1. end2. conclusion3. solution
1. how can this be?2. what's to be done?3. what an awful mess!
no thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
1. (as a resultative verb suffix) unable to (do sth)2. (pattern: {verb} + 个[ge] + ~) without end; incessantly
1. to realize clearly2. to settle a matter3. to get it over with
to settle in court (opposite: 私了[sī liǎo])
1. failed; busted; to have not succeeded2. to have died3. to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)
1. to be dead2. not to be, or cease to exist
1. say no more2. don't bring it up3. drop the subject
1. awesome2. brilliant3. magnificent
Portulaca Sundial (a type of plant)
1. does not count for anything2. of no account
to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)
1. to avoid a problem by walking away from it2. to quit
1. to be unable to extricate oneself gracefully2. to be put on the spot3. to be embarrassed
to live out the rest of one's life
(idiom) to be well aware; to understand clearly
1. felt a chill (in one's heart)2. (one's heart) sank
1. clear and simple2. in simple terms
busy and unable to get away
1. to rush through the work2. to get through a thing carelessly
吃不了兜着走 吃不了兜著走 chī bu liǎo dōu zhe zǒu 1. lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom)2. fig. you'll have to take the consequences
萝卜快了不洗泥 蘿蔔快了不洗泥 luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní 1. when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom)2. fig. when business is booming, merchants tend to offer goods of inferior quality
赔了夫人又折兵 賠了夫人又折兵 péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng 1. lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)2. fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
远水救不了近火 遠水救不了近火 yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu liǎo jìn huǒ 1. water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here2. (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency
variant of 了如指掌[liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng]
see 了如指掌[liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng]
variant of 直截了当[zhí jié liǎo dàng]
see 直截了当[zhí jié liǎo dàng]
see 了如指掌[liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng]
to completely lack; to have not even the slightest
1. frank; outspoken2. ready; settled; in order3. (old) to deal with; to handle
1. (Buddhism) to fully understand2. to understand completely
1. at last2. finally3. in the end
(slang) (I'm, you're) toast; so screwed; it's game over (for sb); (sth) bit the dust
1. shoot!2. gosh!3. oh, no!4. (suffix) to the utmost+1 条 (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb)
1. to be done2. to be ready3. that's enough!4. that will do!+1 条 1. I've got a solution!2. to have a bun in the oven (abbr. for 有了胎[yǒu le tāi])
(coll.) okay (loanword from "over")
that's that; that's it; that will do