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Chinese idioms:程门立雪 (Chéng mén lì xuě)
“程门立雪”比喻尊敬师长,求学心切。程门立雪 (Chéng mén lì xuě) means to honor the teacher and be eager to learn.
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Chinese idioms:抱薪救火 (bào xīn jiù huǒ)
“抱薪救火”比喻用错误的方法去消灭祸害,结果反而使祸害扩大。“抱薪救火”means adopting a wrong method to solve a problem, only to make it worse in the end.
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Chinese idioms:对症下药( duì zhèng xià yào)
对症下药指针对病症用药。比喻针对事物的问题所在,采取对应、有效的措施。It is to prescribe a medicine specific to the illness. Later, it was used as a metaphor to find specific ways to solve each i
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Chinese idioms:东施效颦 (Dōngshī xiàopín)
东施效颦指不知道别人的优点和自己的缺点,胡乱模仿,效果很差。Someone who, without understanding other people's strength and their own weakness, tries to copy others, achieving a very unsatisfactor
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Chinese idioms:对牛弹琴 (Duìniútánqín )
对牛弹琴比喻试图和不讲道理的人理论。也可以讽刺那些不看对象是谁就大发言论的人。It is also used ironically to refer to those who talk without noticing who their audience is.
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Chinese idioms:鹬蚌相争渔翁得利 Yùbàngxiāngzhēngyúwēndělì
鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利比喻双方争执不下,两败俱伤,让第三方得到了利益。It means the snipe and clam ended in a deadlock which are easily caught by the fisherman. It means the third party benefits from
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Chinese idioms:沉鱼落雁(Chényú luòyàn)
沉鱼落雁形容女孩子非常美丽。Chényú luòyàn is that the beauty of a woman can make fish sink to the river floor and wild geese fall out of the sky. It can be used to describe a very beautiful
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Chinese idioms:杯弓蛇影(Bēigōngshéyǐng)
杯弓蛇影,将映在酒杯里的弓影误认为是蛇。比喻因疑神疑鬼而引起恐惧。Mistake the shadow of a bow in one's cup as a snake. The idiom is used to refer to the fear caused by self-created suspicion.
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Chinese idioms:自相矛盾(Zìxiāngmáodùn)
成语自相矛盾(Zìxiāngmáodùn) 比喻语言、行动前后不一致或互相抵触。This idom means be not consistent with oneself or being self-contradictory.
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Chinese idioms:纸上谈兵(Zhǐ Shàng Tán Bīng)
纸上谈兵在纸面上谈论打仗,喻没有实际经验,只会照着书本空谈,不能成为现实。纸上谈兵 literally means talk about strategy on paper. It refers to those who have no practical experience and are only g
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Chinese idioms:郑人买履 (Zhèngrénmǎilǚ)
郑人买履这个故事讽刺了有些人做事只相信刻板的教条,不懂得根据实际情况灵活变通。This story satirizes those who follow certain inflexible rules too strictly, and do not know how to adapt to the circ
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Chinese idioms:凿壁借光 (Záobì-jièguāng)
凿壁借光是凿开墙壁,偷借邻居家的灯光读书。指在艰苦的条件下坚持刻苦学习。Záobì-jièguāng is to make a hole in the wall and read a book by stealing the light from a neighbor. It refers to studyi
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Chinese idioms:大材小用 (Dàcáixiǎoyòng)
大材小用:“大材小用”指将很大的材料用在微小的地方,比喻对人才的使用不当。 "大材小用" means to put a great material for a petty use. It is a metaphor for misusing people's talents.
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Chinese idioms:草船借箭 (Cǎochuánjièjiàn)
“草船借箭”比喻凭借智慧,借助别人的人力或财力来达到自己的目的。"草船借箭(cǎochuánjièjiàn)" means achieving one's goal by wisely making use of others' manpower or financial resources.
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Chinese idioms:草木皆兵 (Căomù jiē bīng)
草木皆兵把一草一木都当做敌兵。常形容失败者的恐惧心理。“草木皆兵”means to take grass and trees as enemy soldiers. It’s often used to describe the fear of losers.
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Chinese idioms:车水马龙 (Chē shuǐ mă lóng)
车水马龙是车像流水马像游龙,形容车多马多,后来 用来比喻人来车往,非常热闹。The original meaning of “车水马龙”is many carts and horses. Later it’s used to describe the bustling of many people
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Chinese idioms:伯乐相马 (Bólè xiàng mǎ)
伯乐相马指伯乐善于发现好马。后来比喻善于发现和选拔人才。The original meaning of “伯乐相马” refers to Bole’s ability to find a good horse. Later it was used as metaphor for someone who is good
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Chinese idioms:朝三暮四 (Zhāosān-mùsì)
朝三暮四指实质不变,用玩弄手段,改换名目的方法使人受骗上当。说话、办事反复无常、不负责任。It means to fool others by playing tricks. It later extends to mean changing one's mind frequently or not
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Chinese idioms:指鹿为马 (Zhǐlù-wéimǎ)
指鹿为马:指着鹿,说是马。比喻故意颠倒黑白,混淆是非。 Meaning: Point to a deer, and call it a horse, which is used to describe someone deliberately distorting the truth.
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Chinese idioms:坐井观天( Zuòjíng-guāntiān )
坐在井底看天只能看到广阔天空的一小部分。眼界小,见识少。Looking up from the bottom of a well, one can only see a small part of sky.It is a metaphor for having a narrow outlook, lacking in knowled