丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
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1 lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě
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1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
生拉活扯
shēng lā huó chě
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1 to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
眼瞎耳聋
yǎn xiā ěr lóng
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1 to be deaf and blind (idiom)
睁眼说瞎话
zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huà
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1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
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2 to talk drivel
睁着眼睛说瞎话
zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà
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1 to lie through one's teeth (idiom)
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2 to talk drivel
瞎子摸象
xiā zi mō xiàng
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1 blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]); fig. unable to see the big picture
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2 to mistake the part for the whole
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3 unable to see the wood for the trees
瞎猫碰上死耗子
xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi
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1 a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)
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2 blind luck
老天爷饿不死瞎家雀
lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què
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1 lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom)
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2 fig. don't give up hope
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3 if you tough it out, there will be light at the end of the tunnel
胡诌乱扯
hú zhōu luàn chě
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1 to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
胡诌八扯
hú zhōu bā chě
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1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋
cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn
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1 lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)
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2 fig. no smoke without a fire
鸡蛋碰石头
jī dàn pèng shí tou
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1 lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom)
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2 fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself
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3 to overrate one's abilities
鸡蛋里挑骨头
jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
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1 to look for bones in an egg
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2 to find fault
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3 to nitpick (idiom)
鸡飞蛋打
jī fēi dàn dǎ
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1 the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken
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2 a dead loss (idiom)
鸟不拉屎,鸡不生蛋
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
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1 lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
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2 fig. god-forsaken
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3 remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋,狗不拉屎
niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ
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1 lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
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2 fig. god-forsaken
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3 remote and desolate