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)
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
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1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
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
去芜存菁
qù wú cún jīng
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1 lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
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2 to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
名存实亡
míng cún shí wáng
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1 the name remains, but the reality is gone (idiom)
嘴快心直
zuǐ kuài xīn zhí
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1 outspoken and frank (idiom)
大器晚成
dà qì wǎn chéng
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1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
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2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
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3 Rome wasn't built in a day
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)
工欲善其事,必先利其器
gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
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1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
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
投鼠忌器
tóu shǔ jì qì
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1 lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
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2 to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
欲善其事,必先利其器
yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
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1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
求同存异
qiú tóng cún yì
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1 to seek common ground, putting differences aside (idiom)
硕果仅存
shuò guǒ jǐn cún
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1 only remaining of the great (idiom); one of the few greats extant
薰莸不同器
xūn yóu bù tóng qì
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1 lit. fragrant herbs and foul herbs do not go into the same vessel (idiom)
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2 bad people and good people do not mix
藏器待时
cáng qì dài shí
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1 to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom); to lie low and await the opportune moment