一技之长
yī jì zhī cháng
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1 proficiency in a particular field (idiom)
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2 skill in a specialized area (idiom)
巧妇难为无米之炊
qiǎo fù nán wéi wú mǐ zhī chuī
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1 The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
巧立名目
qiǎo lì míng mù
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1 to fabricate excuses (idiom)
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2 to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
巧舌如簧
qiǎo shé rú huáng
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1 lit. to have a tongue like a reed (idiom)
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2 fig. to have a glib tongue
巧言令色
qiǎo yán lìng sè
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1 to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
巧诈不如拙诚
qiǎo zhà bù rú zhuō chéng
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1 the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom)
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2 honesty is the best policy
熟能生巧
shú néng shēng qiǎo
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1 with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
神乎其技
shén hū qí jì
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1 (idiom) brilliant
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2 extremely skillful
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3 virtuosic
空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn
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1 the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)
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2 sth hard to come by
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3 sth wonderful and rare
听话听声,锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
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1 to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
花言巧语
huā yán qiǎo yǔ
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1 graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words
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2 cheating wheedling
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3 dishonest rhetoric
余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng
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1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
黔驴技穷
Qián lu:2 jì qióng
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1 to exhaust one's limited abilities (idiom)