一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
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1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见,如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
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1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一叶知秋
yī yè zhī qiū
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1 lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)
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2 fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend
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3 a straw in the wind
一雨成秋
yī yǔ chéng qiū
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1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
傲视群伦
ào shì qún lún
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1 outstanding talent (idiom)
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2 incomparable artistic merit
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3 accomplishment out of the ordinary
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
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1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
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2 flawless person
冷若冰霜
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
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1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
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2 frigid
各人自扫门前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
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1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
各有千秋
gè yǒu qiān qiū
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1 each has its own merits (idiom)
居功自傲
jū gōng zì ào
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1 satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
引以为傲
yǐn yǐ wéi ào
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1 to be intensely proud of sth (idiom)
恃才傲物
shì cái ào wù
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1 to be inordinately proud of one's ability
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2 to be conceited and contemptuous (idiom)
明察秋毫
míng chá qiū háo
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1 lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius)
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2 fig. perceptive of even the finest detail
春生,夏长,秋收,冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
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1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
春秋大梦
chūn qiū dà mèng
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1 grand dreams
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2 unrealistic ideas (idiom)
暗送秋波
àn sòng qiū bō
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1 to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
甲之蜜糖,乙之砒霜
jiǎ zhī mì táng , yǐ zhī pī shuāng
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1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
秋后算帐
qiū hòu suàn zhàng
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1 lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom); to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts
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2 to bide time for revenge
秋后算账
qiū hòu suàn zhàng
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1 lit. to settle accounts after autumn
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2 settle scores at an opportune moment (idiom)
秋毫无犯
qiū háo wú fàn
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1 (idiom) (of soldiers) highly disciplined, not committing the slightest offence against civilians