一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
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1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
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2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
付之度外
fù zhī dù wài
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1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
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2 to do sth without considering the risks
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3 to leave out of consideration
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)
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
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1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué
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1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄
jiā guān jìn lù
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1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
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1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
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2 to make oblique charges
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3 to make insinuations
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4 to insinuate
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
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1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
年功加俸
nián gōng jiā fèng
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1 increase in salary according to one's service record for the year (idiom)
度日如年
dù rì rú nián
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1 a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy
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2 time crawls when one is wretched
快马加鞭
kuài mǎ jiā biān
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1 to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
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2 to go as fast as possible
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
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1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
悔恨交加
huǐ hèn jiāo jiā
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1 to feel remorse and shame (idiom)
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
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1 to die in battle (idiom)
文不加点
wén bù jiā diǎn
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1 to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)
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2 to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions
普度众生
pǔ dù zhòng shēng
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1 (Buddhism) to deliver all living creatures from suffering (idiom)
有则改之,无则加勉
yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn
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1 correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
欲加之罪,何患无辞
yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí
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1 If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
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2 Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn
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1 to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)
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2 to rehearse a planned action or activity
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3 to conduct a dry run
泥沙俱下
ní shā jù xià
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1 mud and sand flow together (idiom)
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2 good and bad mingle