三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
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1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
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2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
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3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng
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1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò
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1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piě
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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
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
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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
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
功不可没
gōng bù kě mò
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1 one's contributions cannot go unnoticed (idiom)
千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
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1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
天下没有不散的筵席
tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí
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1 all good things must come to an end (idiom)
没吃没穿
méi chī méi chuān
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1 to be without food or clothing (idiom)
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2 to be very poor
没有不透风的墙
méi yǒu bù tòu fēng de qiáng
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1 (idiom) no secret can be kept forever
没有规矩，不成方圆
méi yǒu guī ju , bù chéng fāng yuán
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1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
没有规矩，何以成方圆
méi yǒu guī ju , hé yǐ chéng fāng yuán
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1 without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
没头没脸
méi tóu méi liǎn
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1 lit. without head, without face (idiom)
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2 fig. frenzily
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3 haphazardly
没齿不忘
mò chǐ bù wàng
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1 lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out
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2 to remember as long as one lives
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3 unforgettable (idiom)
没齿难忘
mò chǐ nán wàng
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1 hard to forget even after one's teeth fall out (idiom); to remember a benefactor as long as one lives
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2 undying gratitude
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
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1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
神出鬼没
shén chū guǐ mò
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1 lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)
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2 fig. elusive
种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
zhòng guā dé guā , zhòng dòu dé dòu
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1 lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.
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2 One must live with the consequences of one's actions.
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3 You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
蓝田种玉
lán tián zhòng yù
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1 a marriage made in heaven (idiom)