一哄而散
yī hōng ér sàn
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1 to disperse in confusion (idiom)
一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn
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1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
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2 to separate
一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
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1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
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2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
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1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不见不散
bù jiàn bù sàn
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1 lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom)
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2 fig. Be sure to wait!
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3 See you there!
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
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1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
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2 fig. to head off in various directions
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3 to flee helter-skelter
千里搭长棚,没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
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1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (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
天下没有不散的筵席
tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí
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1 all good things must come to an end (idiom)
好聚好散
hǎo jù hǎo sàn
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1 to part without hard feelings (idiom)
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2 to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
如鸟兽散
rú niǎo shòu sàn
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1 to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
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2 to flee in all directions
妻离子散
qī lí zǐ sàn
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1 a family wrenched apart (idiom)
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
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
披头散发
pī tóu sàn fà
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1 with dishevelled hair (idiom)
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2 with one's hair down
散兵游勇
sǎn bīng yóu yǒng
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1 lit. straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action
散心解闷
sàn xīn jiě mèn
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1 to divert one's mind from boredom (idiom)
树倒猢狲散
shù dǎo hú sūn sàn
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1 When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause
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2 Rats leave a sinking ship.
欲善其事,必先利其器
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
尽欢而散
jìn huān ér sàn
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1 to disperse after a happy time (idiom)
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2 everyone enjoys themselves to the full then party breaks up