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
人浮于事
rén fú yú shì
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1 more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
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1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
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2 to replace the original with a fake
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3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ
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1 to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)
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2 see also 頭懸梁,錐刺股|头悬梁,锥刺股[tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ]
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
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1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
浮光掠影
fú guāng lu:è yǐng
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1 flickering light and passing shadows (idiom)
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2 blurred scenery
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3 cursory
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4 superficial
浮出水面
fú chū shuǐ miàn
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1 to float up (idiom); to become evident
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2 to surface
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3 to appear
浮家泛宅
fú jiā fàn zhái
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1 lit. to live on a boat
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2 to drift from place to place (idiom)
浮云朝露
fú yún zhāo lù
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1 floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
绕梁三日
rào liáng sān rì
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1 reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
头悬梁,锥刺股
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ
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1 lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
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2 fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly
余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng
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1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
余响绕梁
yú xiǎng rào liáng
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1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)