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Examples:You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.—what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts—restrain yourself and return the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties—knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")—It is hard change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.—appearing be praising others while actually praising yourself—Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine destroy you.—(honorific) Please take good care of yourself!—lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving—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.—believe what one sees, not what one hears (idiom). Don't believe what people tell you until you see if for yourself.—Please make yourself at home.—take good care of yourself!—take good care of yourself! [idiom.]—call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it—lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring—you take the easy way, I'll follow the hard path—think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully—when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit—well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it—lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); compete fiercely offering no quarter—I've admired your reputation for a long time (idiom); I've been looking forward meeting you.—mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study.—We wish you a Happy Birthday and many more of them.—sorry bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor)—you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted—lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom); unfamiliar at first but you get used it—stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); get one's fingers burnt—Thank you for having gone out of your way help me.—The courtyard is deserted, you can net sparrows at the door (idiom); completely deserted—walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)—May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)—If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.—fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions—you let me win (said politely after winning a game)—lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible escape—I beg you partake of this sacrifice (used at the end of an elegiac address)—you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge—honorific: I've long looked forward meeting you.—You can't make progress by clinging old notions.—shop around first and you won't get ripped off [idiom.]—never put off until tomorrow what you can do today [idiom.]— |