黄花菜都凉了 黃花菜都涼了 huáng huā cài dōu liáng le 1. lit. the dishes are cold (idiom)2. fig. to arrive late; to take one's sweet time
兔子尾巴长不了 兔子尾巴長不了 tù zi wěi ba cháng bu liǎo 1. rabbits don't have long tails (idiom)2. its days are numbered3. won't last long
冤冤相报何时了 冤冤相報何時了 yuān yuān xiāng bào hé shí liǎo if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
大水冲了龙王庙 大水沖了龍王廟 dà shuǐ chōng le lóng wáng miào 1. lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)2. fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person3. a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
好了伤疤忘了疼 好了傷疤忘了疼 hǎo le shāng bā wàng le téng to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
怎一个愁字了得 怎一個愁字了得 zěn yī gè chóu zì liǎo dé 1. (last line of the poem 声声慢[shēng shēng màn] by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照[lǐ qīng zhào])2. how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"?3. how can words express such sadness?
煮熟的鸭子飞了 煮熟的鴨子飛了 zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le 1. the cooked duck flew away (proverb)2. (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers
过了这村没这店 過了這村沒這店 guò le zhè cūn méi zhè diàn 1. past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)2. this is your last chance
心急吃不了热豆腐 心急吃不了熱豆腐 xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu 1. hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom)2. one just has to be patient3. haste will ruin everything
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜 撿了芝麻丟了西瓜 jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
跑了和尚跑不了庙 跑了和尚跑不了廟 pǎo le hé shàng pǎo bù liǎo miào 1. the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)2. you can run this time, but you'll have to come back3. I'll get you sooner or later4. also written 跑得了和尚，跑得了和尚，跑不了庙[pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng pǎo bù liǎo miào]+1 条 不干不净，吃了没病 不乾不淨，吃了沒病 bù gān bù jìng , chī le méi bìng 1. a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb)2. a couple of germs won't do you any harm
大事化小，小事化了 dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
小时了了，大未必佳 小時了了，大未必佳 xiǎo shí liǎo liǎo , dà wèi bì jiā being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)
跑了和尚，跑不了寺 pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì 1. the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)2. you can run this time, but you'll have to come back3. I'll get you sooner or later
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥 yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu 1. lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)2. fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤 一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯 yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng 1. lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)2. fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
林子大了，什么鸟都有 林子大了，什麼鳥都有 lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
跑得了和尚，跑不了庙 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟 pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào 1. the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)2. you can run this time, but you'll have to come back3. I'll get you sooner or later
过了这个村就没这个店 過了這個村就沒這個店 guò le zhè ge cūn jiù méi zhè ge diàn 1. past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)2. this is your last chance
死了张屠夫，不吃混毛猪 死了張屠夫，不吃混毛豬 sǐ le zhāng tú fū , bù chī hùn máo zhū 1. lit. just because Zhang the butcher dies, doesn't mean we'll have to eat pork mixed with bristles (idiom)2. fig. nobody is indispensable
虱子多了不痒，债多了不愁 虱子多了不癢，債多了不愁 shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu 1. (lit.) when covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore, and when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (saying)2. (fig.) to be past worrying (about sth)
机关算尽太聪明，反算了卿卿性命 機關算盡太聰明，反算了卿卿性命 jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng ming , fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 红楼梦[hóng lóu mèng])
variant of 怎么了[zěn me le]
好了疮疤忘了痛 好了瘡疤忘了痛 hǎo le chuāng bā wàng le tòng see 好了伤疤忘了疼[hǎo le shāng bā wàng le téng]
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅粥 一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥 yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu see 一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu]
(Tw) (Internet slang) too late, someone posted that already (supposedly from "lag" misspelled as "leg")