天下太平
tiān xià tài píng
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1 the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
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1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
太平盛世
tài píng shèng shì
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1 peace and prosperity (idiom)
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
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1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
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2 fig. hell freezes over
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3 pigs can fly
姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
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1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
寒窗
hán chuāng
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1 a life of strenuous studies (idiom)
明窗净几
míng chuāng jìng jī
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1 lit. clear window and clean table (idiom); fig. bright and clean (room)
东窗事发
dōng chuāng shì fā
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1 (of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom)
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2 to come to light
欺人太甚
qī rén tài shèn
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1 to bully intolerably (idiom)
皇帝不急太监急
huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí
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1 lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
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2 fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
窗明几净
chuāng míng jī jìng
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1 lit. clear window and clean table (idiom)
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2 fig. bright and clean
云窗雾槛
yún chuāng wù kǎn
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1 cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in the clouds