不遗余力
bù yí yú lì
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1 to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost
亡羊补牢
wáng yáng bǔ láo
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1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
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2 fig. to act belatedly
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3 better late than never
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4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
千古遗恨
qiān gǔ yí hèn
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1 to have eternal regrets (idiom)
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
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1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
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2 to use this in place of that
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3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
将勤补绌
jiāng qín bǔ chù
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1 to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)
小学而大遗
xiǎo xué ér dà yí
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1 to concentrate on trivial points while neglecting the main problem (idiom)
小洞不堵,大洞难补
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ
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1 If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù bǔ dà dòng chī kǔ
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1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
截长补短
jié cháng bǔ duǎn
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1 take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
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2 to offset each other's deficiencies
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3 to complement each other
拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
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1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
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2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
拆东补西
chāi dōng bǔ xī
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1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
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2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
拾遗补缺
shí yí bǔ quē
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1 to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
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
沧海遗珠
cāng hǎi yí zhū
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1 undiscovered talent (idiom)
纤悉无遗
xiān xī wú yí
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1 detailed and nothing left out (idiom); meticulous and comprehensive
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2 not missing an iota
船到江心,补漏迟
chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí
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1 It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
补偏救弊
bǔ piān jiù bì
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1 to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes
路不拾遗
lù bù shí yí
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1 lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom)
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2 fig. honesty prevails throughout society
道不拾遗
dào bù shí yí
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1 lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom)
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2 fig. honesty prevails throughout society
遗臭万年
yí chòu wàn nián
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1 to have one's name go down in history as a byword for infamy (idiom)