不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
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1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (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
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
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1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
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2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
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3 to go for wool and come back shorn
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
巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī
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1 The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
志士仁人
zhì shì rén rén
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1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
招贤纳士
zhāo xián nà shì
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1 invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
敬贤礼士
jìng xián lǐ shì
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1 to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship (idiom)
有识之士
yǒu shí zhī shì
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1 a person with knowledge and experience (idiom)
生米做成熟饭
shēng mǐ zuò chéng shú fàn
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1 lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
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2 It's too late to change anything now.
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3 also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭
生米煮成熟饭
shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn
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1 the rice is cooked
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2 what's done is done
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3 it's too late to change anything now (idiom)
生米熟饭
shēng mǐ shú fàn
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1 abbr. for 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭, lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed
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2 It's too late to change anything now.
米已成炊
mǐ yǐ chéng chuī
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1 lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)
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2 fig. what is done cannot be undone