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)
仁人志士
rén rén zhì shì
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1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
仁人义士
rén rén yì shì
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1 those with lofty ideals (idiom)
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2 men of vision
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
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1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
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2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
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1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
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2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
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1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
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2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
博士买驴
bó shì mǎi lu:2
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1 lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
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2 idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
名扬四海
míng yáng sì hǎi
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1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
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2 famous
哑巴吃黄莲
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
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1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
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2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
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3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
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1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
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2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
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3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连，有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
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1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
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2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
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3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出
四海升平
sì hǎi shēng píng
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1 lit. all four oceans are peaceful
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2 worldwide peace (idiom)
四海为家
sì hǎi wéi jiā
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1 to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
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2 to feel at home anywhere
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3 to roam about unconstrained
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4 to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
四海皆准
sì hǎi jiē zhǔn
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1 appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
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2 a panacea
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
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1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
大海捞针
dà hǎi lāo zhēn
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1 lit. to fish a needle from the sea
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2 to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
学海泛舟
xué hǎi fàn zhōu
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1 sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
学海无涯
xué hǎi wú yá
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1 sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn
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2 ars longa, vita brevis
山珍海错
shān zhēn hǎi cuò
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1 rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
山盟海誓
shān méng hǎi shì
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1 to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
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2 to swear by all the Gods