世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
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1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
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1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
代代相传
dài dài xiāng chuán
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1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
以言代法
yǐ yán dài fǎ
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1 to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
以言代法,以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
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1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
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2 Might makes right.
功德无量
gōng dé wú liàng
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1 no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence
包办代替
bāo bàn dài tì
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1 to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act
向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu
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1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
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1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向隅
xiàng yú
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1 lit. to face the corner (idiom)
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2 fig. to miss out on sth
女生外向
nu:3 shēng wài xiàng
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1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
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2 a woman's heart is with her husband
好好学习,天天向上
hǎo hǎo xué xí , tiān tiān xiàng shàng
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1 study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)
容华绝代
róng huá jué dài
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1 to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom)
富不过三代
fù bù guò sān dài
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1 wealth never survives three generations (idiom)
宽宏大量
kuān hóng dà liàng
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1 magnanimous (idiom); generous
怒目相向
nù mù xiāng xiàng
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1 to glower at each other (idiom)
所向披靡
suǒ xiàng pī mǐ
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1 to sweep everything before one
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2 to be invincible (idiom)
斤斤较量
jīn jīn jiào liàng
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1 to bicker at length over a trivial matter (idiom)
新陈代谢
xīn chén dài xiè
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1 metabolism (biology)
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2 the new replaces the old (idiom)
明知山有虎,偏向虎山行
míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ , piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng
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1 lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)
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2 fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers