强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
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1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
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2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā
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1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
滚瓜烂熟
gǔn guā làn shú
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1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
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2 to know sth inside out
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3 to know sth by heart
王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
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1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
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2 all one's geese are swans
瓜熟蒂落
guā shú dì luò
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1 when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
瓜田不纳履,李下不整冠
guā tián bù nà lu:3 , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān
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1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
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2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
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3 innocent acts may be misconstrued
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆
zhòng guā dé guā , zhòng dòu dé dòu
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1 lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.
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2 One must live with the consequences of one's actions.
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3 You've made your bed, now must lie on it.
老王卖瓜,自卖自夸
Lǎo Wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
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1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
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2 all one's geese are swans
胡作非为
hú zuò fēi wéi
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1 to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
胡吹乱捧
hú chuī luàn pěng
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1 indiscriminate admiration (idiom)
胡天胡帝
hú tiān hú dì
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1 with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)
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2 reckless
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3 intemperate
胡思乱想
hú sī luàn xiǎng
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1 to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
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2 to let one's imagination run wild
胡搅蛮缠
hú jiǎo mán chán
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1 to pester endlessly (idiom)
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2 an annoying troublemaker
胡编乱造
hú biān luàn zào
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1 to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom)
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2 to make things up
胡言乱语
hú yán luàn yǔ
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1 babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings
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2 double Dutch
胡诌乱傍
hú zhōu luàn bàng
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1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
胡诌乱扯
hú zhōu luàn chě
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1 to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
胡诌乱说
hú zhōu luàn shuō
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1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
胡诌乱道
hú zhōu luàn dào
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1 to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
胡诌八扯
hú zhōu bā chě
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1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head