1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
2 innumerable
以卵击石
yǐ luǎn jī shí
1 lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible
2 to invite disaster by overreaching oneself
劫数难逃
jié shù nán táo
1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
如数家珍
rú shǔ jiā zhēn
1 lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom)
2 fig. to be very familiar with a matter
寥寥可数
liáo liáo kě shǔ
1 just a very few (idiom); tiny number
2 just a handful
3 not many at all
4 You count them on your fingers.
屈指可数
qū zhǐ kě shǔ
1 can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)
2 very few
心有灵犀一点通
xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng
1 hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
心里有数
xīn lǐ yǒu shù
1 to know the score (idiom)
2 to be well aware of the situation
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
指点江山
zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān
1 to talk idly about important matters (idiom)
2 to set the world to rights
3 to pass judgment on everything
击鼓鸣金
jī gǔ míng jīn
1 to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat
2 to egg people on or to call them back
擢发难数
zhuó fà nán shǔ
1 lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom)
2 fig. innumerable (crimes)
数一数二
shǔ yī shǔ èr
1 reckoned to be first or second best (idiom)
2 one of the very best
3 to list one by one
数不胜数
shǔ bù shèng shǔ
1 too many to count (idiom); innumerable
数典忘祖
shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ
1 to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
数珠念佛
shǔ zhū niàn fó
1 to count one's prayer beads and chant Buddha's name (idiom)
数见不鲜
shuò jiàn bù xiān
1 a common occurrence (idiom)
数黄道黑
shǔ huáng dào hēi
1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels