五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
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1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
判若云泥
pàn ruò yún ní
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1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
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2 worlds apart
危而不持
wēi ér bù chí
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1 national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects); the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
原封不动
yuán fēng bù dòng
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1 sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed
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2 untouched
原形毕露
yuán xíng bì lù
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1 original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
各持己见
gè chí jǐ jiàn
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1 each sticks to his own opinion (idiom); chacun son gout
问鼎中原
wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
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1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
坚持不懈
jiān chí bù xiè
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1 to persevere unremittingly (idiom); to keep going until the end
坚持不渝
jiān chí bù yú
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1 to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere
持之以恒
chí zhī yǐ héng
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1 to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere
持橐簪笔
chí tuó zān bǐ
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1 to serve as a counselor (idiom)
星星之火,可以燎原
xīng xing zhī huǒ , kě yǐ liáo yuán
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1 a single spark can start a huge blaze (idiom); an insignificant cause can have a massive effect
旷日持久
kuàng rì chí jiǔ
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1 protracted (idiom)
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2 long and drawn-out
牡丹虽好,全仗绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lu:4 yè fú chí
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1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好,全凭绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lu:4 yè fú chí
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1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
牡丹虽好,终须绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lu:4 yè fú chí
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1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
略迹原情
lu:è jì yuán qíng
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1 to overlook past faults (idiom); to forgive and forget
逐鹿中原
zhú lù Zhōng yuán
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1 lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom)
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2 fig. to attempt to seize the throne