一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
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1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
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2 fig. one is helpless alone
不见棺材不落泪
bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi
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1 lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)
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2 fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
人生一世,草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
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1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
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1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
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2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
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3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
刚毅木讷
gāng yì mù nè
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1 resolute and taciturn (idiom)
十年树木,百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
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1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
原形毕露
yuán xíng bì lù
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1 original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
呆若木鸡
dāi ruò mù jī
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1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
喜形于色
xǐ xíng yú sè
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1 face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy
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)
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
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1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
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1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
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1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
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2 worthless object
大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng
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1 using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
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2 a sledgehammer to crack a nut
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
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1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
如影随形
rú yǐng suí xíng
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1 as the shadow follows the body (idiom)
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2 closely associated with each other
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3 to follow relentlessly
守株待兔,缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
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1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
山颓木坏
shān tuí mù huài
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1 lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined
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2 a great sage has died (idiom)
形同虚设
xíng tóng xū shè
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1 to exist in name only
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2 empty shell
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3 useless (idiom)
形影相吊
xíng yǐng xiāng diào
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1 with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom)
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2 extremely sad and lonely