1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
代代相传
dài dài xiāng chuán
1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
以言代法
yǐ yán dài fǎ
1 to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
以言代法,以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
2 Might makes right.
包办代替
bāo bàn dài tì
1 to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
容华绝代
róng huá jué dài
1 to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom)
富不过三代
fù bù guò sān dài
1 wealth never survives three generations (idiom)
新陈代谢
xīn chén dài xiè
1 metabolism (biology)
2 the new replaces the old (idiom)
时代不同,风尚不同
shí dài bù tóng , fēng shàng bù tóng
1 customs change with time (idiom); other times, other manners
2 O Tempora, O Mores!
蒙在鼓里
méng zài gǔ lǐ
1 lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
2 fig. completely in the dark
绝代佳人
jué dài jiā rén
1 beauty unmatched in her generation (idiom); woman of peerless elegance
2 prettiest girl ever
蒙昧无知
méng mèi wú zhī
1 benighted (idiom)
2 ignorant
越俎代庖
yuè zǔ dài páo
1 lit. to go beyond the sacrificial altar and take over the kitchen (idiom); fig. to exceed one's place and meddle in other people's affairs
2 to take matters into one's own hands
风华绝代
fēng huá jué dài
1 magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom); peerless talent