儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
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1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
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1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
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2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
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3 no sign of success yet
又要马儿跑,又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo
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1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
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2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
咬人狗儿不露齿
yǎo rén gǒu r5 bù lù chǐ
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1 lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)
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2 fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
妙趣横生
miào qù héng shēng
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1 endlessly interesting (idiom)
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2 very witty
枝节横生
zhī jié héng shēng
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1 side issues keep arising (idiom)
横七竖八
héng qī shù bā
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1 in disorder
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2 at sixes and sevens (idiom)
横刀夺爱
héng dāo duó ài
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1 to rob sb of sth they cherish (idiom)
横征暴敛
héng zhēng bào liǎn
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1 to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
横挑鼻子竖挑眼
héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn
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1 to pick on sth incessantly (idiom)
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2 to criticize right and left
横正暴敛
héng zhèng bào liǎn
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1 to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
横生枝节
héng shēng zhī jié
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1 to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
横眉怒目
héng méi nù mù
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1 lit. furrowed brows and blazing eyes
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2 to dart looks of hate at sb (idiom)
横冲直撞
héng chōng zhí zhuàng
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1 lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping
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2 to barge
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3 to charge around violently
清风劲节
qīng fēng jìng jié
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1 pure and high-minded (idiom)
男儿有泪不轻弹
nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán
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1 real men do not easily cry (idiom)
疾风劲草
jí fēng jìng cǎo
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1 the storm put strong grass to the test (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
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2 to show one's true colors after a stern test
疾风知劲草
jí fēng zhī jìng cǎo
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1 the storm put strong grass to the test (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
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2 to show one's true colors after a stern test
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3 also written 疾風勁草|疾风劲草
疾风知劲草,烈火见真金
jí fēng zhī jìn cǎo , liè huǒ jiàn zhēn jīn
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1 the storm put strong grass to the test, fire tests true gold (idiom); fig. troubled times test a faithful minister
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2 to show one's true colors after a stern test
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r5
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1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
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2 not to treat everyone equally favorably