不吐不快
bù tǔ bù kuài
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1 to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom)
来得容易,去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
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1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
先睹为快
xiān dǔ wéi kuài
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1 joy of first experience (idiom)
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2 the pleasure of reading sth for the first time
嘴快心直
zuǐ kuài xīn zhí
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1 outspoken and frank (idiom)
大快朵颐
dà kuài duǒ yí
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1 to gorge oneself
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2 to eat heartily (idiom)
强弩之末
qiáng nǔ zhī mò
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1 lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)
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2 fig. spent force
心直口快
xīn zhí kǒu kuài
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1 frank and outspoken (idiom)
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2 straight speaking
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3 to say what one thinks
快刀斩乱麻
kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má
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1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
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2 cutting the Gordian knot
快刀断乱麻
kuài dāo duàn luàn má
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1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
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2 cutting the Gordian knot
快马加鞭
kuài mǎ jiā biān
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1 to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
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2 to go as fast as possible
恬愉之安
tián yú zhī ān
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1 comfortably at peace (idiom)
舍本逐末
shě běn zhú mò
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1 to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)
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2 to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
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1 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
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2 to stress the incidental over the fundamental
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3 to put the cart before the horse
穷途末路
qióng tú mò lù
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1 lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse
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2 in a plight with no way out
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3 things have reached a dead end
说时迟,那时快
shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài
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1 (idiom) no sooner said than done
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2 before you know it
马无夜草不肥,人无外快不富
mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù
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1 a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)