巴山夜雨 - rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land/Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution - Bā shān yè yǔ | Definition

一山不容二虎

yī shān bù róng èr hǔ

1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

一雨成秋

yī yǔ chéng qiū

1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)

不识泰山

bù shí Tài Shān

1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person

不显山不露水

bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ

1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts

干打雷，不下雨

gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ

1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
2 a lot of noise but no action

他山之石可以攻玉

tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù

1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively

俾夜作昼

bǐ yè zuò zhòu

1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
2 work especially hard

俾昼作夜

bǐ zhòu zuò yè

1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour

兵败如山倒

bīng bài rú shān dǎo

1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse

刀山火海

dāo shān huǒ hǎi

1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)

名落孙山

míng luò Sūn Shān

1 lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sūn Shān] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
2 fig. to fail an exam
3 to fall behind (in a competition)

呼风唤雨

hū fēng huàn yǔ

1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers
2 fig. to stir up troubles

哑巴吃黄莲

yǎ ba chī huáng lián

1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
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

1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
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

1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連，有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连，有苦说不出

唤雨呼风

huàn yǔ hū fēng

1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom)
2 to exercise magical powers
3 fig. to stir up troubles
4 also 呼風喚雨|呼风唤雨[hū fēng huàn yǔ]

地动山摇

dì dòng shān yáo

1 the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle

坐吃山空

zuò chī shān kōng

1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
2 fig. to spend one's money without generating any income

坐山观虎斗

zuò shān guān hǔ dòu

1 sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight
2 watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)

执法如山

zhí fǎ rú shān

1 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly

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