不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
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1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
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2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
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3 to keep going while some hope is left
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
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1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
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2 to blurt sth out
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
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1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
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2 eloquent
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3 glib
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4 voluble
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5 have the gift of the gab
吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
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1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
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2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
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
巴三览四
bā sān lǎn sì
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1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
巴前算后
bā qián suàn hòu
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1 thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind
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2 to consider repeatedly
巴山夜雨
Bā shān yè yǔ
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1 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
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2 Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
巴山蜀水
Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ
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1 mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)
巴山越岭
bā shān yuè lǐng
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1 to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain
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2 good at climbing mountains
巴头探脑
bā tóu tàn nǎo
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1 to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy
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2 nosy
巴高望上
bā gāo wàng shàng
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1 to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
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1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
拿得起放得下
ná de qǐ fàng de xià
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1 lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom)
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2 fig. to take what comes
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3 to meet gains or losses with equanimity
拿着鸡毛当令箭
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
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1 to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
摸着石头过河
mō zhe shí tou guò hé
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1 to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)
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2 to advance cautiously, step by step
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3 to feel one's way forward
暴虎冯河
bào hǔ píng hé
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1 lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)
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2 fig. to display foolhardy courage
江河日下
jiāng hé rì xià
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1 rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
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2 deteriorating day by day