一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
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1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
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1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
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2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
井井有条
jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáo
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1 everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
井底之蛙
jǐng dǐ zhī wā
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1 the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom)
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2 fig. a person of limited outlook and experience
井然有序
jǐng rán yǒu xù
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1 everything clear and in good order (idiom); neat and tidy
井蛙之见
jǐng wā zhī jiàn
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1 the view of a frog in a well (idiom); fig. a narrow view
今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
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1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
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1 to live in the moment (idiom)
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2 to live every day as if it were one's last
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3 to enjoy while one can
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
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1 things are very different now (idiom)
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2 times have changed
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
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1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
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1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
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1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
吃水不忘掘井人
chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén
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1 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
坐井观天
zuò jǐng guān tiān
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1 lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
从井救人
cóng jǐng jiù rén
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1 to jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself
投井下石
tóu jǐng xià shí
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1 to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
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1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
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2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
时至今日
shí zhì jīn rì
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1 (idiom) up to the present
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2 even now
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3 now (in contrast with the past)
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4 at this late hour
河水不犯井水
hé shuǐ bù fàn jǐng shuǐ
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1 lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another.
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2 Mind your own business.
稽古振今
jī gǔ zhèn jīn
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1 studying the old to promote the new (idiom)