一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
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1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
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2 fig. to stick to one's ways
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3 to cling to one's course
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
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1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
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2 history is written by the victors
大水冲了龙王庙
dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào
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1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
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2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
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3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi
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1 all crows are black (idiom)
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2 evil people are bad all over the world
寝苫枕块
qǐn shān zhěn kuài
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1 bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom)
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2 the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period
成则为王,败则为寇
chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu
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1 lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
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2 fig. losers are always in the wrong
擒贼擒王
qín zéi qín wáng
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1 to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
数黄道黑
shǔ huáng dào hēi
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1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
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2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论白
shǔ hēi lùn bái
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1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
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2 also written 數黑論黃|数黑论黄[shǔ hēi lùn huáng]
数黑论黄
shǔ hēi lùn huáng
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1 to enumerate what is black and yellow (idiom); to criticize sb behind his back to incite quarrels
昏天黑地
hūn tiān hēi dì
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1 lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom)
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2 fig. pitch dark
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3 to black out
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4 disorderly
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5 troubled times
曲肱而枕
qū gōng ér zhěn
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1 lit. to use one's bent arm as a pillow (idiom)
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2 fig. content with simple things
枕冷衾寒
zhěn lěng qīn hán
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1 cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence
枕戈寝甲
zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ
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1 to sleep on one's armor with a spear as a pillow (idiom)
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2 to keep ready for battle at all times
枕戈待旦
zhěn gē dài dàn
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1 to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)
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2 fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
枕石漱流
zhěn shí shù liú
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1 to live a hermit's life (in seclusion)
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2 a frugal life (idiom)
混世魔王
hùn shì mó wáng
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1 devil incarnate (idiom)
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2 fiend in human form
王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
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1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
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2 all one's geese are swans
王顾左右而言他
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
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1 the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
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2 to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)
神女有心,襄王无梦
shén nu:3 yǒu xīn , Xiāng Wáng wú mèng
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1 lit. the fairy is willing, but King Xiang doesn't dream (idiom)
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2 (said of a woman's unrequited love)