冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
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1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
各人自扫门前雪,莫管他家瓦上霜
gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng
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1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
报仇雪耻
bào chóu xuě chǐ
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1 to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)
报仇雪恨
bào chóu xuě hèn
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1 to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom)
小菜一碟
xiǎo cài yī dié
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1 a small appetizer
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2 a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
捡到篮里就是菜
jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài
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1 all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r5
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1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
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2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
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1 to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
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2 to live within one's means
看菜吃饭,量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
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1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
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2 to act according to actual circumstances
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3 to live within one's means
程门立雪
Chéng mén lì xuě
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1 lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom)
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2 fig. deep reverence for one's master
聚萤映雪
jù yíng yìng xuě
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1 lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background
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2 burning the midnight oil
萝卜白菜,各有所爱
luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài
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1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
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2 to each his own
雪上加霜
xuě shàng jiā shuāng
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1 to add hail to snow (idiom); one disaster on top of another
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2 to make things worse in a bad situation
雪中送炭
xuě zhōng sòng tàn
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1 lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)
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2 fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need
雪泥鸿爪
xuě ní hóng zhǎo
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1 a goose's footprint in the snow
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2 vestiges of the past (idiom)
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3 the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
风花雪月
fēng huā xuě yuè
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1 wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance
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2 love affair
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3 romance is in the air
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4 dissipated life
鹅毛大雪
é máo dà xuě
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1 goose feather snow (idiom)
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2 big heavy snow fall
黄花菜都凉了
huáng huā cài dōu liáng le
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1 lit. the dishes are cold (idiom)
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2 fig. to arrive late
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3 to take one's sweet time