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Examples:The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).—To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite the successful execution of a job—lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring—efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and the people—karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)—once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope—lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another.—lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as you, the son is sure do well.—jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself—having ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed—Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC—starts well but ends in separation (of marital relations)—recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc—elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well prepared forces—everything is fine (idiom); all is well with the world—live in plenty without appreciating it (idiom); not to know when one is well off—jump into a well (to drown oneself, esp. of ladies in fiction)—He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).—dodge a pit only to fall into a well [idiom.]—understand sth. well and know how to use it—throw stones at sb. who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down—can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud take a low one—lit. drain away filth and bring in fresh water (idiom); fig. dispel evil and usher in good—harmful and without benefit (idiom); more harm than good—bearer of good news (esp. announcing success in imperial examinations)—The Good Soldier Švejk (Schweik), satirical novel by Czech author Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923)—get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result—favorable weather (idiom); good weather for crops—good wine taken in excess (idiom); fond of the bottle—(honorific) Please take good care of yourself!—Good has its reward and evil has its recompense. The payback is just a matter of time—for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); behave altruistically—good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")—misfortune turns blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account—dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)—There are no poor soldiers under a good general—offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding—persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn—the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom); a good time go to war—a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast [idiom.]—long illness makes the patient ina good doctor [idiom.]—close down a business for good and put the best face on it [idiom.]— |