不吐不快
bù tǔ bù kuài
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1 to have to pour out what's on one's mind (idiom)
不知进退
bù zhī jìn tuì
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1 not knowing when to come or leave (idiom); with no sense of propriety
来得容易,去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
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1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
先睹为快
xiān dǔ wéi kuài
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1 joy of first experience (idiom)
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2 the pleasure of reading sth for the first time
嘴快心直
zuǐ kuài xīn zhí
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1 outspoken and frank (idiom)
大快朵颐
dà kuài duǒ yí
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1 to gorge oneself
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2 to eat heartily (idiom)
心直口快
xīn zhí kǒu kuài
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1 frank and outspoken (idiom)
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2 straight speaking
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3 to say what one thinks
快刀斩乱麻
kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má
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1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
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2 cutting the Gordian knot
快刀断乱麻
kuài dāo duàn luàn má
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1 lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation
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2 cutting the Gordian knot
快马加鞭
kuài mǎ jiā biān
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1 to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
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2 to go as fast as possible
打退堂鼓
dǎ tuì táng gǔ
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1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
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2 fig. to give up
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3 to turn tail
知难而退
zhī nán ér tuì
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1 to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation
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2 to get out on finding out what it's really like
临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网
lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng
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1 better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom)
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2 one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim
临阵退缩
lín zhèn tuì suō
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1 to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom)
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2 to get cold feet
说时迟,那时快
shuō shí chí , nà shí kuài
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1 (idiom) no sooner said than done
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2 before you know it
退避三舍
tuì bì sān shè
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1 lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength
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2 a strategic withdrawal
逆水行舟,不进则退
nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì
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1 like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
进退不得
jìn tuì bù dé
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1 can't advance or retreat (idiom); no room for maneuver
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2 stalled
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3 in a dilemma
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4 stuck in a difficult position
进退中绳
jìn tuì zhōng shéng
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1 to advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible
进退两难
jìn tuì liǎng nán
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1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma
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2 trapped
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3 in an impossible situation