人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
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1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
以言代法
yǐ yán dài fǎ
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1 to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
以言代法,以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
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1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
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2 Might makes right.
以身试法
yǐ shēn shì fǎ
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1 to challenge the law (idiom)
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2 to knowingly violate the law
侯门似海
hóu mén sì hǎi
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1 lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea
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2 there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)
八仙过海,各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
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1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
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2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
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1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
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2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
名扬四海
míng yáng sì hǎi
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1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
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2 famous
和尚打伞,无法无天
hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān
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1 lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fà] vs 法[fǎ])
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2 fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven
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3 lawless
四海升平
sì hǎi shēng píng
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1 lit. all four oceans are peaceful
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2 worldwide peace (idiom)
四海为家
sì hǎi wéi jiā
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1 to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
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2 to feel at home anywhere
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3 to roam about unconstrained
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4 to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
四海皆准
sì hǎi jiē zhǔn
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1 appropriate to any place and any time (idiom); universally applicable
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2 a panacea
四海飘零
sì hǎi piāo líng
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1 drifting aimlessly all over the place (idiom)
执法如山
zhí fǎ rú shān
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1 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
大海捞针
dà hǎi lāo zhēn
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1 lit. to fish a needle from the sea
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2 to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
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1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
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2 to follow the same plan
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
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1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
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2 fig. to follow a set pattern
学海泛舟
xué hǎi fàn zhōu
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1 sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
学海无涯
xué hǎi wú yá
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1 sea of learning, no horizon (idiom); no limits to what one still has to learn
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2 ars longa, vita brevis
就地正法
jiù dì zhèng fǎ
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1 to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution
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2 to carry out the law on the spot