lái lì bù míng

of unknown origins

lái rì fāng cháng

there are many days ahead of us

bǎn bǎn liù shí sì

unaccommodating; inflexible; hard-nosed

出处: During Song dynasty, the number of coins that could be produced with one mold was 64 as prescribed by law.

guǒ bù qí rán

as expected; within one's predictions

shù shàng kāi huā

to deck the tree with false blossoms; to make something of no value appear valuable

chǔ hé hàn jiè

💡 Хоёр талыг зааглах тодорхой хил, хязгаар.

出处: During the Chu–Han Contention, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu once signed a ceasefire treaty diving their lands along the Hong Canal (鴻溝 /鸿沟 (hónggōu))

bǐ shǒu huà jiǎo

to use movement of either the hands or of some other body limb in order to supplement that which can not be expressed in words; to use sign language; to communicate by using hand gestures

máo shǒu máo jiǎo

to be careless (in handling things); to take liberties (with women); to paw; to fondle

shuǐ huǒ bù róng

to be utterly opposed and incompatible

直译: to be incompatible as fire and water

hé shuǐ bù xǐ chuán

to stay out of a matter

yóu shān wán shuǐ

💡 Уул усаар зугаалж, байгалийн сайханд аялах.

mǎn bù zài hu

to not worry at all; to be completely unconcerned

mǎn yuán chūn sè

thriving, vibrant scene full of life

直译: spring scenery filling the garden

mǎn chéng fēng yǔ

big scandal; uproar; talk of the town

直译: wind and rain through the town

mǎn miàn chūn fēng

💡 Нүүр нь гэрэлтэн, баяр хөөртэй инээмсэглэсэн.

huǒ mào sān zhàng

to fly into a rage; to flare up; to lose one's temper

直译: fire soaring three zhangs

huǒ shù yín huā

magnificently illuminated with brilliant lights or fireworks

直译: fiery trees and silvery flowers

dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ

scene or life of debauchery; feasting and revelry

piàn yán zhī yǔ

synonym of 隻言片語 /只言片语 (zhīyánpiànyǔ)

yá yá xué yǔ

to babble out one's first words

niú tóu mǎ miàn

Ox-Head and Horse-Face; guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology

niú gāo mǎ dà

robust and tall

直译: as tall as a bull, as large as a horse

wù shì rén fēi

the things are still there but the person or people no longer are (describing the passing of a loved one or a revisit of a once familiar place)

出处: First used by Cao Pi.

tè shì tè bàn

to handle special matters with special methods or arrangements

xiàn xué xiàn yòng

to put in practice something that one just learned

shēng shēng shì shì

every life; every incarnation; eternity; forever

liú zhōng bù fā

to shelve; to table; to postpone consideration

bái shān hēi shuǐ

Northeast China

出处: 白山 (Báishān, literally “white mountains”) refers to 長白山／长白山 (Chángbáishān, “Changbai Mountain”), while 黑水 (Hēishuǐ, literally “black waters”) refers to the Songhua (Sungari) River, historically referred to as 混同江. First attested in the History of Jin

bái shǒu chéng jiā

to build up from nothing; to start from scratch

bǎi shàng jiā jīn

to aggravate an already heavy burden

bǎi nián bù yù

once-in-a-hundred-years (event); not seen in a hundred years

bǎi sī bù jiě

incomprehensible; perplexed still despite much thought

直译: still puzzled after pondering a hundred times

pán gēn cuò jié

great tangled root system; complicated affair; complicated and difficult to deal with

直译: twisted roots and intertwined joints

zhí jiē liǎo dàng

alternative form of 直截了當 /直截了当 (zhíjiéliǎodàng)

zhí lái zhí qù

to go and return without undue delay; to go non-stop to and from; to be frank and outspoken; to speak one's mind