if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
to get things done relying on others (idiom); with a little help from his friends
1.to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides2.to sit on the fence
to marry after getting pregnant
a beautiful dream is hard to realize (idiom)
1.to be successful in one's studies2.academic success
to obtain confessions under torture
Kawabata Yasunari, Japanese literature Nobel laureate
pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
(of a group of people) to run about helplessly
1.What a scandal!2.Whatever next?
1.lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers2.innumerable3.thousands upon thousands
1.succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages2.success and failure3.You win some, you lose some.
1.lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom)2.fig. to weigh up various factors
to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom)
成双成对成雙成對 1.to form pairs2.to be in couples
1.to draw (a competition)2.to fight to a standstill
1.to band together2.to gang up3.to stick together
1.to drip with sweat2.sweat poured off (him)
persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
1.lit. to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix (idiom)2.fig. to hope one's daughter is a success in life
1.to look favorably on sth2.would be glad to see it happen
(idiom) to die a martyr; to be martyred
1.splendid and powerful (of story)2.majestic3.awesome
(idiom) (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed
1.(idiom) nurture makes second nature2.good habits come by long assimilation
生产成本生產成本 production costs
to have accomplished nothing (idiom)
to be tempered into a steel
1.well established2.accepted as a result of long usage
1.to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task2.to study diligently
to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom); to fall ill from constant overwork
1.lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom)2.fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
(idiom) many little things add up to sth great; many little drops make an ocean
accumulated habits become custom
a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth
1.to become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation2.to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
1.lit. the rice has already been cooked (idiom)2.fig. what is done cannot be undone
终成泡影終成泡影 (idiom) to come to nothing
1.to huddle together2.to curl up
to become accustomed to sth through long practice
1.deeply ingrained2.steeped in