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Examples:Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.—is it worth the trouble?—Brevity is the soul of wit. —materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality—virtue is one foot tall, the devil ten foot (idiom); It takes constant vigilance stave off evil.—Failure is the mother of success.—deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom); follow sb's precepts is the sincerest form of respect—the philosophy of materialism, doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality—it can clearly be seen (that this is the case)—the rich man cannot be benevolent (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).—nickname for sb who is the most powerful in an area—fig. the best is saved for last—this is the moment shine—good preparation is the key success—Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)—Today is the key the past.—Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).—knowledge is the best charity—lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed—saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part—Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need.—early planning is the key success—Greed is the root of all evil.—act according to whatever is the current outlook—If the basin is square, the water in it will also be square. [idiom.]—Money is the root of all evil.—the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak—location on wrist over the radial artery where pulse is taken in TCM—fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was—the past is vanished like the wind; gone beyond recall—(adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else)—lit. there is a knife above the character for lust—posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead)—lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices—Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker)—the eye is bewildered by five colors (idiom); a dazzling riot of colors—Magadha, ancient India kingdom reported be the birthplace of Buddhism—a woman's place is in the home (old view)—fate is unfavorable (idiom); the omens are not good—the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood—one's affiliation (i.e. the organization one is affiliated with)—the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort—neap tide (the smallest tide, when moon is at first or third quarter)—particle indicating that a previously asked question is be applied to the preceding word ("What about ...?", "And ...?")—the master leads you the door, the rest is up to you—help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy—Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time—wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol—lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea—the implied message is deep (idiom); having deep implications—switch hook (button or cradle of a telephone, whose function is disconnect the call)—the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear—a romance where the man is significantly older than the woman—The north wind is icy cold.—difficult travel (i.e. the road is bad)—the people's livelihood is reduced destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment—a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom); a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth—It is hard escape the dragnet of the law—lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving [idiom.]—the swallow's nest is built one beakful of mud at a time [idiom.]—control a key point is to be master of the situation [idiom.]—lit. there is no road the sky, nor door into the earth [idiom.]—The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.—(onom.) sound of the wind or the breathing of sb. who is sound asleep—lit. kill the donkey when the grinding is done [idiom.]—think of the pain when the pain is gone [idiom.]—lit. be confined within a circle drawn on the ground [idiom.]— |