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Examples:too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless repent after the event.—It is better travel hopefully than to arrive.—decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it be strung on a cord—the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise—daring act and courageous enough to take responsibility for it—goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.—Shangke corporation, PRC IT company (since 1994)—lit. easy dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies—It takes ten years nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.—Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it—touch base matter and turn it to gold (idiom); fig. to turn crude writing into a literary gem—lit. the eye cannot bear see it (idiom); a scene too pitiful to behold—I really want do it, but don't have the resources.—(idiom) evade responsibility and push it to others—It is hard change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.—use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)—accept an error and adapt to it—regret not having met earlier (idiom); It is nice to meet you finally.—lit. it takes a long time make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly—the eye cannot take it all in (idiom); too many good things see—when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time—cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity—transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it)—feel irritated without being able to express it—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).—It's all exaggeration, you don't need take it seriously—hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home—with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)—want stop but can't (idiom, from Analects); find it impossible to give up—lit. tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions—where it is possible let people off, one should spare them (idiom); anyone can make mistakes, forgive them when possible—lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. pretend to do sth without understanding it—cow from Wu is terrified by the moon, mistaking it for the sun—lit. have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis—travel far and wide looking for sth, only to find it easily—make a copy (and send it to someone)—cut one's flesh to cover a sore (idiom); faced with a current crisis, to make it worse by a temporary expedient—let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story)—the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-awareness comes from within—lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows ina tree to shade you—substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior—glue something lightly enough that it can be removed later—chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth—Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.—lit. swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities—find it hard to speak about sth—the name does not correspond reality (idiom); it doesn't live up to its reputation—love sth too much to part with it (idiom); to fondle admiringly—fig. attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it—having given away a bride, lose one's army on top of it [idiom.]—it is easier change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character [idiom.]—understand sth. well and know how to use it—if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus [idiom.]—love sth too much to part with it [idiom.]—no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens [idiom.]—value the broom as one's own (idiom); to attach value to sth. because it is one's own—choose what is good and hold fast to it [idiom.]— |