不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
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1 self-explanatory
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2 self-evident (idiom)
乏善可陈
fá shàn kě chén
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1 to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
二话不说
èr huà bù shuō
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1 not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
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2 without demur
五味杂陈
wǔ wèi zá chén
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1 with complex feelings (idiom)
但说无妨
dàn shuō wú fáng
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1 there is no harm in saying what one thinks (idiom)
光说不做
guāng shuō bù zuò
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1 all talk and no action (idiom)
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2 to preach what one does not practice
光说不练
guāng shuō bù liàn
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1 all talk and no action (idiom)
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2 to preach what one does not practice
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3 same as 光說不做|光说不做[guāng shuō bù zuò]
公说公有理,婆说婆有理
gōng shuō gōng yǒu lǐ , pó shuō pó yǒu lǐ
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1 both sides claim they're right (idiom)
口说无凭
kǒu shuō wú píng
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1 (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement
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2 just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
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
好说歹说
hǎo shuō dǎi shuō
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1 to try one's very best to persuade sb (idiom)
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2 to reason with sb in every way possible
推陈布新
tuī chén bù xīn
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1 to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
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2 to go beyond old ideas
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3 advancing all the time
推陈出新
tuī chén chū xīn
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1 to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
新陈代谢
xīn chén dài xiè
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1 metabolism (biology)
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2 the new replaces the old (idiom)
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
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1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
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2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
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3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
是啥说啥
shì shá shuō shá
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1 call a spade a spade (idiom)
暗渡陈仓
àn dù Chén cāng
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1 lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
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2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
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3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
沥陈鄙见
lì chén bǐ jiàn
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1 to state one's humble opinion (idiom)
无话可说
wú huà kě shuō
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1 to have nothing to say (idiom)
众说纷揉
zhòng shuō fēn róu
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1 lit. diverse opinions confused and divided (idiom); opinions differ
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2 controversial matters