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

wēn gù zhī xīn

💡 Хуучныг давтаж, шинийг олж мэдэх.

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

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

piàn miàn zhī cí

💡 Зөвхөн нэг талын үг, ганц талын тайлбар.

niú máo xì yǔ

drizzle

wù jìn qí yòng

💡 Юм бүрийг бүрэн ашиглаж, дэмий хаяхгүй байх.

wù yǒu suǒ zhí

to be of good value for the price

wù jí bì fǎn

A thing turns into its opposite if pushed too far; Once a certain limit is reached, a change in the opposite direction is inevitable.

wù chāo suǒ zhí

great value for money

tián yán měi yǔ

sweet words and honeyed phrases; cajolery

tián suān kǔ là

synonym of 酸甜苦辣 (suāntiánkǔlà)

shēng bù rú sǐ

would rather be dead than alive; living hell

shēng lí sǐ bié

to be parted forever by death

shēng lǎo bìng sǐ

to be born, to get old, to become ill and to die; fate of humankind; mortality

出处: From the four sights of human existence encountered by the young Buddha, which motivated his desire to end human suffering.

yóu cǐ kě jiàn

💡 Дээрх зүйлээс дүгнэхэд ийм байна гэж дүгнэлт хэлэх холбоос үг.

yóu biǎo jí lǐ

from the outside to the inside; from the superficial to the profound; from outward appearance to inner essence

bìng cóng kǒu rù

illness enters from the mouth

tòng dìng sī tòng

to recall one's painful experience after the sorrow has passed, often to learn a lesson from the bitter experience

tòng gǎi qián fēi

to sincerely mend one's ways; to thoroughly rectify one's errors; to turn over a new leaf