一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
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1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
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1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
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2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
反唇相讥
fǎn chún xiāng jī
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1 to answer back sarcastically (idiom)
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2 to retort
咬人狗儿不露齿
yǎo rén gǒu r5 bù lù chǐ
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1 lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)
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2 fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
咬文嚼字
yǎo wén jiáo zì
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1 to bite words and chew characters (idiom); punctilious about minutiae of wording
咬牙切齿
yǎo yá qiè chǐ
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1 gnashing one's teeth (idiom); displaying extreme anger
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2 fuming with rage between gritted teeth
咬紧牙关
yǎo jǐn yá guān
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1 lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain
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2 to bite the bullet
唇亡齿寒
chún wáng chǐ hán
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1 lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent
唇齿
chún chǐ
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1 lit. lips and teeth (idiom); fig. close partners
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2 interdependent
唇齿相依
chún chǐ xiāng yī
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1 lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom); closely related
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2 interdependent
搬唇递舌
bān chún dì shé
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1 to pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension
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2 to blab
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3 to tell tales
狗咬吕洞宾,不识好人心
gǒu yǎo Lu:3 Dòng bīn , bù shí hǎo rén xīn
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1 a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom)
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2 to ill reward a person's kindness
白费唇舌
bái fèi chún shé
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1 to whistle down the wind
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2 to waste one's breath (idiom)
皓齿朱唇
hào chǐ zhū chún
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1 white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman
饶舌调唇
ráo shé tiáo chún
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1 blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker
驴唇不对马嘴
lu:2 chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ
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1 lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom)
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2 fig. beside the point
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3 incongruous
驴唇马觜
lu:2 chún mǎ zī
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1 lit.camel's lip, horse's mouth (idiom)
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2 fig. to chatter
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3 nonsense
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4 blather