1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
2 early planning is the key to success
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
2 early morning is the golden time of the day
一矢中的
yī shǐ zhòng dì
1 to hit the target with a single shot
2 to say something spot on (idiom)
一语中的
yī yǔ zhòng dì
1 to hit the mark with a comment (idiom)
2 to say sth spot on
三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
2 tight-lipped
上下其手
shàng xià qí shǒu
1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不厌其烦
bù yàn qí fán
1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
2 to take great pains
3 to be very patient
不安其室
bù ān qí shì
1 to be discontented with one's home
2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
不计其数
bù jì qí shù
1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
2 innumerable
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
事在人为
shì zài rén wéi
1 the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort
2 With effort, one can achieve anything.
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
1 a giant among men (idiom)
人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
1 you can't always do as you like
2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
1 to let things take their course (idiom)
2 to leave it to nature
3 laissez-faire
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
Sample Sentences
乐在其中，又怎会在意条件艰苦呢？
lèzàiqízhōng ，yòu zěn huì zàiyì tiáojiàn jiānkǔ ne ？
I was happy and contented to care about the difficult conditions.