一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
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1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (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)
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
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1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
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2 to try to turn back history
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3 a perverse way of doing things
回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ
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1 to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
回天乏术
huí tiān fá shù
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1 unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)
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2 to fail to save the situation
回天无力
huí tiān wú lì
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1 unable to turn around a hopeless situation (idiom)
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2 to fail to save the situation
回心转意
huí xīn zhuǎn yì
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1 to change one's mind (idiom)
好马不吃回头草
hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo
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1 lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)
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2 fig. once you've moved on, don't go back again (romantic relationship, job etc)
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3 leave the past behind
妙手回春
miào shǒu huí chūn
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1 magical hands bring the dying back to life (idiom); miracle cure
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2 brilliant doctor
峰回路转
fēng huí lù zhuǎn
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1 the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom)
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2 (of a mountain road) twisting and turning
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3 fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly
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4 things have taken a new turn
忠言逆耳
zhōng yán nì ěr
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1 loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
浪子回头
làng zǐ huí tóu
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1 the return of a prodigal son (idiom)
空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn
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1 the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)
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2 sth hard to come by
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3 sth wonderful and rare
听话听声,锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
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1 to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
苦海无边,回头是岸
kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn
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1 The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
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2 Repent and ye shall be saved!
说是一回事,做又是另外一回事
shuō shì yī huí shì , zuò yòu shì lìng wài yī huí shì
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1 Saying is one thing, doing quite another (idiom)
起死回生
qǐ sǐ huí shēng
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1 to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
迂回曲折
yū huí qū zhé
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1 meandering and circuitous (idiom); complicated developments that never get anywhere
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2 going around in circles
逆来顺受
nì lái shùn shòu
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1 to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it
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2 to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc