一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
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1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
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2 fig. one is helpless alone
付之度外
fù zhī dù wài
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1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
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2 to do sth without considering the risks
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3 to leave out of consideration
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)
危而不持
wēi ér bù chí
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1 national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
各持己见
gè chí jǐ jiàn
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1 each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
坚持不懈
jiān chí bù xiè
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1 to persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end
坚持不渝
jiān chí bù yú
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1 to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere
度日如年
dù rì rú nián
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1 a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy
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2 time crawls when one is wretched
持之以恒
chí zhī yǐ héng
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1 to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
持橐簪笔
chí tuó zān bǐ
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1 to serve as a counselor (idiom)
支吾其词
zhī wú qí cí
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1 (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
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2 evasive
支离破碎
zhī lí pò suì
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1 scattered and smashed (idiom)
普度众生
pǔ dù zhòng shēng
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1 (Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering (idiom)
旷日持久
kuàng rì chí jiǔ
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1 protracted (idiom)
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2 long and drawn-out
乐不可支
lè bù kě zhī
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1 overjoyed (idiom); as pleased as punch
牡丹虽好,全仗绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lu:4 yè fú chí
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1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好,全凭绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lu:4 yè fú chí
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1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好,终须绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lu:4 yè fú chí
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1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.