有奶便是娘
yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng
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1 lit. whoever provides milk is your mother (idiom)
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2 fig. to follow whoever is feeding you
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3 to put one's loyalties where one's interests lie
求爷爷告奶奶
qiú yé ye gào nǎi nai
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1 lit. to beg grandpa and call on grandma (idiom)
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2 fig. to go about begging for help
油光可鉴
yóu guāng kě jiàn
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1 lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom)
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2 lustrous
油然而生
yóu rán ér shēng
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1 arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous
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2 to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
滚油煎心
gǔn yóu jiān xīn
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1 to suffer mental anguish (idiom)
火上加油
huǒ shàng jiā yóu
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1 to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
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2 to enrage people and make matters worse
火上浇油
huǒ shàng jiāo yóu
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1 to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
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2 to enrage people and make matters worse
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋
cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn
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1 lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)
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2 fig. no smoke without a fire
鸡蛋碰石头
jī dàn pèng shí tou
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1 lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom)
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2 fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself
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3 to overrate one's abilities
鸡蛋里挑骨头
jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
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1 to look for bones in an egg
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2 to find fault
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3 to nitpick (idiom)
鸡飞蛋打
jī fēi dàn dǎ
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1 the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken
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2 a dead loss (idiom)
鸟不拉屎，鸡不生蛋
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
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1 lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
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2 fig. god-forsaken
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3 remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋，狗不拉屎
niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ
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1 lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
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2 fig. god-forsaken
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3 remote and desolate