I'd like to hear the details
1. to settle for second best2. the next best thing
无所不用其极 無所不用其極 wú suǒ bù yòng qí jí 1. committing all manner of crimes2. completely unscrupulous
毕其功于一役 畢其功於一役 bì qí gōng yú yī yì to accomplish the whole task at one stroke (idiom)
马其顿共和国 馬其頓共和國 mǎ qí dùn gòng hé guó Republic of Macedonia (former Yugoslav republic)
like father, like son (idiom)
夸夸其谈 夸夸其談 kuā kuā qí tán HSK 7–9 variant of 夸夸其谈[kuā kuā qí tán]
variant of 莫名其妙[mò míng qí miào]
see 出其不意，出其不意，攻其不备[chū qí bù yì gōng qí bù bèi]
see 出其不意，出其不意，攻其不备[chū qí bù yì gōng qí bù bèi]
see 煞有介事[shà yǒu jiè shì]
1. previously2. before that3. up to then
1. its place2. one's appointed place3. the place for that
1. one's own (respective)2. proprietary
1. especially2. most of all3. above all4. in particular+1 条 Chen Chi-mai (1964-), Taiwanese DPP politician, vice premier of the Republic of China (2019-)
(idiom) to live up to one's name; true to one's name
1. there is a reason for it2. (of sth) not incidental
1. to remove the dross2. to discard the dregs
turquoise (gemstone) (loanword)
(mineralogy) (loanword) turquoise
1. to look favorably on sth2. would be glad see it happen
deceived by a pretense of reason (idiom)
1. to come at the right time2. to be opportune
remote and insignificant (idiom)
1. used properly2. used for its intended purpose3. to put to good use4. to serve its purpose+1 条 to allow sb to do sth at his convenience
1. exactly what one would wish2. to find one's niche
"land to the tiller", post-Liberation land reform movement instigated by the CCP
不得其门而入 不得其門而入 bù dé qí mén ér rù to be unable to get into (a house, an organization, a field of study, a particular type of career etc)
卡布其诺咖啡 卡布其諾咖啡 kǎ bù qí nuò kā fēi cappuccino coffee
听其言观其行 聽其言觀其行 tīng qí yán guān qí xíng hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
土耳其旋转烤肉 土耳其旋轉烤肉 tǔ ěr qí xuán zhuǎn kǎo ròu Turkish döner kebab
知其不可而为之 知其不可而為之 zhī qí bù kě ér wéi zhī to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible (idiom)
听其言而观其行 聽其言而觀其行 tīng qí yán ér guān qí xíng hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions
有其师，必有其徒 有其師，必有其徒 yǒu qí shī , bì yǒu qí tú As the teacher, so the pupil. (idiom)
不在其位，不谋其政 不在其位，不謀其政 bù zài qí wèi , bù móu qí zhèng don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)
人之将死，其言也善 人之將死，其言也善 rén zhī jiāng sǐ , qí yán yě shàn words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
出其不意，攻其不备 出其不意，攻其不備 chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ])
取其精华，去其糟粕 取其精華，去其糟粕 qǔ qí jīng huá , qù qí zāo pò 1. take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)2. keep what is good, discard the rest3. You need to be selective when studying.4. In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.+1 条 只知其一，不知其二 zhǐ zhī qí yī , bù zhī qí èr to know the first, but not know the second (idiom); only partial information
打蛇不死，反受其害 dǎ shé bù sǐ , fǎn shòu qí hài (proverb) if you deal with a threat but fail to eliminate it, it may come back to harm you