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Examples:hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions—lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. demand exact compliance with instructions—Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.—assess sb's capabilities and employ him accordingly (idiom); to employ sb competent for the task—lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them rain—a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart—raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom); success or failure depends solely on one individual—who does (he, she etc) think (he, she) is?—give him an inch, and he'll want a mile—criticize a person in order to help him—don't have anything do with (him, her etc)—you can lead a horse water but you can't make him drink—fig. use the enemy's methods against him—an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. use the enemy's methods against him—avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws—give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man fish and you feed him for a lifetime—it's easier invite the devil in than to send him away—if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus [idiom.]—hang sb. up and beat him—You can lead a horse water, but you can't make him drink. [idiom.]—lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him [idiom.]—the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him [idiom.]—Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.—Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later—He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.—He laughs best who laughs last.—He'nan Mengguzu autonomous county in Qinghai—He Zizhen (1910-1984), Mao Zedong's third wife—He Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during the Cultural Revolution—lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. get rid of sb once he has served his purpose—He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, first magistrate from 1999—lit. hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything—get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful—Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer—He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general—dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert—Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning—Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank—Wei Sheng (legendary character who waited for his love under a bridge until he was drowned in the surging waters)—He who gives no thought far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).—did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)—single-elimination open tournament (the winner stays on until he is himself defeated)—He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).— |