付诸实施
fù zhū shí shī
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1 to put into practice
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2 to carry out (idiom)
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
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1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
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2 to try to turn back history
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3 a perverse way of doing things
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
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1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
多难兴邦
duō nàn xīng bāng
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1 much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom); calamity that prompts renewal
大错特错
dà cuò tè cuò
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1 to be gravely mistaken (idiom)
己所不欲,勿施于人
jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén
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1 What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
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2 Do as you would be done by.
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3 Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
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1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
情人眼里出西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
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1 lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
情人眼里有西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī
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1 In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
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1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
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2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
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3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
lā jiā dài kǒu
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1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
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2 tied down by family obligations
施粥舍饭
shī zhōu shě fàn
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1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)
东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě
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1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
东施效颦
Dōng Shī xiào pín
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1 lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
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2 fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
无计可施
wú jì kě shī
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1 no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end
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2 at the end of one's tether
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3 powerless
生拉活扯
shēng lā huó chě
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1 to wildly exaggerate the meaning of sth (idiom)
发号施令
fā hào shī lìng
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1 to boss people around (idiom)
老鼠拉龟,无从下手
lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu
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1 like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom)
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2 no clue where to start
见之实施
jiàn zhī shí shī
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1 to put into effect (idiom)
逆行倒施
nì xíng dǎo shī
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1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
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2 to try to turn back history
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3 a perverse way of doing things