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Examples:lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere—lit. not know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing—lit. order people by pointing the chin (idiom); to signal orders by facial gesture—lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good—lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)—lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others—lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation—lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude—lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain—lit. fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere—lit. inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power—lit. sell hot food freshly cooked; fig. to teach what one has just learned—lit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)—lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition—lit. settling accounts after the autumn harvest (idiom); wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts—lit. collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background—lit. never taking a short-cut (idiom); fig. upright and honest—lit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse—lit. let the big cup fly and the small cup walk—lit. killing the chicken scare the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others—lit. branch segment (where new branches should develop)—lit. not have breakfast until the enemy is destroyed—lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money—lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations—lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east—lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. overestimate one's capabilities—lit. on brocade, add flowers (idiom); decorate sth already perfect—lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); come and go without a trace—lit. Mt Zhongnan is a shortcut a ministerial job (idiom); fig. to take a shortcut to promotion—lit. cuts and bruises all over (idiom); fig. totally refuted—lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); narrate systematically and in full detail—lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy—lit. sing accompany wine (idiom); fig. life is short, make merry while you can—lit. net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash—lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society—lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); express amazement due to lack of experience—lit. the giant Peng bird spreads its wings and begins fly—lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it—lit. cover light and nurture in the dark (idiom); to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time—lit. the cycle comes back the start (idiom); to move in circles—lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving—lit. burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common—lit. return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback—lit. penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem—lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells—lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed—lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible escape—lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom); fig. the situation looks grim—lit. not dare pull oneself up high (humble term)—lit. topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering—lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times—lit. lotus rises from the water (idiom); fig. blossom (of poem or art)—lit. swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities—lit. crossing the river by feeling for stones—lit. although dead, as if still alive (idiom); still with us in spirit—lit. change more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)—lit. lift a hand or move a leg (idiom); very easy—lit. not stop until one reaches the Yellow River [idiom.]—lit. mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs [idiom.]—lit. breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening [idiom.]—lit. with his head attached a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl [idiom.]—lit. not shed a tear until one sees the coffin [idiom.]—lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon [idiom.]—lit. believe in the rain on hearing the wind [idiom.]—lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices [idiom.]—lit. things are not separated according their size [idiom.]—lit. fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner—light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence one person, a matter of life or death to another—see the light again (idiom); delivered from oppression—(of a rumor etc) collapse (in the light of facts etc)—light petroleum product (i.e. gasoline and diesel oil)—struggling in the light and fighting in the dark (idiom); fig. intriguing against each other—cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)—sponge cake (light steamed flour or rice cake)—light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)—Cai Guoqiang (1957-), contemporary Chinese artist working with firework displays and light shows—light hydrogen, the most common isotope of hydrogen, having no neutron, so atomic weight 1—face light up with delight (idiom); beam with joy—parallax second or parsec or pc, astronomic unit of distance, approx 3.26 light years—dark nebula (visible as a shadow, absorbing light from behind)—As the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes light—as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers death)—become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven—classifier for wisps of cloud, light beams or similar—classifier for long thin stretches, e.g. jet of gas, streak of light, river; for objects presenting multiple, successive barriers; for individual steps in a process; for orders, questions e.g. in a test—a poor light but nevertheless inextinguishable [idiom.]—classifier for bunches, bundles e.g. flowers or straw, and beams of light— |