1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
亘古不变
gèn gǔ bù biàn
1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
2 unalterable
3 unvarying
4 monotonous
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
1 to face opprobrium (idiom)
前不见古人，后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
1 unique
2 unprecedented (idiom)
千古罪人
qiān gǔ zuì rén
1 sb condemned by history (idiom)
千古遗恨
qiān gǔ yí hèn
1 to have eternal regrets (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
1 lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
2 fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart