| | to have a pleasant journey (idiom) | HSK 2 |
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| | (idiom) exactly alike; identical / also pr. [yi1mo2-yi1yang4] | HSK 6 |
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| | Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage / CL: 條|条, 本, 句 | HSK 5 |
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| | (idiom) just as in the past; as before; continuing as always | HSK 7-9 |
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| | great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to rake in money; to make money hand over fist | |
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| | (idiom) to be overcome with grief | |
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| | (idiom) astronomical figure | |
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| | (idiom) to live to be a hundred years old (often used as a blessing or wish for longevity) | |
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| | (idiom) can't help but; involuntarily | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) (of a building etc) to rise out of the ground | |
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| | (idiom) ordinary; unremarkable; nothing special | |
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| | (idiom) to be free of worldly desires and ambitions; to neither want nor seek (fame, profit, material gain etc) | |
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| | (idiom) (euphemism) after (sb's) death | |
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| | (idiom) hard work can make up for lack of natural talent | |
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| | (idiom) to develop a conscience about sth after previously being unconcerned (usu. resulting in feeling remorse or making amends) | |
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| | (idiom) in an unending stream; continuous | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) extraordinary | |
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| | (idiom) to be a flourishing family with many descendants | |
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| | (idiom) not to be underestimated; not to be taken lightly | |
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| | (idiom) to fight side by side; (by extension) to join forces | |
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| | (idiom) to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment); (fig.) to tear apart; to utterly destroy; to brutally dismember | |
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| | (idiom) people coming and going; bustling with activity | |
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| | (idiom) hard to come by; not easily obtained | |
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| | (idiom) to envy the virtuous and talented | |
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| | (idiom) to be overcome with grief | |
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| | criss-crossed (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. music, women, dogs and horses (traditional aristocratic amusements, with dogs and horses referring to activities such as hunting and riding) (idiom) / fig. wine, women and song; dissolute pleasures; a life of sensual indulgence | |
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| | to look in all directions (idiom) / to glance around | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) with real guns and live ammunition; (fig.) for real (involving genuine action rather than rehearsal, simulation or theory); (coll.) to have actual sex; to go all the way | |
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| | to lose a family fortune (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) unscathed; unharmed; without a scratch | |
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| | completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild | HSK 7-9 |
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| | fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to have many wives and concubines; to have a harem | |
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| | (idiom) four-part structure of a composition: introduction, elucidation, pivot (shift in perspective), synthesis; (fig.) coherent structural progression in writing, narrative, or any unfolding process | |
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| | (idiom) world-shaking | HSK 7-9 |
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| | with keen interest (idiom) / with great pleasure / with gusto / eagerly | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) unknown; unrenowned | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) half true and half false | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) deeply touching | |
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| | (idiom) (usu. of sth abstract: an alliance, a conviction etc) unbreakable; rock-solid | |
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| | (idiom) disciples; followers | |
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| | to be total strangers (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) unable to speak through tears; sobbing uncontrollably | |
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| | (idiom) unprecedented in history | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) deeply touching | |
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| | lit. knot on an elm tree (idiom) / fig. blockhead; dunce | |
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| | (idiom) one's forte | |
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| | obvious at a glance (idiom) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / fig. untold numbers; innumerable; countless | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition / task of Sisyphus / determination in the face of impossible odds | |
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| | (idiom) beauty of helping others succeed; act of helping sb fulfill their wish | |
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| | (idiom) to thank profusely; to express deep gratitude | |
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| | (idiom) to have a girl on each arm | |
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| | to order again and again (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom) / fig. emotions | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom) / fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) a false alarm; a scare that turns out to be nothing | |
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| | inextricably linked (idiom) / inseparable | HSK 7-9 |
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| | spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent / drained / washed out | HSK 7-9 |
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| | established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement / customary convention | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) friends with a significant age gap | |
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| | (idiom) meager profit; petty gain | |
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| | all rivers run into the sea / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) backwoods; wilderness | |
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| | (idiom) to assess merit and confer rewards | |
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| | lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds | |
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| | lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity / one solution fits a diversity of problems / one size fits all | |
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| | lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview / not bothered with the details / superficial / content with shallow understanding | |
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| | (idiom) weeping uncontrollably | |
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| | (idiom) to talk to oneself; to think aloud; to soliloquize | HSK 6 |
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| | reluctant to part (idiom); broken-hearted at having to leave | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. like thunder piercing the ear / a well-known reputation (idiom) | |
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| | lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) to have one's wishes come true; wish you the best! | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to believe oneself infallible (idiom) / to be opinionated | HSK 7-9 |
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| | closely bound up (idiom); intimately related | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. carved railings and jade steps (idiom) / fig. richly ornamented (building) | |
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| | (idiom) explosive mutual passion; blaze of passion (esp. between lovers) | |
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| | to look anxious (idiom) / to look miserable | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) auspicious day (for a wedding, ceremony etc) | |
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| | (idiom) pampered scion of a wealthy family | |
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| | propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom) / plain sailing / to go smoothly / have a nice trip! | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. sour, sweet, bitter and spicy (idiom) / fig. all kinds of flavors; the joys and sorrows of life | HSK 5 |
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| | (idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (idiom) as everyone knows | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. one is one, two is two (idiom) / fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut / unequivocal | |
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| | (idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort | |
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| | time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies! | |
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| | lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom) / fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities | |
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| | one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) to make a clean sweep of; to clean out | |
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| | lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress | |
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| | a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life | |
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