不以词害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
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1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
包揽词讼
bāo lǎn cí sòng
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1 to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery
叫苦连天
jiào kǔ lián tiān
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1 to whine on for days (idiom)
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2 to endlessly grumble complaints
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3 incessant whining
各执一词
gè zhí yī cí
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1 each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
含糊其词
hán hú qí cí
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1 to equivocate
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2 to talk evasively (idiom)
哑巴吃黄连
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
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1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
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2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
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3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连,有苦说不出
yǎ ba chī huáng lián , yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū
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1 to be forced to suffer in silence (idiom)
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2 unable to speak of one's bitter suffering
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3 sometimes written 啞子吃黃連,有苦說不出|哑子吃黄连,有苦说不出
喜结连理
xǐ jié lián lǐ
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1 to tie the knot (idiom)
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2 to get married
妙语连珠
miào yǔ lián zhū
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1 sparkling with wit (idiom)
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
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1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
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1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ
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1 to twist words and force logic (idiom)
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2 sophistry
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3 loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
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4 shoving false arguments down people's throats
拔毛连茹
bá máo lián rú
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1 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
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2 inextricably tangled together
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3 Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
拔茅连茹
bá máo lián rú
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1 lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others
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2 inextricably tangled together
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3 Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
拙于言词
zhuō yú yán cí
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1 to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom)
振振有词
zhèn zhèn yǒu cí
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1 to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
接二连三
jiē èr lián sān
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1 one after another (idiom)
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2 in quick succession
接连不断
jiē lián bù duàn
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1 in unbroken succession (idiom)
支吾其词
zhī wú qí cí
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1 (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
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2 evasive
理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng
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1 faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments
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2 without a leg to stand on