上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
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1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
偏邪不正
piān xié bù zhèng
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1 biased
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2 prejudiced (idiom)
单丝不成线,独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
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1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
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1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
就地正法
jiù dì zhèng fǎ
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1 to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution
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2 to carry out the law on the spot
扶正压邪
fú zhèng yā xié
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1 to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
舍正从邪
shě zhèng cóng xié
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1 to be corrupted by evil influences (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
杞梓之林
Qǐ zǐ zhī lín
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1 forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent
林子大了,什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
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1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
横正暴敛
héng zhèng bào liǎn
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1 to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
正中要害
zhèng zhòng yào hài
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1 to hit the nail on the head (idiom)
正襟危坐
zhèng jīn wēi zuò
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1 to sit upright and still (idiom)
正言厉色
zhèng yán lì sè
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1 solemn in word and countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
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2 also written 正顏厲色|正颜厉色
正颜厉色
zhèng yán lì sè
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1 solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
独木不成林
dú mù bù chéng lín
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1 a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
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2 one cannot accomplish much on one's own
矫枉过正
jiǎo wǎng guò zhèng
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1 to overcorrect (idiom)
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2 to overcompensate
义正辞严
yì zhèng cí yán
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1 to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
脚正不怕鞋歪
jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi
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1 lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe
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2 an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)
言归正传
yán guī zhèng zhuàn
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1 to return to the topic (idiom)
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2 to get back to the main point