一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
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1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
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2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
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1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
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2 dilettante
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3 amateur
一鳞半爪
yī lín bàn zhuǎ
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1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
事半功倍
shì bàn gōng bèi
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1 half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
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2 a stitch in time saves nine
假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
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1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
半推半就
bàn tuī bàn jiù
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1 half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
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1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
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2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
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3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
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1 (idiom) half true and half false
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
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1 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
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1 to not fully understand (idiom)
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
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1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
少女露笑脸,婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
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1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
日暮途穷
rì mù tú qióng
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1 sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
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2 at a dead end
殊途同归
shū tú tóng guī
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1 different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end
求学无坦途
qiú xué wú tǎn tú
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1 The path of learning can never be smooth.
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2 There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)
深更半夜
shēn gēng bàn yè
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1 in the dead of night (idiom)
穷途末路
qióng tú mò lù
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1 lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse
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2 in a plight with no way out
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3 things have reached a dead end
老马识途
lǎo mǎ shí tú
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1 an old horse knows the way (idiom); an experienced worker knows what to do
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2 an old hand knows the ropes
荆棘载途
jīng jí zài tú
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1 lit. a path covered in brambles
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2 a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom)
行百里者半九十
xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí
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1 lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)
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2 fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets
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3 a task is not done until it's done