1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
哑巴吃黄莲
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
2 also written 啞巴吃黃連|哑巴吃黄连
3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
哑巴吃黄连
yǎ ba chī huáng lián
1 no choice but to suffer in silence (idiom)
2 also written 啞巴吃黃蓮|哑巴吃黄莲
3 (often precedes 有苦說不出|有苦说不出[yǒu kǔ shuō bu chū])
1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
巴前算后
bā qián suàn hòu
1 thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind
2 to consider repeatedly
巴山夜雨
Bā shān yè yǔ
1 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
2 Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
巴山蜀水
Bā shān Shǔ shuǐ
1 mountains and rivers of Sichuan (idiom)
巴山越岭
bā shān yuè lǐng
1 to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain
2 good at climbing mountains
巴头探脑
bā tóu tàn nǎo
1 to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy
2 nosy
巴高望上
bā gāo wàng shàng
1 to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
忆苦思甜
yì kǔ sī tián
1 to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom)
狐狸尾巴
hú li wěi ba
1 lit. fox's tail (idiom); visible sign of evil intentions