一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
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1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
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2 willful
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3 one's own way
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4 dogmatic
事实胜于雄辩
shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn
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1 Facts speak louder than words. (idiom)
含英咀华
hán yīng jǔ huá
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1 to savor fine writing (idiom)
天妒英才
tiān dù yīng cái
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1 heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with
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2 those whom the Gods love die young
孤家寡人
gū jiā guǎ rén
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1 one who is cut off from others (idiom)
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2 one who has chosen to follow a solitary path
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3 (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
孤独于世
gū dú yú shì
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1 alone in the world (idiom)
孤芳自赏
gū fāng zì shǎng
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1 lone flower admiring itself (idiom); narcissism
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2 self-love
孤苦伶仃
gū kǔ líng dīng
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1 solitary and impoverished (idiom)
孤身只影
gū shēn zhī yǐng
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1 lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company
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2 to be all alone (idiom)
孤军奋战
gū jūn fèn zhàn
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1 lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom)
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2 fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
时势造英雄
shí shì zào yīng xióng
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1 Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.
独胆英雄
dú dǎn yīng xióng
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1 bold and courageous hero (idiom)
群雄逐鹿
qún xióng zhú lù
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1 great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom); fig. many vie for supremacy
苦心孤诣
kǔ xīn gū yì
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1 to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble
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2 to work hard at sth
英年早逝
yīng nián zǎo shì
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1 to die an untimely death (idiom)
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2 to be cut off in one's prime
英雄所见略同
yīng xióng suǒ jiàn lu:è tóng
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1 lit. heroes usually agree (idiom); Great minds think alike.
英雄难过美人关
yīng xióng nán guò měi rén guān
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1 even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)
雄心勃勃
xióng xīn bó bó
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1 aggressive and grand (idiom); ambitious
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2 pushy
顾盼自雄
gù pàn zì xióng
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1 to strut about feeling complacent (idiom)