不经一事
bù jīng yī shì
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1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不经一事,不长一智
bù jīng yī shì , bù zhǎng yī zhì
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1 You can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom); wisdom only comes with experience
不见经传
bù jiàn jīng zhuàn
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1 not found in the classics (idiom); unknown
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2 unfounded
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3 not authoritative
久经考验
jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn
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1 well tested (idiom); seasoned
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2 veteran
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
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1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
因爱成恨
yīn ài chéng hèn
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1 hatred caused by love (idiom)
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2 to grow to hate someone because of unrequited love for that person
天经地义
tiān jīng dì yì
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1 lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper
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2 right and unalterable
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3 a matter of course
嫌贫爱富
xián pín ài fù
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1 to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom)
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2 snobbish
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
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1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
宽大仁爱
kuān dà rén ài
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1 tolerant and lenient (idiom)
引经据典
yǐn jīng jù diǎn
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1 lit. to quote the classics
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2 to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
忠君爱国
zhōng jūn ài guó
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1 faithful patriots (idiom)
爱不忍释
ài bù rěn shì
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1 to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)
爱不释手
ài bù shì shǒu
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1 to love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly
爱屋及乌
ài wū jí wū
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1 lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected
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2 Love me, love my dog.
爱美之心,人皆有之
ài měi zhī xīn , rén jiē yǒu zhī
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1 everyone loves beauty (idiom)
爱莫能助
ài mò néng zhù
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1 unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you.
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2 My hands are tied.
爱财如命
ài cái rú mìng
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1 lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
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2 fig. avaricious
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3 tightfisted
惨淡经营
cǎn dàn jīng yíng
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1 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
曾经沧海
céng jīng cāng hǎi
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1 lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
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2 fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life