一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
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1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
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1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
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1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
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2 to read very rapidly
一叶障目
yī yè zhàng mù
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1 lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)
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2 fig. not seeing the wider picture
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3 can't see the wood for the trees
不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
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1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
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2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
伤心惨目
shāng xīn cǎn mù
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1 (idiom) too appalling to look at
刀不磨要生锈,人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
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1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)
切中要害
qiè zhòng yào hài
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1 to hit the target and do real damage (idiom)
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2 fig. to hit where it hurts
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3 fig. to hit home
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4 an argument that hits the nail on the head
厉目而视
lì mù ér shì
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1 to cut sb a severe look (idiom)
又要马儿跑,又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo
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1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
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2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
反目成仇
fǎn mù chéng chóu
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1 to become enemies (idiom); to fall out with sb
只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
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1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
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2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
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3 to study diligently
名目繁多
míng mù fán duō
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1 names of many kinds (idiom); items of every description
天要落雨,娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
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1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
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2 fig. the natural order of things
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3 something you can't go against
夫妻反目
fū qī fǎn mù
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1 man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
巧立名目
qiǎo lì míng mù
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1 to fabricate excuses (idiom)
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2 to concoct various items (e.g. to pad an expense account)
怒目相向
nù mù xiāng xiàng
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1 to glower at each other (idiom)
怵目惊心
chù mù jīng xīn
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1 lit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom); shocking
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2 horrible to see
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3 a ghastly sight
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4 also written 觸目驚心|触目惊心
慈眉善目
cí méi shàn mù
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1 kind brows, pleasant eyes (idiom); amiable looking
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2 benign-faced
拭目以待
shì mù yǐ dài
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1 lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see