1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
以其人之道,还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
倾国倾城
qīng guó qīng chéng
1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
qīng chéng qīng guó
1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
1 to face opprobrium (idiom)
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
1 lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
2 fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
4 nothing is more wretched than apathy
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
嚎啕大哭
háo táo dà kū
1 to wail
2 to bawl (idiom)
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
2 this world is an illusion
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
围城打援
wéi chéng dǎ yuán
1 to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
地大物博
dì dà wù bó
1 vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
城门失火,殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
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