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
人生一世,草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
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1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
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1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
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2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
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3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
伤筋动骨
shāng jīn dòng gǔ
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1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
伤筋断骨
shāng jīn duàn gǔ
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1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
刻骨相思
kè gǔ xiāng sī
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1 deep-seated lovesickness (idiom)
刻骨铭心
kè gǔ míng xīn
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1 lit. carved in bones and engraved in the heart (idiom)
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2 fig. etched in one's memory
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3 unforgettable
刚毅木讷
gāng yì mù nè
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1 resolute and taciturn (idiom)
十年树木,百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
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1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
呆若木鸡
dāi ruò mù jī
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1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck
单丝不成线,独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
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1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
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1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
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1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
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2 worthless object
冢中枯骨
zhǒng zhōng kū gǔ
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1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried
如蛆附骨
rú qū fù gǔ
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1 lit. like maggots feeding on a corpse (idiom)
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2 fig. fixed on sth
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3 to cling on without letting go
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4 to pester obstinately
守株待兔,缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
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1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
寒风刺骨
hán fēng cì gǔ
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1 bone chilling wind (idiom)
山颓木坏
shān tuí mù huài
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1 lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined
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2 a great sage has died (idiom)
恨之入骨
hèn zhī rù gǔ
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1 to hate sb to the bone (idiom)
情同骨肉
qíng tóng gǔ ròu
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1 as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship