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Examples:lit. examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth—lit. three ignorant cobblers add up a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom—lit. fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner—lit. live and sleep together (idiom); fig. a close friendship—lit. prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it—lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic—lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character—lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation—lit. killing the chicken warn the monkey (idiom); to punish an individual as an example to others—lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude—lit. the eye cannot bear see it (idiom); a scene too pitiful to behold—lit. fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere—lit. inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power—lit. collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background—lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk—lit. share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas—lit. lead away a goat in passing (idiom); to steal sth under cover of an emergency—lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.—lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept—lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person—lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?—lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor—lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. win favor or influence using sb else's property—lit. see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions—lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom); lovers part, but still long for one another—lit. I'm ashamed and dare not (accept the honor); fig. I do not deserve your praise.—lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. vanish leaving an empty shell—lit. view a text and interpret (idiom); interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning—lit. sparrow and swallow's congratulation (idiom); fig. congratulate sb on completion of a building project—lit. eating away next year's food in advance—lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring—lit. bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain—college for people who attend after work (lit.: spare-time college)—lit. monk holding an umbrella: no hair, no sky—lit. know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge—lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); narrate systematically and in full detail—lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent—lit. bust guts and freeze the heart (idiom); terrifying—lit. as close as lips and teeth (idiom); closely related—lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time—lit. like a moth flying inthe fire (idiom); fig. to choose a path to certain destruction—lit. enough books make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books—lit. one hundred splits (idiom); fig. full of mistakes (of speech or written article)—lit. bumps and bruises everywhere (idiom); fig. an ugly shambles—lit. cover light and nurture in the dark (idiom); to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time—lit. summon demons create havoc (idiom); to stir up trouble with intent of sabotage—lit. I've admired you for a long time (honorific).—lit. vitality a hundredfold (idiom); refreshed—lit. a room with irises and orchids (idiom); fig. in wealthy and pleasant company—lit. the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. turn from passive to active behavior—lit. Sow melon and you get melon, sow beans and you get beans (idiom); fig. As you sow, so shall you reap.—lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. mutual deception—lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea [idiom.]—lit. be confined within a circle drawn on the ground [idiom.]—lit. destroy the bridge after crossing the river [idiom.]—lit. minor magician in the presence of a great one [idiom.]—lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood [idiom.]—lit. not stop until one reaches the Yellow River [idiom.]—lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices [idiom.]—lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones [idiom.]—lit. hard differentiate between elder and younger brother [idiom.]—lit. nothing is difficult on this earth, if your mind is set [idiom.]—lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); change sth. that is already settled upon—lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow [idiom.]—light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence one person, a matter of life or death to another—see the light again (idiom); delivered from oppression—(of a rumor etc) collapse (in the light of facts etc)—light petroleum product (i.e. gasoline and diesel oil)—struggling in the light and fighting in the dark (idiom); fig. intriguing against each other—sial rock (containing silicon and aluminium, so comparatively light, making continental plates)—cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)—sponge cake (light steamed flour or rice cake)—light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored)—Cai Guoqiang (1957-), contemporary Chinese artist working with firework displays and light shows—face light up with delight (idiom); beam with joy—parallax second or parsec or pc, astronomic unit of distance, approx 3.26 light years—dark nebula (visible as a shadow, absorbing light from behind)—dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc)—As the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes light—as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers death)—become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven—classifier for wisps of cloud, light beams or similar—classifier for long thin stretches, e.g. jet of gas, streak of light, river; for objects presenting multiple, successive barriers; for individual steps in a process; for orders, questions e.g. in a test— |