1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
2 entirely outside the norm
3 out of character
世态炎凉
shì tài yán liáng
1 the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)
千姿百态
qiān zī bǎi tài
1 in different poses and with different expressions
2 in thousands of postures (idiom)
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
姿态婀娜
zī tài ē nuó
1 to have an elegant countenance (idiom)
安于现状
ān yú xiàn zhuàng
1 to take things as they are (idiom)
2 to leave a situation as it is
3 to be happy with the status quo
放之四海而皆准
fàng zhī sì hǎi ér jiē zhǔn
1 applicable anywhere (idiom)
标新取异
biāo xīn qǔ yì
1 to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality
标新立异
biāo xīn lì yì
1 to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
标新竞异
biāo xīn jìng yì
1 to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality
标新领异
biāo xīn lǐng yì
1 to bring in the new (idiom); new directions, different creation
狂奴故态
kuáng nú gù tài
1 to be set in one's ways (idiom)
百姿千态
bǎi zī qiān tài
1 in different poses and with different expressions
2 in thousands of postures (idiom)
行行出状元
háng háng chū zhuàng yuán
1 lit. in every trade, a master appears (idiom); fig. You can produce outstanding achievements in any task, provided you put it enough love and diligence
规矩准绳
guī ju zhǔn shéng
1 compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard