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 zhī ér lái

💡 Түүнийг дагаад ирэх, үүнээс үүдэн 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 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