儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
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1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
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1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
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2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
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3 no sign of success yet
又要马儿跑,又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo
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1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
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2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
咬人狗儿不露齿
yǎo rén gǒu r5 bù lù chǐ
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1 lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)
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2 fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
清风劲节
qīng fēng jìng jié
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1 pure and high-minded (idiom)
煞费苦心
shà fèi kǔ xīn
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1 to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
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2 at the cost of a lot of effort
男儿有泪不轻弹
nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán
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1 real men do not easily cry (idiom)
疾风劲草
jí fēng jìng cǎo
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1 the storm put strong grass to the test (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
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2 to show one's true colors after a stern test
疾风知劲草
jí fēng zhī jìng cǎo
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1 the storm put strong grass to the test (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
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2 to show one's true colors after a stern test
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3 also written 疾風勁草|疾风劲草
疾风知劲草,烈火见真金
jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn
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1 the storm put strong grass to the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
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2 to show one's true colors after a stern test
白费唇舌
bái fèi chún shé
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1 to whistle down the wind
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2 to waste one's breath (idiom)
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r5
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1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
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2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
视同儿戏
shì tóng ér xì
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1 to regard sth as a plaything (idiom); to consider unimportant
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2 to view as trifling
费人思索
fèi rén sī suǒ
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1 to think oneself to exhaustion (idiom)
费力不讨好
fèi lì bù tǎo hǎo
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1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
费尽心思
fèi jìn xīn si
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1 to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through
费尽心机
fèi jìn xīn jī
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1 to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom)
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2 to beat one's brains out
铺张浪费
pū zhāng làng fèi
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1 extravagance and waste (idiom)