毛腿耳夜鹰 - (bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Eurostopodus macrotis) - máo tuǐ ěr yè yīng | Definition

一毛不拔

yī máo bù bá

1 stingy (idiom)

九牛一毛

jiǔ niú yī máo

1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
2 fig. a drop in the ocean

俯首帖耳

fǔ shǒu tiē ěr

1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
2 at sb's beck and call

俾夜作昼

bǐ yè zuò zhòu

1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
2 work especially hard

俾昼作夜

bǐ zhòu zuò yè

1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour

充耳不闻

chōng ěr bù wén

1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear

千里寄鹅毛

qiān lǐ jì é máo

1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛

千里送鹅毛

qiān lǐ sòng é máo

1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it

千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重

qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng

1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.

千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重

qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng

1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.

千里鹅毛

qiān lǐ é máo

1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it
2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qiān lǐ sòng é máo]

吹毛求疵

chuī máo qiú cī

1 lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
2 nitpick

夙夜匪懈

sù yè fěi xiè

1 to work from morning to night (idiom)

夙兴夜寐

sù xīng yè mèi

1 to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
2 to study diligently
3 to burn the candle at both ends

多如牛毛

duō rú niú máo

1 as many as the hair of the ox (idiom)
2 great amount of
3 countless

夜不归宿

yè bù guī sù

1 to stay out all night (idiom)

夜不闭户

yè bù bì hù

1 lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society

夜以继日

yè yǐ jì rì

1 night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort

夜深人静

yè shēn rén jìng

1 in the dead of night (idiom)

夜行昼伏

yè xíng zhòu fú

1 to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)

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