乏善可陈
fá shàn kě chén
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1 to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
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1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
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2 unimaginably far away
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
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1 with complex feelings (idiom)
判若云泥
pàn ruò yún ní
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1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
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2 worlds apart
叱咤风云
chì zhà fēng yún
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1 lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world
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2 all-powerful
吞云吐雾
tūn yún tǔ wù
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1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
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2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke
堕云雾中
duò yún wù zhōng
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1 lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom); fig. at a complete loss
大旱望云霓
dà hàn wàng yún ní
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1 lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
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2 fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
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1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
推陈布新
tuī chén bù xīn
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1 to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
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2 to go beyond old ideas
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3 advancing all the time
推陈出新
tuī chén chū xīn
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1 to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
拨云见日
bō yún jiàn rì
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1 lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
新陈代谢
xīn chén dài xiè
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1 metabolism (biology)
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2 the new replaces the old (idiom)
明修栈道，暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
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1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
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2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
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3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
暗渡陈仓
àn dù Chén cāng
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1 lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
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2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
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3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
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
朱云折槛
Zhū Yún zhē kǎn
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1 Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly
浮云朝露
fú yún zhāo lù
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1 floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
沥陈鄙见
lì chén bǐ jiàn
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1 to state one's humble opinion (idiom)
烘云托月
hōng yún tuō yuè
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1 lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil
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2 a contrasting character to a main hero