; to be observant and alert”)

直译: to keep an eye on the four directions and the ear out for the eight directions

yǎn guān sì miàn ěr tīng bā fāng

synonym of 眼觀六路，耳聽八方 /眼观六路，耳听八方 (yǎn guān liùlù, ěr tīng bāfāng, “to have sharp eyes and keen ears; to be observant and alert”)

直译: to keep an eye on the four directions and the ear out for the eight directions

yǎn gāo shǒu dī

to have grandiose aims but puny abilities; to be fastidious but incompetent

zhī shū dá lǐ

well-educated and well-bred

zhī rén zhī míng

the ability to identify talented individuals; the ability to appreciate a person's character and capability

zhī mìng zhī nián

50 years old; to be a quinquagenarian

出处: From the Analects, Book 2 (《論語·爲政》)

zhī wú bù yán

to tell everything that one knows

zhī gēn zhī dǐ

to know intimately

ǎi rén guān chǎng

to blindly follow others' opinions

直译: a dwarf observing the scene

shuò dà wú péng

incomparably enormous

出处: From the Classic of Poetry, poem 117 (《詩經·唐風·椒聊》)

shuò dà wú bǐ

incomparably enormous

shuò guǒ jǐn cún

the final and rare survivors

què yǒu qí shì

to be a real thing; to be something that actually happened

què yǒu qí rén

to be a real person; to be a person that actually existed or exists

fú xīng gāo zhào

to be in luck; to be very lucky

xiù sè kě cān

extremely attractive; breathtakingly beautiful

直译: a beautiful countenance that can be eaten

出处: From a line in the poem 《日出東南隅行》 by Lu Ji (陸機)

qiū hòu suàn zhàng

to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts, to bide time for revenge; to get revenge after a matter is over

直译: settling accounts after the autumn harvest

出处: From the historical judicial practice where less-serious prisoners on death row would not be executed immediately after sentencing, but during autumn.

jī bù xiāng néng

to not get along for a long time

jī xí nán gǎi

established habits are difficult to change

jī shǎo chéng duō

to accumulate little by little; many small things add to something great

jī fēi chéng shì

mistakes have become so habitual that they are instead regarded as right

kōng qián jué hòu

💡 Урьд хожид байгаагүй, дахин давтагдашгүй.

kōng wú yī wù

to have nothing

kōng huà lián piān

endless pages of empty verbiage; long talk with no real substance

chuān jīn dài yín

to be gorgeously dressed and lavishly adorned

chuāng míng jī jìng

clean; tidy; neat; a well-organised place

直译: the window is clear; the desk is clean

tóng nán tóng nǚ

unmarried teenage boys and girls

xiào diào dà yá

to laugh one's head off; ridiculous and embarrassing

直译: to laugh one's molars off

bǐ dǐ shēng huā

to begin to show one’s literary brilliance

bǐ guǎn tiáo zhí

bolt upright

bèn tóu bèn nǎo

stupid; slow-witted; muddleheaded; clumsy; cumbersome

děng ér xià zhī

to be worse compared to this

jí jí wú míng

unknown; unrenowned