1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
净心修身
jìng xīn xiū shēn
1 to have an untroubled heart and behave morally (idiom)
年久失修
nián jiǔ shī xiū
1 old and in a state of disrepair (idiom)
2 dilapidated
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn
1 the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)
2 sth hard to come by
3 sth wonderful and rare
听话听声,锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
1 to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng
1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)