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more and more emerge / innumerable succession / breeding like flies (idiom)
HSK 7-9
the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom) / one's future prospects are brilliant
HSK 7-9
a white steed flits past a crack (idiom); How time flies!
time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
"the four pests", i.e. rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows / see also 打麻雀運動|打麻雀运动
lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom) / fig. to be frightened stiff / spooked out of one's mind / terror-stricken
like flies pursuing a stink (idiom); the mob chases the rich and powerful / the crowd runs after trash
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星 has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转
lit. the clumsy bird flies early (idiom); fig. to work hard to compensate for one's limited abilities
the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
lit. to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) / fig. to lead an undignified life; to resort to any means for personal gain
lit. to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / fig. to kill people like flies
lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星 has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written 斗轉星移|斗转星移
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  *蠛* | 蠛* | *蠛
minute flies
time flies (idiom)
the moth flies into the flame / fatal attraction
Diptera (insect order including flies)
lit. flies do not attack an intact egg (idiom) / fig. no smoke without a fire
(idiom) How time flies!
the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進|大跃进 aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows


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