玉龙雪山 - Mt Yulong or Jade dragon in Lijiang 麗江|丽江, northwest Yunnan - Yù lóng xuě shān | Definition

一山不容二虎

yī shān bù róng èr hǔ

1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

不吝珠玉

bù lìn zhū yù

1 lit. do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.); fig. Please give me your frank opinion.
2 Your criticism will be most valuable.

不识泰山

bù shí Tài Shān

1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person

不显山不露水

bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ

1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts

他山之石可以攻玉

tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù

1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively

仙姿玉色

xiān zī yù sè

1 heavenly beauty, jewel colors (idiom); unusually beautiful lady

偷香窃玉

tōu xiāng qiè yù

1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
2 secret illicit sex

兵败如山倒

bīng bài rú shān dǎo

1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse

冰清玉洁

bīng qīng yù jié

1 clear as ice and clean as jade (idiom); spotless
2 irreproachable
3 incorruptible

冰雪聪明

bīng xuě cōng ming

1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)

刀山火海

dāo shān huǒ hǎi

1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)

化干戈为玉帛

huà gān gē wéi yù bó

1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship

各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜

gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng

1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

名落孙山

míng luò Sūn Shān

1 lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sūn Shān] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
2 fig. to fail an exam
3 to fall behind (in a competition)

地动山摇

dì dòng shān yáo

1 the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle

坐吃山空

zuò chī shān kōng

1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
2 fig. to spend one's money without generating any income

坐山观虎斗

zuò shān guān hǔ dòu

1 sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight
2 watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)

执法如山

zhí fǎ rú shān

1 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly

堆积如山

duī jī rú shān

1 to pile up like a mountain (idiom)
2 a mountain of (paperwork etc)
3 a large number of sth

报仇雪耻

bào chóu xuě chǐ

1 to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)

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