偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
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1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
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)
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
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
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1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
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1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
杞梓之林
Qǐ zǐ zhī lín
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1 forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent
林子大了,什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
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1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
独木不成林
dú mù bù chéng lín
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1 a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
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2 one cannot accomplish much on one's own
绑赴市曹
bǎng fù shì cáo
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1 to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
言谈林薮
yán tán lín sǒu
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1 articulate in speech (idiom)
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2 eloquent
酒池肉林
jiǔ chí ròu lín
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1 lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery
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2 sumptuous entertainment
门庭若市
mén tíng ruò shì
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1 front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom)
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2 a place with many visitors