只可意会,不可言传
zhǐ kě yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
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1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
可以意会,不可言传
kě yǐ yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
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1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
单刀赴会
dān dāo fù huì
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1 lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)
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2 fig. to go alone into enemy lines
天上不会掉馅饼
tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng
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1 there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
后会有期
hòu huì yǒu qī
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1 I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom)
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2 Hope to see you again.
心领神会
xīn lǐng shén huì
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1 to understand tacitly (idiom)
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2 to know intuitively
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3 to understand thoroughly
文山会海
wén shān huì hǎi
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1 a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
机会带来成功
jī huì dài lái chéng gōng
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1 Opportunity brings success. (idiom)
煞费苦心
shà fèi kǔ xīn
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1 to take a lot of trouble (idiom); painstaking
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2 at the cost of a lot of effort
牵强附会
qiān qiǎng fù huì
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1 to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)
白费唇舌
bái fèi chún shé
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1 to whistle down the wind
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2 to waste one's breath (idiom)
穿凿附会
chuān záo fù huì
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1 to make far-fetched claims (idiom)
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2 to offer outlandish explanations
聚精会神
jù jīng huì shén
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1 to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
能说会道
néng shuō huì dào
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1 can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab
船到桥门自会直
chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí
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1 lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
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2 no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)
费人思索
fèi rén sī suǒ
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1 to think oneself to exhaustion (idiom)
费力不讨好
fèi lì bù tǎo hǎo
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1 arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
费尽心思
fèi jìn xīn si
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1 to rack one's brains (idiom); to take great pains to think sth through
费尽心机
fèi jìn xīn jī
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1 to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom)
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2 to beat one's brains out
适逢其会
shì féng qí huì
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1 to just happen to coincide with the occasion (idiom)
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2 to be present just at the right time