一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
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1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
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1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
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1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
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1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
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1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
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2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
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1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
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2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
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1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
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2 fig. to seethe with anger
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
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1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
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2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
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1 better kept under the table (idiom)
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2 not to be disclosed
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3 too inferior to show in public
不分彼此
bù fēn bǐ cǐ
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1 to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)
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2 to share everything
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3 to be on very intimate terms
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
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1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
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2 new lease of life
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
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1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
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2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
了无生趣
liǎo wú shēng qù
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1 to lose all interest in life (idiom)
人生一世,草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
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1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
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1 it's a small world (idiom)
人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng
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1 life is but a dream (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
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1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
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1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生盛衰
rén shēng shèng shuāi
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1 life has its ups and downs (idiom)
但愿如此
dàn yuàn rú cǐ
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1 if only it were so
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2 I hope so (idiom)