一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
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1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
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2 fig. one is helpless alone
人生一世，草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
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1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
你走你的阳关道，我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
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1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
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2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
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3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
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1 high-sounding
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2 dignified
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3 pompous (idiom)
刚毅木讷
gāng yì mù nè
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1 resolute and taciturn (idiom)
十年树木，百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
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1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
呆若木鸡
dāi ruò mù jī
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1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
单丝不成线，独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
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1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
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1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
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1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
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2 worthless object
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
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1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
山颓木坏
shān tuí mù huài
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1 lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined
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2 a great sage has died (idiom)
峨冠博带
é guān bó dài
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1 official class
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2 intellectual class (idiom)
张冠李戴
Zhāng guān Lǐ dài
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1 lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head
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2 to attribute sth to the wrong person (idiom)
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3 to confuse one thing with another
弹冠相庆
tán guān xiāng qìng
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1 lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom); to celebrate an official appointment
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2 to congratulate and celebrate (promotion, graduation etc)
怒发冲冠
nù fà chōng guān
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1 lit. hair stands up in anger and tips off one's hat (idiom)
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2 fig. seething in anger
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3 raise one's hackles
木人石心
mù rén shí xīn
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1 lit. body made of wood, heart made of stone (idiom)
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2 fig. heartless
木已成舟
mù yǐ chéng zhōu
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1 lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)
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2 fig. what is done cannot be undone
木讷寡言
mù nè guǎ yán
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1 honest and unaffected but not talkative (idiom)
枯木逢春
kū mù féng chūn
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1 lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)
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2 fig. to get a new lease on life
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3 to be revived
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4 (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve