今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
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1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
今朝有酒今朝醉
jīn zhāo yǒu jiǔ jīn zhāo zuì
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1 to live in the moment (idiom)
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2 to live every day as if it were one's last
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3 to enjoy while one can
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
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1 things are very different now (idiom)
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2 times have changed
令行禁止
lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
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1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
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2 to ensure strictly obedience
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
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1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
充饥止渴
chōng jī zhǐ kě
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1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
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1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
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1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
叹为观止
tàn wéi guān zhǐ
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1 (idiom) to gasp in amazement
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2 to acclaim as the peak of perfection
学无止境
xué wú zhǐ jìng
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1 no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study.
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2 You live and learn.
屡禁不止
lu:3 jìn bù zhǐ
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1 to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
戛然而止
jiá rán ér zhǐ
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1 with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
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1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
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2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
时至今日
shí zhì jīn rì
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1 (idiom) up to the present
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2 even now
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3 now (in contrast with the past)
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4 at this late hour
望梅止渴
wàng méi zhǐ kě
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1 lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
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2 fig. to console oneself with illusions
树欲静而风不止
shù yù jìng ér fēng bù zhǐ
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1 lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom)
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2 fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not
活血止痛
huó xuè zhǐ tòng
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1 to invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain (idiom)
浅尝辄止
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ
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1 to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
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2 to attempt half-heartedly
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3 content with a smattering of knowledge
浅尝辄止
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ
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1 to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
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2 to attempt half-heartedly
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3 content with a smattering of knowledge
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4 also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止
游客止步
yóu kè zhǐ bù
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1 visitors are not admitted (idiom)