一清二白
yī qīng èr bái
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1 perfectly clean
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2 blameless
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3 unimpeachable (idiom)
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
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1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
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1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
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2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
不问青红皂白
bù wèn qīng hóng zào bái
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1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
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2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
人为刀俎,我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu
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1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
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2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu
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1 as bright as daylight (idiom)
包子有肉不在褶上
bāo zi yǒu ròu bù zài zhě shàng
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1 a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
唱白脸
chàng bái liǎn
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1 to play the role of the villain (idiom)
弱肉强食
ruò ròu qiáng shí
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1 lit. the weak are prey to the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior
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2 the law of the jungle
心惊肉跳
xīn jīng ròu tiào
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1 lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom); fear and trepidation in the face of disaster
情同骨肉
qíng tóng gǔ ròu
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1 as close as flesh and bones (idiom); deep friendship
情逾骨肉
qíng yú gǔ ròu
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1 feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom)
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2 deep friendship
恶叉白赖
è chā bái lài
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1 evil behavior (idiom); brazen villainy
手心手背都是肉
shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu
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1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
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2 fig. to both be of equal importance
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3 to value both equally
挖肉补疮
wā ròu bǔ chuāng
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1 to cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient
挂羊头卖狗肉
guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu
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1 lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom)
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2 fig. to cheat
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3 dishonest advertising
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4 wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
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1 to pretend not to know (idiom)
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
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1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
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2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
生死肉骨
shēng sǐ ròu gǔ
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1 lit. the dead returning to life
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2 a miracle (idiom)
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉
lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu
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1 lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
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2 fig. to try to punch above one's weight