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Examples:rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray—lit. say grapes are sour when you can't eat them—advance or retreat, each has its rules (idiom from Zhuangzi); many translations are possible—boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored)—lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment—The good things in life are worth waiting for—old habits are hard change (idiom); It is hard to throw off ingrained habits.—(may also refer other products that are of benefit to old people, such as padded cloth shoes, mobility tricycle etc)—"urban dependence disease" (sufferers are unwilling give up city comforts and return to the countryside)—be among (those who are in a particular group)—Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).—particle signaling a pause, emphasize the preceding words and allow the listener time to take them on board ("ok?", "are you with me?")—jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.—strangers are first meeting, but soon friends—fig. family ties are closer than social relations—lit. the weak are prey the strong (idiom); fig. predatory behavior—Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM—fig. one's native place (where one's ancestors are buried)—all the parts are in place, but small scale (Mencius)—source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based—goods in the command economy that are not graded by quality and uniformly priced—agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable—first quadrant (of the coordinate plane, where both x and y are positive)—if you are lazy in your prime, you'll be sorry in your old age—bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning—fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally—lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); gossip about the neighbors—(of a couple who are in the public eye) a lovely young couple—(Taiwan) religious ceremony in which offerings are made a deity—young people in their late 20s or older who are still unmarried—preparations for war are in an advanced state—the chicken has flown the coop and the eggs are broken—There are no poor soldiers under a good general—city heat island (i.e. large city centers are hotter)—gunpowder tea, Chinese green tea whose leaves are each formed ina small pellet—abler people do more work (idiom); It is because you are so capable that we (or they) leave everything you.—hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service [idiom.]—when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys [idiom.]—lit. things are not separated according their size [idiom.]—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.—decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it be strung on a cord—lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not be mentioned in the same breath—a promise worth one thousand in gold (idiom); a promise that must be kept—"The wine´s gone bad and it cannot be sold"—be taken dissolved in boiling water (of Chinese herbal medicine)—"a slave certificates", sb who does one's utmost to obtain as many certificates as possible so to be more employable—be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects)—be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc)—Magadha, ancient India kingdom reported be the birthplace of Buddhism—like a fish back in water (idiom); glad be back in one's proper surroundings—be forced to grind grain as a punishment (old)—the benevolent man cannot be rich (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).—fig. be endowed with extraordinary intelligence—without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules—While the green hills last, there'll be wood burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.—forget and not bear recriminations (idiom); to let bygones be bygones—(usually used in the negative) be of help or use—be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc)—lit. will not be forgotten even after one's teeth fall out—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.—lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed—lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public—able think of everything that needs to be thought of—one's predestined fate is yet be fulfilled [idiom.]—be driven by strong sexual urge (to do sth) [idiom.]—be completely drained both emotionally and physically [idiom.]—be intimate with prostitutes and frequent brothels [idiom.]—lit. family shames must not be spread abroad [idiom.]—”surrender and your life will be spared” [idiom.]—(of one's name, reputation etc) be immortalized [idiom.]—be overly subjective and disregard the outside world [idiom.]— |