兼收并蓄
jiān shōu bìng xù
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1 incorporating diverse things (idiom)
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2 eclectic
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3 all-embracing
危机四伏
wēi jī sì fú
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1 danger lurks on every side (idiom)
名利双收
míng lì shuāng shōu
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1 both fame and fortune (idiom)
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2 both virtue and reward
坐收渔利
zuò shōu yú lì
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1 benefit from others' dispute (idiom)
夜行昼伏
yè xíng zhòu fú
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1 to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
失之东隅,收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
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1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
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2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
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3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
思潮起伏
sī cháo qǐ fú
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1 thoughts surging in one's mind (idiom)
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2 different thoughts coming to mind
收旗卷伞
shōu qí juǎn sǎn
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1 lit. to furl up flags and umbrellas (idiom)
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2 fig. to stop what one is doing
收残缀轶
shōu cán zhuì yì
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1 to gather and patch up sth that is badly damaged (idiom)
早动手,早收获
zǎo dòng shǒu , zǎo shōu huò
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1 The sooner you set to work, the sooner you'll reap the rewards. (idiom)
春生,夏长,秋收,冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
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1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
此起彼伏
cǐ qǐ bǐ fú
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1 up here, down there (idiom); to rise and fall in succession
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2 no sooner one subsides, the next arises
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3 repeating continuously
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4 occurring again and again (of applause, fires, waves, protests, conflicts, uprisings etc)
泼水难收
pō shuǐ nán shōu
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1 water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change
美不胜收
měi bù shèng shōu
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1 nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom)
老骥伏枥
lǎo jì fú lì
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1 lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. aged person with great aspirations
老骥伏枥,志在千里
lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ
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1 lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
草率收兵
cǎo shuài shōu bīng
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1 to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
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2 half-baked
草草收兵
cǎo cǎo shōu bīng
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1 to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
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2 half-baked
覆水难收
fù shuǐ nán shōu
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1 spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
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2 it's no use crying over spilt milk
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3 what's done is done and can't be reversed
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4 the damage is done
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5 once divorced, there's no reuniting