喜气洋洋
xǐ qì yáng yáng
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1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
土洋结合
tǔ yáng jié hé
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1 combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
小菜一碟
xiǎo cài yī dié
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1 a small appetizer
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2 a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
崇洋媚外
chóng yáng mèi wài
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1 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
捡到篮里就是菜
jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài
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1 all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
望洋兴叹
wàng yáng xīng tàn
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1 lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)
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2 fig. to feel powerless and incompetent (to perform a task)
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
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1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
洋洋大篇
yáng yáng dà piān
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1 lit. an ocean of writing
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2 an impressive literary work (idiom)
洋洋得意
yáng yáng dé yì
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1 immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
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2 proud
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3 complacent
洋洋洒洒
yáng yáng sǎ sǎ
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1 voluminous
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2 flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
洋洋自得
yáng yáng zì dé
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1 immensely pleased with oneself (idiom)
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2 proud
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3 complacent
洋腔洋调
yáng qiāng yáng diào
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1 to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
热情洋溢
rè qíng yáng yì
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1 brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r5
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1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
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2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
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1 to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
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2 to live within one's means
看菜吃饭,量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
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1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
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2 to act according to actual circumstances
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3 to live within one's means
萝卜白菜,各有所爱
luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài
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1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
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2 to each his own
黄花菜都凉了
huáng huā cài dōu liáng le
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1 lit. the dishes are cold (idiom)
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2 fig. to arrive late
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3 to take one's sweet time