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)
向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu
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1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
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1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向隅
xiàng yú
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1 lit. to face the corner (idiom)
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2 fig. to miss out on sth
女生外向
nu:3 shēng wài xiàng
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1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
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2 a woman's heart is with her husband
好好学习,天天向上
hǎo hǎo xué xí , tiān tiān xiàng shàng
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1 study hard and every day you will improve (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
怒目相向
nù mù xiāng xiàng
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1 to glower at each other (idiom)
所向披靡
suǒ xiàng pī mǐ
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1 to sweep everything before one
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2 to be invincible (idiom)
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
明知山有虎,偏向虎山行
míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ , piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng
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1 lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)
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2 fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers
横正暴敛
héng zhèng bào liǎn
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1 to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
欣欣向荣
xīn xīn xiàng róng
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1 (idiom) flourishing
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2 thriving
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