三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
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1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
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2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
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3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不经一事
bù jīng yī shì
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1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不经一事,不长一智
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì
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1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不见经传
bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
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1 not found in the classics (idiom); unknown
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2 unfounded
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3 not authoritative
久经考验
jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn
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1 well tested (idiom); seasoned
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2 veteran
全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò
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1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piě
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1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
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2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
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3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
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1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
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2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
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3 no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
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1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
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2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
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3 no sign of success yet
功不可没
gōng bù kě mò
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1 one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
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)
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)
天经地义
tiān jīng dì yì
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1 lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper
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2 right and unalterable
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3 a matter of course
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
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1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
引经据典
yǐn jīng jù diǎn
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1 lit. to quote the classics
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2 to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
惨淡经营
cǎn dàn jīng yíng
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1 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
曾经沧海
céng jīng cāng hǎi
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1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
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2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
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1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
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2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
弃农经商
qì nóng jīng shāng
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1 to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)
没吃没穿
méi chī méi chuān
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1 to be without food or clothing (idiom)
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2 to be very poor