向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
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1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
天造地设
tiān zào dì shè
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1 lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom)
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2 ideal
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3 perfect
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4 (of a match) made in heaven
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5 to be made for one another
恩同再造
ēn tóng zài zào
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1 your favor amounts to being given a new lease on life (idiom)
凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
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1 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
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1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
时势造英雄
shí shì zào yīng xióng
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1 Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.
粗制滥造
cū zhì làn zào
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1 to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
胡编乱造
hú biān luàn zào
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1 to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom)
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2 to make things up
苍蝇不叮无缝蛋
cāng ying bù dīng wú fèng dàn
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1 lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom)
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2 fig. no smoke without a fire
造茧自缚
zào jiǎn zì fù
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1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
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2 hoist with his own petard
闭门造车
bì mén zào chē
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1 lit. to build a cart behind closed doors
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2 to be overly subjective and disregard the outside world (idiom)
鸡蛋碰石头
jī dàn pèng shí tou
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1 lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom)
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2 fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself
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3 to overrate one's abilities
鸡蛋里挑骨头
jī dàn li tiāo gǔ tou
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1 to look for bones in an egg
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2 to find fault
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3 to nitpick (idiom)
鸡飞蛋打
jī fēi dàn dǎ
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1 the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken
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2 a dead loss (idiom)
鸟不拉屎,鸡不生蛋
niǎo bù lā shǐ , jī bù shēng dàn
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1 lit. (a place where) birds don't defecate and hens don't lay eggs (idiom)
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2 fig. god-forsaken
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3 remote and desolate
鸟不生蛋,狗不拉屎
niǎo bù shēng dàn , gǒu bù lā shǐ
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1 lit. (a place where) birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't defecate (idiom)
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2 fig. god-forsaken
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3 remote and desolate