上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
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1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
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2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
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3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
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1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心,度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
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1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
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1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
来无影,去无踪
lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng
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1 lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
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1 to come to nothing (idiom)
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
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1 poor people (idiom)
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2 those who live from hand to mouth
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
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1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
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2 to make oblique charges
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3 to make insinuations
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4 to insinuate
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
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1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
大事化小,小事化了
dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo
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1 to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng
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1 using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
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2 a sledgehammer to crack a nut
大处着眼,小处着手
dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒu
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1 think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)
大街小巷
dà jiē xiǎo xiàng
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1 great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
大惊小怪
dà jīng xiǎo guài
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1 to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
如影随形
rú yǐng suí xíng
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1 as the shadow follows the body (idiom)
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2 closely associated with each other
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3 to follow relentlessly
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)
小不忍则乱大谋
xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu
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1 (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
小人得志
xiǎo rén dé zhì
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1 lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)
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2 fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
小作怡情,大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
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1 a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
小别胜新婚
xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn
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1 reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom)
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2 absence makes the heart grow fonder