1. to keep one's emotions inside oneself2. to restrain one's emotions
1. lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom)2. fig. great commotion3. pandemonium
1. (lit.) not even chickens and dogs are spared (idiom)2. (fig.) mass slaughter
1. lit. yellow does not reach green (idiom); the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop2. temporary deficit in manpower or resources3. unable to make ends meet
Facebook (Internet slang, pun reading "you must die")
(idiom) not bat an eyelid
1. constantly in turmoil2. crisis after crisis
1. to drift without a resting place (idiom)2. roving3. errant4. vagrant+1 条 +2 条 1. lit. to eat without tasting the food2. worried or downhearted (idiom)
1. when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers2. When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
an unending stream of pilgrims
to exclaim in astonishment
to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status)
1. to be preoccupied (idiom)2. to be inattentive3. to be frightened out of one's mind
1. lit. body and soul separated (idiom); fig. scared out of one's wits2. beside oneself
can't tell black from white (idiom); unable to distinguish wrong from right
1. not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous2. watertight
1. lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)2. fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on3. complete ignorance
1. lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship2. no discord, no concord
不明飞行物 不明飛行物 bù míng fēi xíng wù unidentified flying object (UFO)
不结盟运动 不結盟運動 bù jié méng yùn dòng Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
1. to be a stranger in a strange land (idiom)2. in an unfamiliar place without friends or family
arduous and thankless task (idiom); strenuous and unrewarding
吃硬不吃软 吃硬不吃軟 chī yìng bù chī ruǎn susceptible to force but not persuasion
吃软不吃硬 吃軟不吃硬 chī ruǎn bù chī yìng 1. lit. eats soft food, but refuses hard food (idiom)2. amenable to coaxing but not coercion
1. Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)2. the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
not corrupted by wealth and honors
山不转路转 山不轉路轉 shān bù zhuàn lù zhuàn 1. (lit.) if the mountain won't move, the road will go around it (idiom)2. (fig.) there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles
恨铁不成钢 恨鐵不成鋼 hèn tiě bù chéng gāng 1. lit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)2. fig. frustrated with sb who has failed to meet one's expectations
to harm others without benefiting oneself (idiom)
1. to be unable to make any sense of the matter2. to be at a loss
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1. lit. rotten wood cannot be carved (idiom)2. fig. you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
治标不治本 治標不治本 zhì biāo bù zhì běn to treat the symptoms but not the root cause
汉贼不两立 漢賊不兩立 hàn zéi bù liǎng lì 1. lit. Shu Han 蜀汉[shǔ hàn] and Cao Wei 曹魏[cáo wèi] cannot coexist (idiom)2. fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky3. (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
Don't get a reward if it's not deserved. (idiom)
1. neither for nor against sth2. indifferent
无巧不成书 無巧不成書 wú qiǎo bù chéng shū curious coincidence
no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
1. lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason2. no smoke without fire
1. a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)2. one cannot accomplish much on one's own
1. to put on a fake smile (idiom)2. to smile insincerely
the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom)
眼不见为净 眼不見為淨 yǎn bù jiàn wéi jìng 1. what remains unseen is deemed to be clean2. what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
笑贫不笑娼 笑貧不笑娼 xiào pín bù xiào chāng 1. the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty2. lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
the truth will come out eventually; a secret can't be kept forever
翻脸不认人 翻臉不認人 fān liǎn bù rèn rén to fall out with sb and become hostile
1. a tiger, though cruel, will not devour its cubs (idiom)2. even wild beasts look after their young