一寸光阴一寸金
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn
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1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom)
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2 fig. free time is to be treasured
一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
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1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
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2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
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1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
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2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
以汤沃沸
yǐ tāng wò fèi
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1 to manage a situation badly (idiom)
光阴似箭
guāng yīn sì jiàn
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1 time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
固若金汤
gù ruò jīn tāng
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1 secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom)
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2 well fortified
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3 invulnerable to attack
寸金难买寸光阴
cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
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1 An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom); Money can't buy you time.
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2 Time is precious.
换汤不换药
huàn tāng bù huàn yào
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1 different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only
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2 a change in form but not in substance
斧钺汤镬
fǔ yuè tāng huò
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1 battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution
赴汤蹈火
fù tāng dǎo huǒ
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1 to go through water and tread on fire (idiom); not afraid of any difficulty
阴差阳错
yīn chā yáng cuò
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1 (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
阴德必有阳报
yīn dé bì yǒu yáng bào
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1 hidden merits will have visible rewards (idiom)
阴沟里翻船
yīn gōu lǐ fān chuán
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1 to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)
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2 to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
阴虚火旺
yīn xū huǒ wàng
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1 an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom)
阴谋诡计
yīn móu guǐ jì
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1 crafty plots and machinations (idiom)
阴错阳差
yīn cuò yáng chā
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1 (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
阴魂不散
yīn hún bù sàn
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1 lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom)
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2 fig. the influence still lingers on
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3 the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
阳奉阴违
yáng fèng yīn wéi
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1 outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service
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2 to agree overtly, but oppose in secret
香汤沐浴
xiāng tāng mù yù
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1 to bathe in a fragrant hot spring (idiom)