一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
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1 each word carries weight
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2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng
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1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
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2 naive
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3 doesn't know who's who
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4 no sense of priorities
交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
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1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)
创巨痛深
chuāng jù tòng shēn
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1 untold pain and suffering (idiom); deeply scarred for life
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
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1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
千里送鹅毛,礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
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1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛,礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
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1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
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1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
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2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
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3 to make a comeback
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
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1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
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2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
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3 to study diligently
名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
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1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
问鼎轻重
wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
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1 lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
夜深人静
yè shēn rén jìng
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1 in the dead of night (idiom)
如释重负
rú shì zhòng fù
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1 as if relieved from a burden (idiom)
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2 to have a weight off one's mind
寓意深远
yù yì shēn yuǎn
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1 the implied message is deep (idiom); having deep implications
寓意深长
yù yì shēn cháng
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1 to have profound import (idiom); to be deeply significant
山峦重叠
shān luán chóng dié
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1 overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)
山高海深
shān gāo hǎi shēn
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1 high as the mountain and deep as the sea (idiom); fig. infinite bounty
忍辱负重
rěn rǔ fù zhòng
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1 to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
慎重其事
shèn zhòng qí shì
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1 to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)
故地重游
gù dì chóng yóu
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1 to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane