一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
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1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
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2 to throw a tantrum
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
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1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
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2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
哑巴吃黄莲
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
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1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
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2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
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3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
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1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
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2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
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3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连,有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
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1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
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2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
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3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出
巴三览四
bā sān lǎn sì
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1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
巴前算后
bā qián suàn hòu
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1 thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind
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2 to consider repeatedly
巴山夜雨
Bā shān yè yǔ
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1 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
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2 Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
巴山蜀水
Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ
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1 mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)
巴山越岭
bā shān yuè lǐng
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1 to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain
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2 good at climbing mountains
巴头探脑
bā tóu tàn nǎo
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1 to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy
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2 nosy
巴高望上
bā gāo wàng shàng
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1 to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
吊民伐罪
diào mín fá zuì
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1 to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
形影相吊
xíng yǐng xiāng diào
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1 with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom)
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2 extremely sad and lonely
狐狸尾巴
hú li wěi ba
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1 lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions
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2 to reveal one's evil nature
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3 evidence that reveals the villain
百般巴结
bǎi bān bā jié
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1 to flatter someone in a hundred different ways
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2 assiduous fawning (idiom)