1 Tianjin, a municipality in northeast China, abbr. 津
Idioms (17)
人在江湖,身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
1 you can't always do as you like
2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
2 (fig.) all over China
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
指点江山
zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān
1 to talk idly about important matters (idiom)
2 to set the world to rights
3 to pass judgment on everything
文江学海
wén jiāng xué hǎi
1 river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
春江水暖鸭先知
chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī
1 lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom)
2 fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows
江山易改,本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí
1 it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
2 you can't change who you are
3 Can the leopard change his spots?
江河日下
jiāng hé rì xià
1 rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
2 deteriorating day by day
江郎才尽
Jiāng láng cái jìn
1 Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom)
2 fig. to have used up one's creative powers
3 to have writer's block
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
绑赴市曹
bǎng fù shì cáo
1 to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
翻江倒海
fān jiāng dǎo hǎi
1 lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
2 fig. overwhelming
3 earth-shattering
4 in a spectacular mess
船到江心,补漏迟
chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí
1 It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
万里江山
wàn lǐ jiāng shān
1 lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains
2 a vast territory (idiom)
长江后浪推前浪
Cháng Jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng
1 lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom)
2 fig. the new is constantly replacing the old
3 each new generation excels the previous
4 (of things) to be constantly evolving
门庭若市
mén tíng ruò shì
1 front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom)
2 a place with many visitors
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