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Examples: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. 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. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom); fig. forbidding terrain—lit. fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere—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. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse—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. 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. 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. count by fives and tens (idiom); narrate systematically and in full detail—lit. net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash—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. penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem—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. 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. crossing the river by feeling for stones—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. spouting smoke through the seven orifices [idiom.]—lit. countenance of a flower, face like the moon [idiom.]—lit. things are not separated according their size [idiom.]—lit. mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs [idiom.]— |