tōng fēng bào xìn

to secretly pass on information to others; to tip somebody off

yāo mǎi rén xīn

to curry favor; to buy public support

suān tián kǔ là xián

synonym of 酸甜苦辣 (suāntiánkǔlà)

chóng xiū jiù hǎo

to bury the hatchet

chóng cāo jiù yè

to return to one's old profession

chóng wēn jiù mèng

to revive an old dream

liàng rù wéi chū

make ends meet; adjust one's expense to one's income; base one's expenditures upon one's income

出处: From the Book of Rites, Book 5 (《禮記·王制》)

liàng chū wéi rù

to measure one's revenues according to one's expenditures

出处: From volume 234, Zizhi Tongjian

liàng lì ér wéi

💡 Хүч чадлаа хэмжиж, хүрэх хэрээрээ хийх.

liàng lì ér xíng

💡 Хүчээ хэмжиж, чадах хэрээрээ хийх.

jīn gāng nǔ mù

fierce-looking; having a ferocious glare

直译: to glare like a temple door-god

jìng huā shuǐ yuè

flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected in the water; fantasy, illusion, mere shadow, phantom, vision, something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that should not be comprehended by words literally

直译: flower in the mirror, moon on the water

cháng jiǔ zhī jì

💡 Урт хугацааны төлөвлөгөө, удаан хэрэгжих арга.

cháng mìng bǎi suì

live to be a hundred!; live a long life! (expressing good wishes, usually to a child or birthday greetings to older people)

cháng qī gòng cún

💡 Урт хугацаанд зэрэгцэн оршин тогтнох.

cháng cǐ yǐ wǎng

💡 Ингэсээр удаан үргэлжилбэл (муу үр дагавартай).

cháng piān dà lùn

long-winded speech or article

cháng fēng pò làng

to have great aspirations and courageously pursue them

出处: From Book of Song by 沈約 (Shen Yue): : From The Hard Road< by 李白 (Li Bai)

mén dāng hù duì

💡 Хоёр айлын гарал, байдал тэнцүү байх (гэрлэлтэд).

mén hù dà kāi

with gates or doors wide open; completely undefended or unobstructed

wèn hán wèn nuǎn

to show concern for someone's welfare; to enquire about someone's well-being

直译: to ask (if) cold, to ask (if) warm

wén fēng ér zhì

to arrive right upon hearing news

xiǎn xiàng huán shēng

💡 Аюул дараалан, ар араасаа гарах.

suí xiāng r rù xiāng r

when in Rome, do as the Romans do

nán hū wéi jì

difficult to sustain; hard to keep up

nán yǐ wéi jì

difficult to sustain; unsustainable

nán xiōng nán dì

fellow sufferers; in the same boat

nán rú dēng tiān

to be extremely difficult

qīng chū yú lán

💡 Шавь нь багшаасаа давж гарах.

直译: the color blue is made out of indigo

出处: short for 青出於藍，而青於藍／青出于蓝，而青于蓝 (qīng chū yú lán, ér qīng yú lán, “Blue is obtained from the indigo plant but is bluer than the plant itself”)

qīng tiān bái rì

broad daylight; daytime

直译: blue sky and white sun

qīng shān lǜ shuǐ

💡 Ногоон уул, тунгалаг ус — үзэсгэлэнт байгаль.

qīng chūn nián shào

to be quite young

qīng huáng bù jiē

the crop is still in the blade and the old stock is consumed; temporary deficit; temporary shortage

直译: green and yellow do not connect

jìng guān qí biàn

wait and see; see which way the cat jumps; to delay taking action based on the outcome of something else.

直译: to observe changes calmly

fēi qīn fēi gù

to be neither relatives nor friends

fēi sǐ jí shāng

to be either dead or wounded; to be injured, if not die

miàn bù gǎi róng

synonym of 面不改色 (miànbùgǎisè, “one's facial expression remains unchanged; to remain calm”)

miàn bù gǎi sè

one's facial expression remains unchanged; to remain calm; without batting an eyelid

miàn wú xuè sè

to be pale-faced