一往无前
yī wǎng wú qián
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1 to advance courageously (idiom)
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2 to press forward
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
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1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
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1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
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2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
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1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
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2 not content to lag behind
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
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1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不顾前后
bù gù qián hòu
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1 regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
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1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
事后诸葛亮
shì hòu Zhū gě Liàng
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1 a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
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1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
停滞不前
tíng zhì bù qián
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1 stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant
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2 in a rut
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3 at a standstill
先斩后奏
xiān zhǎn hòu zòu
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1 first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later
先礼后兵
xiān lǐ hòu bīng
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1 peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence
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2 jaw-jaw is better than war-war
光前裕后
guāng qián yù hòu
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1 to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)
全民皆兵
quán mín jiē bīng
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1 to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
兵不血刃
bīng bù xuè rèn
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1 lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory
兵来将挡,水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
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1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
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2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌,水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
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1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
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2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵家常事
bīng jiā cháng shì
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1 commonplace in military operations (idiom)
兵强马壮
bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
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1 lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom)
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2 fig. a well-trained and powerful army
兵戈扰攘
bīng gē rǎo rǎng
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1 arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war