以强凌弱
yǐ qiáng líng ruò
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1 to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
凌乱不堪
líng luàn bù kān
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1 in a terrible mess (idiom)
初出茅庐
chū chū máo lú
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1 venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
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2 young and inexperienced
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3 novice
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4 greenhorn
初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
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1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
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2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
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1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
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2 fig. the young are fearless
初露头角
chū lù tóu jiǎo
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1 lit. to first show one's horns (idiom); fig. a first show of emerging talent
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2 first sign of emerging talent
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3 budding genius
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
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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)
悔不当初
huǐ bù dāng chū
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1 to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
情窦初开
qíng dòu chū kāi
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1 first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
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
蒙在鼓里
méng zài gǔ lǐ
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1 lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
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2 fig. completely in the dark
蒙昧无知
méng mèi wú zhī
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1 benighted (idiom)
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2 ignorant
躲得过初一,躲不过十五
duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ
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1 lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)
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2 fig. you can't put it off forever
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3 sooner or later you'll have to deal with it
违强凌弱
wéi qiáng líng ruò
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1 to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully
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2 also written 違強陵弱|违强陵弱
靡不有初,鲜克有终
mǐ bù yǒu chū , xiǎn kè yǒu zhōng
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1 almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle