事实胜于雄辩
shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn
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1 Facts speak louder than words. (idiom)
修心养性
xiū xīn yǎng xìng
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1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
勤俭朴素
qín jiǎn pǔ sù
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1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
好记性不如烂笔头
hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu
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1 the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
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1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)
感激不尽
gǎn jī bù jìn
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1 can't thank sb enough (idiom)
感激涕零
gǎn jī tì líng
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1 to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears
我行我素
wǒ xíng wǒ sù
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1 to continue in one's own way (idiom)
扬清激浊
yáng qīng jī zhuó
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1 lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good
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2 eliminate vice and exalt virtue
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.
本性难移
běn xìng nán yí
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1 It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
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2 Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
江山易改,本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí
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1 it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
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2 you can't change who you are
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3 Can the leopard change his spots?
激浊扬清
jī zhuó yáng qīng
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1 lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good
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2 eliminate vice and exalt virtue
熏陶成性
xūn táo chéng xìng
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1 (idiom) nurture makes second nature
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2 good habits come by long assimilation
独胆英雄
dú dǎn yīng xióng
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1 bold and courageous hero (idiom)
素不相能
sù bù xiāng néng
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1 unable to get along (idiom)
素不相识
sù bù xiāng shí
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1 to be total strangers (idiom)
素昧平生
sù mèi píng shēng
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1 to have never met sb before (idiom); entirely unacquainted
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2 a complete stranger
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3 not to know sb from Adam
素面朝天
sù miàn cháo tiān
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1 lit. to present oneself confidently to the emperor, without makeup (as did the sister of Yang Guifei 楊貴妃|杨贵妃[Yáng Guì fēi]) (idiom)
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2 fig. (of a woman) to show one's natural features, without makeup
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3 to present oneself just as one is, without artifice
群雄逐鹿
qún xióng zhú lù
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1 great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom); fig. many vie for supremacy