1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
拿得起放得下
ná de qǐ fàng de xià
1 lit. can pick it up or put it down (idiom)
2 fig. to take what comes
3 to meet gains or losses with equanimity
拿着鸡毛当令箭
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
1 to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
狗拿耗子
gǒu ná hào zi
1 lit. a dog who catches mice
2 to be meddlesome (idiom)
芒刺在背
máng cì zài bèi
1 feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)
2 uneasy and nervous
3 to be on pins and needles
针尖对麦芒
zhēn jiān duì mài máng
1 sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)