一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
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1 to live miles apart (idiom)
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
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1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
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1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
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1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
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1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
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1 the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
南辕北辙
nán yuán běi zhé
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1 to act in a way that defeats one's purpose (idiom)
吴越同舟
Wú Yuè tóng zhōu
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1 Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals
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2 to collaborate towards a common end
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3 in the same boat together
寿比南山
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
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1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
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2 Long may you live!
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
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1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
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2 (fig.) all over China
寒风刺骨
hán fēng cì gǔ
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1 bone chilling wind (idiom)
巴山越岭
bā shān yuè lǐng
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1 to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain
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2 good at climbing mountains
悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ
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1 to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)
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2 see also 頭懸梁,錐刺股|头悬梁,锥刺股[tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ]
杀人越货
shā rén yuè huò
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1 to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
终南捷径
zhōng nán jié jìng
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1 lit. Mt Zhongnan is a shortcut to a ministerial job (idiom); fig. to take a shortcut to promotion
翻山越岭
fān shān yuè lǐng
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1 to pass over mountains ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey
芒刺在背
máng cì zài bèi
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1 feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)
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2 uneasy and nervous
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3 to be on pins and needles
越俎代庖
yuè zǔ dài páo
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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
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2 to take matters into one's own hands
蹿房越脊
cuān fáng yuè jǐ
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1 lit. to leap the house and cross the roofridge (idiom); dashing over rooftops (of robbers and pursuing knight-errant 俠客|侠客 in fiction)
头悬梁,锥刺股
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ
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1 lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
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2 fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly