一心一德
yī xīn yī dé
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1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
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1 to do two things at once (idiom)
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2 to multitask
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3 to divide one's attention
一醉方休
yī zuì fāng xiū
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1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
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2 to get plastered
一门心思
yī mén xīn si
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1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
一体两面
yī tǐ liǎng miàn
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1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
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2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
三十而立
sān shí ér lì
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1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
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1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
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2 half-hearted
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3 shilly-shallying
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
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1 better kept under the table (idiom)
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2 not to be disclosed
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3 too inferior to show in public
不以规矩,不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
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1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
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1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
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2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
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3 to keep going while some hope is left
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
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1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
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2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
世上无难事,只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
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1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
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2 persistence will overcome
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
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1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
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1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
人心隔肚皮
rén xīn gé dù pí
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1 there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)
人心难测
rén xīn nán cè
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1 hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
人面兽心
rén miàn shòu xīn
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1 human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced
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2 malicious and duplicitous
仁心仁术
rén xīn rén shù
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1 benevolent heart and skillful execution (idiom, from Mencius); charitable in thought and deed
以小人之心,度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
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1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以泪洗面
yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
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1 to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)