一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
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1 thoroughly (idiom)
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2 completely
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3 one and all
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4 very clean
乳臭未干
rǔ xiù wèi gān
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1 smell of mother's milk not yet dried (idiom); immature and inexperienced
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2 still wet behind the ears
干打雷,不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
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1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
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2 a lot of noise but no action
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
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1 it's a small world (idiom)
何乐而不为
hé lè ér bù wéi
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1 What can you have against it? (idiom)
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2 We should do this.
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3 Go for it!
何济于事
hé jì yú shì
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1 of what use is it
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2 (idiom)
化干戈为玉帛
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
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1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
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2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
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1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
唾面自干
tuò miàn zì gān
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1 to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
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2 to drain the cup of humiliation
埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
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1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
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2 to make an all-out effort
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3 up to the neck in work
外强中干
wài qiáng zhōng gān
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1 strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
大动干戈
dà dòng gān gē
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1 to go to war (idiom)
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2 to make a big fuss over sth
天涯何处无芳草
tiān yá hé chù wú fāng cǎo
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1 there are plenty more fish in the sea (idiom)
情何以堪
qíng hé yǐ kān
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1 how can this be endured! (idiom)
成也萧何,败也萧何
chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé
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1 lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Hán Xìn] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[dà jiāng jūn]
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2 fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
早知今日何必当初
zǎo zhī jīn rì hé bì dāng chū
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1 if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
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2 to regret vainly one's past behavior
有宝何必人前夸
yǒu bǎo hé bì rén qián kuā
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1 There is no need to boast about one's treasures. (idiom)
欲加之罪,何患无辞
yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí
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1 If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
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2 Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
没有规矩,何以成方圆
méi yǒu guī ju , hé yǐ chéng fāng yuán
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1 without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
烈火干柴
liè huǒ gān chái
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1 lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
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2 fig. consuming passion between lovers