三缄其口
sān jiān qí kǒu
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1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
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2 tight-lipped
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
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1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
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2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
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3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
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1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
不蒸馒头争口气
bù zhēng mán tou zhēng kǒu qì
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1 not to be crushed (idiom)
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2 to be determined to have one's revenge
交口称誉
jiāo kǒu chēng yù
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1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
以免借口
yǐ miǎn jiè kǒu
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1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
以小人之心,度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
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1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
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1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
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1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
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2 malicious and duplicitous
俗谚口碑
sú yàn kǒu bēi
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1 common sayings (idiom); widely circulated proverbs
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
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1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
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2 to blurt sth out
出口成章
chū kǒu chéng zhāng
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1 (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
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2 articulate
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
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1 poor people (idiom)
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2 those who live from hand to mouth
口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
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1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
口口声声
kǒu kou shēng shēng
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1 to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again
口吐毒焰
kǒu tǔ dú yàn
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1 lit. a mouth spitting with poisonous flames
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2 to speak angrily to sb (idiom)
口是心非
kǒu shì xīn fēi
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1 duplicity
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2 hypocrisy (idiom)
口无择言
kǒu wú zé yán
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1 to say not a word that is not appropriate (idiom)
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2 wrongly used for 口不擇言|口不择言[kǒu bù zé yán]
口碑
kǒu bēi
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1 public praise
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2 public reputation
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3 commonly held opinions
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4 current idiom
口碑流传
kǒu bēi liú chuán
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1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation