不经一事
bù jīng yī shì
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1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不经一事,不长一智
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì
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1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不见经传
bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
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1 not found in the classics (idiom); unknown
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2 unfounded
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3 not authoritative
不醉不归
bù zuì bù guī
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1 to not go home until drunk (idiom)
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2 let's make a night of it!
久经考验
jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn
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1 well tested (idiom); seasoned
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2 veteran
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
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1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
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2 fig. to die
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3 to meet one's end
夜不归宿
yè bù guī sù
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1 to stay out all night (idiom)
天经地义
tiān jīng dì yì
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1 lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper
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2 right and unalterable
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3 a matter of course
完璧归赵
wán bì guī Zhào
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1 lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
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1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
实至名归
shí zhì míng guī
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1 fame follows merit (idiom)
引经据典
yǐn jīng jù diǎn
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1 lit. to quote the classics
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2 to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
惨淡经营
cǎn dàn jīng yíng
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1 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
改邪归正
gǎi xié guī zhèng
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1 to mend one's ways (idiom)
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2 to turn over a new leaf
早出晚归
zǎo chū wǎn guī
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1 to leave early and return late (idiom)
曾经沧海
céng jīng cāng hǎi
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1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
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2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
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1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
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2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
弃农经商
qì nóng jīng shāng
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1 to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)
归心似箭
guī xīn sì jiàn
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1 with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)
殊途同归
shū tú tóng guī
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1 different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end