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Examples: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.—You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.—you can run this time, but you'll have come back—lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other—It is hard change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.—lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving—fig. with money, you can do anything you like—You can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot. [idiom.]—definitive conclusion on the coffin lid (idiom); You can only judge a person's merits or demerits after death.—almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end (idiom); don't start sth you can't handle—mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study.—you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted—The courtyard is deserted, you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted—fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions—You can't make progress by clinging old notions.—never put off until tomorrow what you can do today [idiom.]— |