明枪易躲,暗箭难防 明槍易躲,暗箭難防 míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
物质文明和精神文明 物質文明和精神文明 wù zhì wén míng hé jīng shén wén míng 1. material and spiritual culture2. matter and mind3. material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
知人者智,自知者明 zhī rén zhě zhì , zì zhī zhě míng those who understand others are intelligent, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德经[dào dé jīng])
聪明一世,糊涂一时 聰明一世,糊塗一時 cōng ming yī shì , hú tu yī shí (idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment; every man has a fool in his sleeve
达尔罕茂明安联合旗 達爾罕茂明安聯合旗 dá ěr hǎn mào míng ān lián hé qí Darhan Muming'an united banner in Baotou 包头[bāo tóu], Inner Mongolia
化学品安全技术说明书 化學品安全技術說明書 huà xué pǐn ān quán jì shù shuō míng shū materials safety data sheet (MSDS)
明知山有虎,偏向虎山行 míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ , piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng 1. lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)2. fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers
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])
see 明察暗访[míng chá àn fǎng]
聪明一世,懵懂一时 聰明一世,懵懂一時 cōng ming yī shì , měng dǒng yī shí see 聰明一世,聪明一世,糊涂一时[cōng ming yī shì hú tu yī shí]
(Tw) Santo Domingo, capital of Dominican Republic
总会三明治 總會三明治 zǒng huì sān míng zhì (Tw) club sandwich (variant of 总汇三明治[zǒng huì sān míng zhì])