1. especially2. most of all3. above all4. in particular+1 条 1. (of food) to have the right taste2. (of people) to feel at ease
(as a complete expression, or followed by 啦[la]) (coll.) Yeah, right! As if!
Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization)
1. (derog.) to be a good-for-nothing2. worthless nobody3. no-good
1. to be upset2. to feel disgusted
1. to stir up trouble2. to provoke angry exchange
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unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
1. not to be trifled with2. to be reckoned with
1. (Internet slang) I can't even...2. Are you kidding me!3. OMG!
every medicine has its side effect
听风就是雨 聽風就是雨 tīng fēng jiù shì yǔ 1. lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom)2. to believe rumors3. to be credulous
1. lit. even a locust provides some nourishment (idiom)2. fig. it's better than nothing
人是铁饭是钢 人是鐵飯是鋼 rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng 1. one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)2. an empty sack cannot stand upright
团结就是力量 團結就是力量 tuán jié jiù shì lì liang unity is strength (revolutionary slogan and popular song of 1943)
姓蒋还是姓汪 姓蔣還是姓汪 xìng jiǎng hái shi xìng wāng friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜[shā jiā bāng]) (蒋[jiǎng] here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蒋介石[jiǎng jiè shí] and 汪[wāng] refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精卫[wāng jīng wèi])
听见风就是雨 聽見風就是雨 tīng jiàn fēng jiù shì yǔ 1. lit. on hearing wind, to say rain2. to agree uncritically with whatever people say3. to parrot other people's words4. to chime in with others+1 条 姜还是老的辣 薑還是老的辣 jiāng hái shì lǎo de là 1. ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom)2. the older, the wiser
1. lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)2. fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut3. unequivocal
丁是丁，卯是卯 dīng shì dīng , mǎo shì mǎo 1. lit. to keep ding (the fourth heavenly stem) distinct from mao (the fourth earthly branch) (idiom)2. fig. meticulous3. conscientious4. unambiguous+1 条 五百年前是一家 wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā five hundred years ago we were the same family (saying) (said of persons with the same surname)
失败是成功之母 失敗是成功之母 shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ Failure is the mother of success.
女子无才便是德 女子無才便是德 nǚ zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
手心手背都是肉 shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu 1. lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)2. fig. to both be of equal importance3. to value both equally
捡到篮里就是菜 撿到籃裡就是菜 jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
时间是把杀猪刀 時間是把殺豬刀 shí jiān shì bǎ shā zhū dāo 1. lit. time is a butcher's knife2. fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving3. nothing gold can stay
蚊子再小也是肉 wén zi zài xiǎo yě shì ròu 1. lit. even a mosquito, though tiny, provides some nourishment (idiom)2. fig. it's better than nothing
钉是钉，铆是铆 釘是釘，鉚是鉚 dīng shì dīng , mǎo shì mǎo 1. lit. a nail is a nail and a rivet is a rivet (idiom)2. fig. meticulous3. conscientious4. unambiguous+1 条 需要是发明之母 需要是發明之母 xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
不是鱼死就是网破 不是魚死就是網破 bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò 1. lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)2. fig. it's a life-and-death struggle3. it's either him or me
是可忍，孰不可忍 shì kě rěn , shú bù kě rěn 1. if this can be tolerated, what cannot? (idiom)2. enough is enough
身体是革命的本钱 身體是革命的本錢 shēn tǐ shì gé mìng de běn qián 1. lit. the body is the revolution's capital2. fig. good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying)
苦海无边，回头是岸 苦海無邊，回頭是岸 kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn 1. The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.2. Repent and ye shall be saved!
葫芦里卖的是什么药 葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥 hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào 1. what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?2. what's going on?
不是一家人不进一家门 不是一家人不進一家門 bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén 1. people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)2. marriages are predestined3. people marry because they share common traits
反美是工作赴美是生活 fǎn měi shì gōng zuò fù měi shì shēng huó being anti-American is the job, but life is in America (jocular comment made about public figures who are brazenly xenophobic but whose family live abroad)
科学技术是第一生产力 科學技術是第一生產力 kē xué jì shù shì dì yī shēng chǎn lì science and technology is the number one productive force (from a 1978 speech by Deng Xiaoping 邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng] introducing the Four Modernizations 四个现代化[sì ge xiàn dài huà])
是骡子是马，牵出来遛遛 是騾子是馬，牽出來遛遛 shì luó zi shì mǎ , qiān chū lai liù liu 1. lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom)2. fig. the proof of the pudding is in the eating3. to show what one is made of
实践是检验真理的唯一标准 實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準 shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de wéi yī biāo zhǔn Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫 不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓 bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云 曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲 céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què wū shān bù shì yún 1. there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom)2. one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
钱不是万能的，没钱是万万不能的 錢不是萬能的，沒錢是萬萬不能的 qián bù shì wàn néng de , méi qián shì wàn wàn bù néng de money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom)
see 有奶便是娘[yǒu nǎi biàn shì niáng]