一门心思
yī mén xīn si
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1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
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1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
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1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
上有政策,下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
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1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
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1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
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2 to fire from the hip
不可思议
bù kě sī yì
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1 inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable
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2 unfathomable
以其人之道,还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
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1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
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2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
冥思苦想
míng sī kǔ xiǎng
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1 to consider from all angles (idiom); to think hard
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2 to rack one's brains
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
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1 to mull over (idiom)
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2 to think long and hard
刻骨相思
kè gǔ xiāng sī
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1 deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
勤政廉政
qín zhèng lián zhèng
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1 honest and industrious government functionaries (idiom)
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
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1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
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2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
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3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
垂帘听政
chuí lián tīng zhèng
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1 lit. to govern from behind the curtain
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2 to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
孝思不匮
xiào sī bù kuì
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1 to be forever filial (idiom)
居安思危
jū ān sī wēi
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1 to think of danger in times of safety
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2 to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
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1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
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2 to ponder
思之心痛
sī zhī xīn tòng
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1 a thought that causes heartache (idiom)
思前想后
sī qián xiǎng hòu
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1 to consider past cause and future effect (idiom); to think over the past and future
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2 to ponder over reasons and connection
思潮起伏
sī cháo qǐ fú
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1 thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom)
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2 different thoughts coming to mind
想入非非
xiǎng rù fēi fēi
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1 to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild