不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
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1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
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2 to fire from the hip
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
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1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
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1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
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2 marriages are predestined
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3 people marry because they share common traits
不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
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1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
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2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
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1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
事怕行家
shì pà háng jiā
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1 an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
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1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
人给家足
rén jǐ jiā zú
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1 lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off
付之度外
fù zhī dù wài
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1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
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2 to do sth without considering the risks
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3 to leave out of consideration
以小人之心,度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
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1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
保家卫国
bǎo jiā wèi guó
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1 guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
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1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
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
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
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1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
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2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
倾家荡产
qīng jiā dàng chǎn
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1 to lose a family fortune (idiom)
兵家常事
bīng jiā cháng shì
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1 commonplace in military operations (idiom)
冤家对头
yuān jiā duì tóu
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1 enemy (idiom); opponent
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2 arch-enemy
冤家路窄
yuān jiā lù zhǎi
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1 lit. enemies on a narrow road (idiom); fig. an inevitable clash between opposing factions
勤俭起家
qín jiǎn qǐ jiā
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1 to rise up by thrift and hard work (idiom)