不耻下问 不恥下問 bù chǐ xià wèn HSK 7–9 not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates
not ashamed to learn from subordinates (idiom)
to attack for a long time without success
1. to disrespect one's superiors2. to offend one's elders
to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
(idiom) to work for the common good beyond one's own interests
1. to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business2. not allow anyone else to have a look in
General Lü Meng 吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
underground passage; underpass
the whole country in rebellion
1. to alter a text indiscriminately (idiom)2. to make irresponsible criticism
to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
to lodge under another person's roof (idiom); to live relying on sb else's charity
in a moment of desperation
1. how about it?2. what do you think?
(idiom) one's defeated opponent
1. lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me2. Do not judge me too harshly.3. Look favorably on my humble efforts.
1. to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition2. forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
1. lit. to pull sb into the water2. fig. to involve sb in a messy business3. to get sb into trouble
(idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire
to lay down a heavy burden
1. minor divinity concerned with marriage2. matchmaker3. go-between
1. lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom)2. fig. romantic surroundings
有两下子 有兩下子 yǒu liǎng xià zi HSK 7–9 1. to have real skill2. to know one's stuff
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正中下怀 正中下懷 zhèng zhòng xià huái exactly what one wants
1. no respect for seniors2. lacking in manners
1. mud and sand flow together (idiom)2. good and bad mingle
impossible to make a living
1. all over2. from head to toe
abbr. for 瓜田不納履，瓜田不纳履，李下不整冠[guā tián bù nà lǚ lǐ xià bù zhěng guān]
1. to step down gracefully (humble expression)2. to concede defeat3. to play second fiddle
hypodermic injection; subcutaneous injection
to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom)
going from there to lower grades (idiom)
1. (lit.) the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韩信[hán xìn] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom)2. (fig.) (endure) utter humiliation
ready to take any job, high or low
pituitary glands (at the base of the skull)
(category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
1. to go underground2. to turn to secret activities