上气不接下气
shàng qì bù jiē xià qì
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1 out of breath (idiom)
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2 to gasp for air
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
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1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
付之度外
fù zhī dù wài
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1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
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2 to do sth without considering the risks
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3 to leave out of consideration
以小人之心,度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
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1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
兼收并蓄
jiān shōu bìng xù
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1 incorporating diverse things (idiom)
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2 eclectic
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3 all-embracing
再接再厉
zài jiē zài lì
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1 to continue the struggle (idiom); to persist
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2 unremitting efforts
名利双收
míng lì shuāng shōu
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1 both fame and fortune (idiom)
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2 both virtue and reward
坐收渔利
zuò shōu yú lì
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1 benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
大器晚成
dà qì wǎn chéng
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1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
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2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
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3 Rome wasn't built in a day
失之东隅,收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
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1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
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2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
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3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
工欲善其事,必先利其器
gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
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1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
度日如年
dù rì rú nián
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1 a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy
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2 time crawls when one is wretched
应接不暇
yìng jiē bù xiá
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1 more than one can attend to (idiom)
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2 deluged (with inquiries etc)
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3 overwhelmed (by the beauty of the scenery)
成语接龙
chéng yǔ jiē lóng
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1 game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[chéng yǔ] is the first of the next
投鼠忌器
tóu shǔ jì qì
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1 lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
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2 to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
接二连三
jiē èr lián sān
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1 one after another (idiom)
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2 in quick succession
接连不断
jiē lián bù duàn
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1 in unbroken succession (idiom)
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
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1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
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2 fig. to stop what one is doing
收残缀轶
shōu cán zhuì yì
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1 to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom)
早动手,早收获
zǎo dòng shǒu , zǎo shōu huò
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1 The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom)