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Examples:Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later—lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. demand exact compliance with instructions—Do not do others what you would not have them do to you.—restrain yourself and return the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties—knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")—appearing be praising others while actually praising yourself—Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine destroy you.—(honorific) Please take good care of yourself!—lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows ina tree—fig. with money, you can do anything you like—If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar ina needle.—Take what you hear be false, only believe it when you see it (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.—believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.—Please make yourself at home.—give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man fish and you feed him for a lifetime—lit if you marry a chicken follow the chicken, if you marry a dog follow the dog [idiom.]—You can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot. [idiom.]—if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus [idiom.]—take good care of yourself! [idiom.]—take good care of yourself!—call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it—if you ride a tiger, it's hard get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway—don't pass judgment until you've seen the end—definitive conclusion on the coffin lid (idiom); You can only judge a person's merits or demerits after death.—regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally.—lit. even jumping inthe Yellow River can't get you clean—fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not—you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted—with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect—lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom); unfamiliar at first but you get used it—fish brings heat, meat brings phlegm, vegetables and tofu keep you healthy—I'm sorry the wine I offer you is so poor. (humble)—When you enter a country, enquire about the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do—It's all exaggeration, you don't need take it seriously—When you enter a country, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do—May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)—don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience—If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.—you let me win (said politely after winning a game)—I beg you partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address)—(respectful appellation for the addressee) you—Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat!—you (used a superior or between persons of the same generation)—You can't make progress by clinging old notions.—even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come an end [idiom.]— |