人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
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1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
功德无量
gōng dé wú liàng
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1 no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu
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1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
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1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向隅
xiàng yú
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1 lit. to face the corner (idiom)
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2 fig. to miss out on sth
女生外向
nu:3 shēng wài xiàng
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1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
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2 a woman's heart is with her husband
好好学习,天天向上
hǎo hǎo xué xí , tiān tiān xiàng shàng
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1 study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
宽宏大量
kuān hóng dà liàng
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1 magnanimous (idiom); generous
怒目相向
nù mù xiāng xiàng
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1 to glower at each other (idiom)
所向披靡
suǒ xiàng pī mǐ
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1 to sweep everything before one
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2 to be invincible (idiom)
斤斤较量
jīn jīn jiào liàng
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1 to bicker at length over a trivial matter (idiom)
明知山有虎,偏向虎山行
míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ , piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng
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1 lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)
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2 fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers
有商有量
yǒu shāng yǒu liàng
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1 to talk things through (idiom)
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2 to have an exchange of views
欣欣向荣
xīn xīn xiàng róng
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1 (idiom) flourishing
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2 thriving
现量相违
xiàn liàng xiāng wéi
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1 to not fit one's perception of sth (idiom)
相向突击
xiāng xiàng tū jī
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1 sudden attack from the opposite direction (idiom)
看菜吃饭,量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
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1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
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2 to act according to actual circumstances
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3 to live within one's means
自不量力
zì bù liàng lì
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1 to overestimate one's capabilities (idiom)
量入为出
liàng rù wéi chū
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1 to assess one's income and spend accordingly (idiom); to live within one's means
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2 You can only spend what you earn.
量力而行
liàng lì ér xíng
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1 to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom); to act within one's competence
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2 One does what one can.