1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
前车之覆,后车之鉴
qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn
1 lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
2 learn from past mistake
3 once bitten twice shy
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
天翻地覆
tiān fān dì fù
1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
2 everything turned on its head
蒙在鼓里
méng zài gǔ lǐ
1 lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
2 fig. completely in the dark
翻天覆地
fān tiān fù dì
1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
2 everything turned on its head
翻手为云覆手变雨
fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ
1 lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
2 very powerful and capable (idiom)
翻云覆雨
fān yún fù yǔ
1 to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground
2 tricky and inconstant
3 to make love
蒙昧无知
méng mèi wú zhī
1 benighted (idiom)
2 ignorant
覆巢之下无完卵
fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn
1 lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)
2 fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
覆巢无完卵
fù cháo wú wán luǎn
1 lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact
2 no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
覆水难收
fù shuǐ nán shōu
1 spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
2 it's no use crying over spilt milk
3 what's done is done and can't be reversed
4 the damage is done
5 once divorced, there's no reuniting
载舟覆舟
zài zhōu fù zhōu
1 to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.
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