以柔克刚
yǐ róu kè gāng
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1 to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
克勤克俭
kè qín kè jiǎn
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1 to be industrious and frugal (idiom)
克己复礼
kè jǐ fù lǐ
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1 restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
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2 (any number of possible translations)
克己奉公
kè jǐ fèng gōng
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1 self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
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2 to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
勤俭朴素
qín jiǎn pǔ sù
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1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
单丝不成线,独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
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1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
奉公克己
fèng gōng kè jǐ
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1 self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom); selfless dedication
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2 to serve the public interest wholeheartedly
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
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1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
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1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)
我行我素
wǒ xíng wǒ sù
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1 to continue in one's own way (idiom)
战无不胜,攻无不克
zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù kè
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1 to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
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2 ever victorious
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3 nothing they can't do
攻无不克,战无不胜
gōng wú bù kè , zhàn wú bù shèng
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1 to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering
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2 ever victorious
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3 nothing they can't do
杞梓之林
Qǐ zǐ zhī lín
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1 forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent
林子大了,什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
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1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
独木不成林
dú mù bù chéng lín
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1 a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
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2 one cannot accomplish much on one's own
素不相能
sù bù xiāng néng
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1 unable to get along (idiom)
素不相识
sù bù xiāng shí
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1 to be total strangers (idiom)
素昧平生
sù mèi píng shēng
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1 to have never met sb before (idiom); entirely unacquainted
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2 a complete stranger
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3 not to know sb from Adam
素面朝天
sù miàn cháo tiān
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1 lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yáng Guì fēi]) (idiom)
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2 fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
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3 to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
艰苦朴素
jiān kǔ pǔ sù
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1 leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)