充耳不闻
chōng ěr bù wén
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1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
充饥止渴
chōng jī zhǐ kě
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1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
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1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
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2 history is written by the victors
大水冲了龙王庙
dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào
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1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
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2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
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3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
成则为王,败则为寇
chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu
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1 lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
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2 fig. losers are always in the wrong
打肿脸充胖子
dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi
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1 lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities
擒贼擒王
qín zéi qín wáng
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1 to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
汗牛充栋
hàn niú chōng dòng
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1 lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
混世魔王
hùn shì mó wáng
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1 devil incarnate (idiom)
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2 fiend in human form
漏脯充饥
lòu fǔ chōng jī
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1 to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
滥竽充数
làn yú chōng shù
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1 lit. to play the yu 竽 mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom); fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products
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2 to masquerade as having an ability
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3 token member of a group
王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
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1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
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2 all one's geese are swans
王顾左右而言他
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
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1 the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
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2 to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)
画饼充饥
huà bǐng chōng jī
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1 lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake
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2 to feed on illusions (idiom)
神女有心,襄王无梦
shén nu:3 yǒu xīn , Xiāng Wáng wú mèng
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1 lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom)
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2 (said of a woman's unrequited love)
老王卖瓜,自卖自夸
Lǎo Wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
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1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
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2 all one's geese are swans
阎王好见,小鬼难当
Yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng
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1 lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
霸王硬上弓
bà wáng yìng shàng gōng
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1 to force oneself upon sb (idiom)
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2 to rape