一手交钱,一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
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1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
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2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
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3 simple and direct transaction
乏善可陈
fá shàn kě chén
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1 to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
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1 with complex feelings (idiom)
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
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
杀人越货
shā rén yuè huò
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1 to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
沥陈鄙见
lì chén bǐ jiàn
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1 to state one's humble opinion (idiom)
货比三家
huò bǐ sān jiā
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1 to comparison shop (idiom)
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2 comparison shopping
货比三家不吃亏
huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuī
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1 shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
陈谷子烂芝麻
chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma
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1 lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip