ChinesePod

1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
2 many twists and turns to a story
3 one thing after another

一碗水端平

yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng

1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
2 fig. to be impartial

一马平川

yī mǎ píng chuān

1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

上有老下有小

shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo

1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
3 sandwich generation

不拘小节

bù jū xiǎo jié

1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)

Sample Sentences

前进道路上，全国各族人民要在中国共产党领导下，坚持以马克思列宁主义、毛泽东思想、邓小平理论、"三个代表”重要思想、科学发展观为指导，沿着中国特色社会主义道路，按照“四个全面"战略布局，弘扬伟大的爱国主义精神，弘扬伟大的抗战精神，万众一心风雨无阻向着我们既定的目标继续奋勇前进！

qiánjìn lùshang ，quánguó gè zú rénmín yào zài Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng lǐngdǎo xià ，jiānchí yǐ Mǎkèsī Lièníng zhǔyì 、Máo Zédōng sīxiǎng 、Dèng Xiǎopíng lǐlùn 、"sān gè dàibiǎo ”zhòngyào sīxiǎng 、kēxué fāzhǎnguān wèi zhǐdǎo ，yánzhe Zhōngguó tèsè shèhuìzhǔyì dàolù ，ànzhào “sì gè quánmiàn "zhànlu:è bùjú ，hóngyáng wěidà de àiguózhǔyì jīngshén ，hóngyáng wěidà de kàngzhàn jīngshén ，wànzhòngyīxīn fēngyǔwúzǔ xiàng zhe wǒmen jìdìng de mùbiāo jìxù fènyǒng qiánjìn ！

On the road head, all the peoples of the nation, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China will persist in Marxist-Leninism, Mao Zedong thought, Deng Xiaoping’s theories, the important thought of the “Three Represents”, the Scientific Outlook on Development, continuing down the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, with the Four-pronged Comprehensive Strategy, upholding the spirit of the war of resistance, a people united, rain, hail or shine, continuing to advance dauntlessly towards our established objective.

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邓小平

Dèng Xiǎopíng

Deng Xiaoping.

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在现代化建设中，邓小平提出并强调四个现代化。

zài xiàndàihuà jiànshè zhōng ，Dèng Xiǎopíng tíchū bìng qiángdiào Sìge Xiàndàihuà 。

In the process of modernization, Deng Xiaoping put forward the Four Modernizations.

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毛主席在1976年去世之后，邓小平成为中国共产党的总书记。在他的领导下，中国快速发展为一个现代化的有中国特色的社会主义国家。

Máo Zhǔxí zài yījiǔqīliù nián qùshì zhīhòu ，Dèng Xiǎopíng chéngwéi Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng de zǒngshūji 。zài tā de lǐngdǎo xià ，Zhōngguó kuàisù fāzhǎn wéi yī ge xiàndàihuà de yǒu zhōngguótèsède shèhuìzhǔyì guójiā 。

After Mao's death in 1976, Deng Xiaoping became the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China. Under his leadership, China has developed rapidly into a socialist nation with Chinese characteristics.

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对了，林峰，是邓小平。他想改革中国封闭、落后的经济，又碰上香港商人要求来广东投资。所以他就决定在深圳设立经济特区。

duì le ，Lín Fēng ，shì Dèng Xiǎopíng 。tā xiǎng gǎigé Zhōngguó fēngbì 、luòhòu de jīngjì ，yòu pèngshàng Xiānggǎng shāngrén yāoqiú lái Guǎngdōng tóuzī 。suǒyǐ tā jiù juédìng zài Shēnzhèn shèlì jīngjì tèqū 。

Yes, Lin Feng, it was Deng Xiaoping. He wished to reform China's closed and backward economy. He encountered a Hong Kong business man who inquired about investing in Guangdong. So, he then decided to establish a special economic zone in Shenzhen.

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