匠心独运
jiàng xīn dú yùn
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1 original and ingenious (idiom)
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2 to show great creativity
官私合营
guān sī hé yíng
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1 public and private interests working together (idiom)
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
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1 (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
惨淡经营
cǎn dàn jīng yíng
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1 to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
应天承运
yìng tiān chéng yùn
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1 lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven
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2 the Divine Right of kings
应运而生
yìng yùn ér shēng
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1 to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom)
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2 to arise at an opportune time
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3 able to take advantage of an opportunity
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4 to rise to the occasion
时来运转
shí lái yùn zhuǎn
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1 the time comes, fortune turns (idiom); to have a lucky break
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2 things change for the better
时运不济
shí yùn bù jì
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1 fate is unfavorable (idiom); the omens are not good
时运亨通
shí yùn hēng tōng
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1 our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)
皇帝不急太监急
huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí
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1 lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
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2 fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
结党营私
jié dǎng yíng sī
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1 to gang up for personal interest (idiom)
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2 to form a clique
总角之交
zǒng jiǎo zhī jiāo
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1 childhood friend (idiom)
总角之好
zǒng jiǎo zhī hǎo
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1 childhood friend (idiom)
走桃花运
zǒu táo huā yùn
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1 to have luck with the ladies (idiom)
身在曹营心在汉
shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn
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1 live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom)
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2 to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
运用自如
yùn yòng zì rú
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1 to have a fluent command of (idiom)
运筹帷幄
yùn chóu wéi wò
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1 lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom)
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2 fig. planning strategies
运筹帷幄之中,决胜千里之外
yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài
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1 a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)