一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
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1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
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2 sporadic effort
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3 short attention span
一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
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1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
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2 sporadic effort
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3 lack of sticking power
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4 short attention span
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
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1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
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2 fig. a drop in the ocean
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
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1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
千里寄鹅毛
qiān lǐ jì é máo
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1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
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2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
千里送鹅毛
qiān lǐ sòng é máo
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1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
千里送鹅毛,礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
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1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛,礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
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1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
千里鹅毛
qiān lǐ é máo
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1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
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2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qiān lǐ sòng é máo]
吹毛求疵
chuī máo qiú cī
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1 lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
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2 nitpick
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
啼饥号寒
tí jī háo hán
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1 hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
嘘寒问暖
xū hán wèn nuǎn
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1 to enquire solicitously about sb's well-being (idiom)
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2 to pamper
噤若寒蝉
jìn ruò hán chán
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1 to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
多如牛毛
duō rú niú máo
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1 as many as the hair of the ox (idiom)
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2 great amount of
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3 countless
天寒地冻
tiān hán dì dòng
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1 cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold
家世寒微
jiā shì hán wēi
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1 to be of humble origin (idiom)
寒光闪闪
hán guāng shǎn shǎn
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1 to glitter like frost and snow (idiom)
寒窗
hán chuāng
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1 a life of strenuous studies (idiom)