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Examples:a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising—beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another—lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom); fig. honesty prevails throughout society—human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence—lit. the divine steed Huang flashes past (idiom); fig. a meteoric rise—fig. a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was—lit. collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background—fig. abandon one's benefactor upon achieving one's goal—fig. egalitarianism (equal treatment for everyone in same institution)—lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices—lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor—a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall—lit. one knife cut two segments (idiom); fig. to make a clean break—grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task—great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)—lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations—lit. pick orchids and present peonies (idiom); fig. presents between lovers—hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault avoid criticism—fig. big accomplishments come from an accumulation of little achievements made one by one—jump into a well to rescue sb else (idiom); fig. to help others at the risk to oneself—glancing knock, sideways stroke (idiom); fig. circuitous attack in words or writing—lit. the dragon has nine sons (idiom); fig. all kinds of characters—lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. mystify—encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice—lit. seeing clearly the downy feather of autumn (idiom, from Mencius); fig. sensitive the finest detail—sell while it's still hot (idiom); fig. in a great hurry to publish or sell (and no time to improve the product)—embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc)—foul black smoke atmosphere (idiom); fig. everything in a tremendous mess—lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time—fig. omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)—lit. enemies on a narrow road (idiom); fig. an inevitable clash between opposing factions—lit. one hundred splits (idiom); fig. full of mistakes (of speech or written article)—fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc—cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence—lit. burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common—fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life—swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically—fig. be proud of one's name and stand by one's actions—lit. drop a bag of books (idiom); fig. to drop quotations to appear learned— |