不经一事
bù jīng yī shì
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1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不经一事,不长一智
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì
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1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不见经传
bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
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1 not found in the classics (idiom); unknown
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2 unfounded
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3 not authoritative
久经考验
jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn
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1 well tested (idiom); seasoned
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2 veteran
促膝谈心
cù xī tán xīn
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1 to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)
天经地义
tiān jīng dì yì
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1 lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper
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2 right and unalterable
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3 a matter of course
奇谈怪论
qí tán guài lùn
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1 strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)
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2 unreasonable remarks
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
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1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
引经据典
yǐn jīng jù diǎn
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1 lit. to quote the classics
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2 to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
惨淡经营
cǎn dàn jīng yíng
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1 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
撇开不谈
piē kāi bù tán
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1 to ignore an issue (idiom)
曾经沧海
céng jīng cāng hǎi
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1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
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2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life
曾经沧海难为水,除却巫山不是云
céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún
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1 there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)
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2 one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
弃农经商
qì nóng jīng shāng
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1 to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)
混为一谈
hùn wéi yī tán
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1 to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
满腹经纶
mǎn fù jīng lún
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1 full of political wisdom (idiom)
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2 politically astute
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3 with encyclopedic experience of state policy
无稽之谈
wú jī zhī tán
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1 complete nonsense (idiom)
无话不谈
wú huà bù tán
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1 not to hold anything back (idiom)
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2 (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
纸上谈兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
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1 lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
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2 fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
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3 armchair strategist
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4 idle theorizing
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5 cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
经历风雨
jīng lì fēng yǔ
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1 to go through thick and thin (idiom)