勤俭朴素
qín jiǎn pǔ sù
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1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (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)
有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
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1 lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
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2 fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
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3 to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
求爷爷告奶奶
qiú yé ye gào nǎi nai
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1 lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom)
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2 fig. to go about begging for help
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)
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋
cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn
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1 lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)
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2 fig. no smoke without a fire
轻饶素放
qīng ráo sù fàng
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1 easily forgive, simply release (idiom); to let sb off scot free
鸡蛋碰石头
jī dàn pèng shí tou
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1 lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom)
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2 fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself
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3 to overrate one's abilities
鸡蛋里挑骨头
jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
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1 to look for bones in an egg
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2 to find fault
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3 to nitpick (idiom)
鸡飞蛋打
jī fēi dàn dǎ
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1 the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken
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2 a dead loss (idiom)
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
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1 lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
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2 fig. god-forsaken
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3 remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎
niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ
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1 lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
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2 fig. god-forsaken
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3 remote and desolate