一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
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1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
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1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
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1 things are very different now (idiom)
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2 times have changed
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
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1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
勤俭为服务之本
qín jiǎn wéi fú wù zhī běn
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1 hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)
报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ
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1 ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
寿比南山
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
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1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
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2 Long may you live!
天涯若比邻
tiān yá ruò bǐ lín
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1 far-flung realms as next door (idiom)
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2 close in spirit although far away
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
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1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
将心比心
jiāng xīn bǐ xīn
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1 to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
恩比天大
ēn bǐ tiān dà
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1 to be as kind and benevolent as heaven (idiom)
情比金坚
qíng bǐ jīn jiān
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1 love is more solid than gold (idiom)
慈悲为本
cí bēi wéi běn
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1 mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
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1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
舍本逐末
shě běn zhú mò
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1 to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)
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2 to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
本性难移
běn xìng nán yí
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1 It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
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2 Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
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1 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
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2 to stress the incidental over the fundamental
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3 to put the cart before the horse
比登天还难
bǐ dēng tiān hái nán
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1 lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)
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2 fig. extremely difficult
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3 far from an easy task
比翼双飞
bǐ yì shuāng fēi
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1 lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom)
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2 fig. two hearts beating as one
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3 name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
比翼齐飞
bǐ yì qí fēi
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1 to fly wing to wing (idiom)
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2 two hearts beating as one
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3 (of a couple) inseparable