因陋就简
yīn lòu jiù jiǎn
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1 crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can
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2 to do things simply and thriftily
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3 It's not pretty but it works.
好汉不吃眼前亏
hǎo hàn bù chī yǎn qián kuī
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1 a wise man knows better than to fight when the odds are against him (idiom)
好汉不提当年勇
hǎo hàn bù tí dāng nián yǒng
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1 a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
好汉做事好汉当
hǎo hàn zuò shì hǎo hàn dāng
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1 daring to act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it (idiom)
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2 a true man has the courage to accept the consequences of his actions
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3 the buck stops here
气冲霄汉
qì chōng xiāo hàn
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1 (idiom) dauntless
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2 courageous
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3 spirited
汉贼不两立
Hàn zéi bù liǎng lì
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1 lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shǔ Hàn] and Cao Wei 曹魏[Cáo Wèi] cannot coexist (idiom)
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2 fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky
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3 (former KMT slogan against CPC) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
简明扼要
jiǎn míng è yào
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1 brief and to the point (idiom)
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2 succinct
言简意赅
yán jiǎn yì gāi
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1 concise and comprehensive (idiom)
身在曹营心在汉
shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn
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1 live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom)
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2 to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
铮铮铁汉
zhēng zhēng tiě hàn
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1 a strong and determined man (idiom)
饱汉不知饿汉饥
bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī
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1 The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).