踏雪寻梅 - to walk in the snow to view the flowering plum - tà xuě xún méi | Definition

冰雪聪明

bīng xuě cōng ming

1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)

各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜

gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng

1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

报仇雪耻

bào chóu xuě chǐ

1 to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)

报仇雪恨

bào chóu xuě hèn

1 to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom)

望梅止渴

wàng méi zhǐ kě

1 lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
2 fig. to console oneself with illusions

步斗踏罡

bù dǒu tà gāng

1 to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)

步罡踏斗

bù gāng tà dǒu

1 to worship the astral deities (idiom, refers to Daoist astrology)

程门立雪

Chéng mén lì xuě

1 lit. the snow piles up at Cheng Yi's door (idiom)
2 fig. deep reverence for one's master

聚萤映雪

jù yíng yìng xuě

1 lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background
2 burning the midnight oil

脚踏两条船

jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán

1 lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom)
2 fig. to have it both ways
3 to run after two hares
4 (especially) to have two lovers at the same time

脚踏实地

jiǎo tà shí dì

1 to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic without flights of fancy
2 steady and serious character

踏破铁鞋

tà pò tiě xié

1 lit. to wear out one's iron shoes (idiom)
2 fig. to search high and low

踏破门槛

tā pò mén kǎn

1 to wear out the doorstep (idiom)
2 to crowd at sb's door

踏青赏春

tà qīng shǎng chūn

1 to enjoy a beautiful spring walk (idiom)

踏青赏花

tà qīng shǎng huā

1 to enjoy the flowers on a spring outing (idiom)

雪上加霜

xuě shàng jiā shuāng

1 to add hail to snow (idiom); one disaster on top of another
2 to make things worse in a bad situation

雪中送炭

xuě zhōng sòng tàn

1 lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)
2 fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need

雪泥鸿爪

xuě ní hóng zhǎo

1 a goose's footprint in the snow
2 vestiges of the past (idiom)
3 the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)

青梅竹马

qīng méi zhú mǎ

1 lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
2 fig. innocent children's games
3 childhood sweethearts
4 a couple who grew up as childhood friends

风花雪月

fēng huā xuě yuè

1 wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom); effete language without substance
2 love affair
3 romance is in the air
4 dissipated life

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