一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
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1 each word carries weight
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2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
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1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng
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1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
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2 naive
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3 doesn't know who's who
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4 no sense of priorities
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
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1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
千里送鹅毛,礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
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1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛,礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
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1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
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1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
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2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
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3 to make a comeback
名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
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1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
问鼎轻重
wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
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1 lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
女大不中留
nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú
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1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)
女大十八变
nu:3 dà shí bā biàn
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1 lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)
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2 fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
女子无才便是德
nu:3 zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
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1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
女扮男装
nu:3 bàn nán zhuāng
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1 (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)
女生外向
nu:3 shēng wài xiàng
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1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
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2 a woman's heart is with her husband
好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nu:3 dòu
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1 a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
如释重负
rú shì zhòng fù
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1 as if relieved from a burden (idiom)
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2 to have a weight off one's mind
少女露笑脸,婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
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1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
山峦重叠
shān luán chóng dié
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1 overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)
忍辱负重
rěn rǔ fù zhòng
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1 to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
慎重其事
shèn zhòng qí shì
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1 to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)