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1.

versatile; gifted in many ways; be able to put one's hand to many things; have ability in many different ways; have much talent; have several different skills (qualities); possessing numerous gifts and considerable arts; do everything with high proficiency

2.

temporarily live in seclusion and bide one's time (wait for further developments)

3.

a polite remark expressing thanks to the master's dinner

4.

being hard on oneself; overcare; meet trouble halfway; ask for trouble; borrow trouble

5.

determined to bear in mind (keep in mind; register in mind) forever

6.

unite in a common struggle against the foreign invaders in spite of internal disagreements

7.

Brothers fight at home.; Brothers fight among themselves.; quarrel between brothers; discord between brothers; internal dispute; internal strife

8.

Days creep by like years.; A day seems as long as three years.

9.

A day away from a dear one is like three seasons.; Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

10.

be killed by grief; be torn with anxiety; extremely upset with sorrow

11.

be extremely worried; laden with anxiety

12.

living a life of ease and leisure; leisurely and carefree; leisurely and unhurried; ramble about for pleasure

13.

earnest instructions; inculcate on; inculcate upon; inculcate into

14.

Walls have ears - beware of eavesdroppers!; Someone may be listening on the other side of the wall.; There are ears in the corners of the wall.; Walls have cracks and partitions have ears!

15.

kids and parents have close relations

16.

family suffering misfortune

17.

One need not look far for a lesson.; Past examples serving as a warning to later generations are not far to seek.; The former example is before one's eyes.

18.

bear entering one's dream - omen to have a baby boy

19.

The house is near but the person is far away.

20.

sigh with emotion for something bad - when will it stop? be unbearable to contemplate it

21.

be married to a bad husband; improper dating

22.

be a matchmaker

23.

irresolute (weak-headed; weak-minded; indecisive; vacillating) and finally accomplish nothing

24.

hold on straight to the end, will never change even unto death

25.

The speaker is serious but the listener is indifferent. It refers to speaking to the wind (wasting one's words).

26.

1. 2.

Do not blame the man who speaks but heed what you hear.; Blame not the speaker but be warned by his words.; Listeners should take his word as a warning to be heeded.; No guilt should be attached to the speaker.

27.

cannot get what one wants to have

28.

bullies; It also refers to law suit

29.

be adept with both the pen and the sword; (a man) versed in both literature and military affairs; be endowed with civil and martial virtues; be famous for literary grace and warlike exploits

30.

make a fun but do not hurt people

31.

Brothers died.

32.

extremely hate and punish evil doers

33.

persist in doing something without stop all year round

34.

earnestly long for sth.; pursue all the time

35.

banter(crack jokes) and laugh

36.

a quiet and modest maid; a gentle and graceful young woman

37.

give a plum in return for a peach - return present for present; exchange gifts between friends; return presents between friends; return a favor with a favor; return present for present; send a plum to get a peach in turn

38.

dance with joy (excitement); cut a caper; dance for joy; gesticulating with hands and feet; gesticulate merrily; jump about joyfully; shake one's hands and stamp one's feet; wave one's arms and stamp one's feet in joy

39.

Good weather for the crops (wind and rain come on time) produces good harvests (bumper grain harvests; golden harvests).

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40.

have a large family; congratulations to the new house built

41.

People will talk.; fear of incurring gossip; Gossip is a fearful thing.

42.

the birth of a great man

43.

engaged in official duties all day long; fully occupied with business matters from morning till night, busy with his duties round the clock

44.

work hard all day long, cautiously and diligently

45.

early to rise and late to bed, refer to working industriously.

46.

a beautiful girl with broad forehead and curved eyebrows

47.

jitter; run scared; tread on eggs

1. trembling with fear; be afraid and trembling; be in a blue funk; be in a twitter; have one's heart in one's boots; quake with consternation; shake with terror; tremble with fright (terror; fear); tremblingly watchful; quake in one's shoes; nervous; with fear and trepidation 2. with caution; gingerly; with the most meticulous care

48.

flee; escape; take to one's heels; run away; do a guy; make a break for it

49.

(wish somebody) a long life; many happy returns of the day to eternity; may you attain boundless longevity

50.

toss and turn restlessly; have a sleepless night; restless (sleepless) in bed; toss about in bed; toss and tumble in (one's) bed; toss from side to side; toss and turn (on one's bed), unable to sleep; toss all night long; toss to and fro; turn over in bed; turning backward and forward

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receive rewards for one's virtuous deeds; reap as (what) one has sown; a good act will be well rewarded.; goodness will have a good reward.; one good turn deserves another.; good will be rewarded with good.; virtue is its own reward

2.

(as) poor as job; be destitute of; be desperately poor; be in utter destitution; be (down) on one's uppers; be reduced to a state of poverty; be reduced to dire poverty; live in dire poverty; not a feather to fly with; not have a shirt to one's back; own nothing but one's naked skin; penniless; poor and bare to the bones; poor as a church mouse; poverty-stricken; so very poor as though everything has been washed away by a flood; be stripped bare

3.

help the heaven to victimize the people - take advantage (seize the chance) of natural disaster to hurt the people

4.

public clamor can melt metals.; if you throw enough mud, some of it will stick.; public clamor can confound right and wrong.; too many rumors can confuse what is right or wrong.; the voices of many people confuse right with (and) wrong

5.

extort people's wealth under all sorts of pretexts without limit

6.

Such a chance must not be missed (lost).; a golden opportunity not to be missed; Don't let such an opportunity slip.; A mill cannot grind with the water that is past.

7.

greed is like a valley that can never be filled.; avarice knows no bounds.; boundless ambition; greed is hard to satisfy.; the gully of desires is hard to fill up

8.

remain in name only; appearance without reality

9.

our wills unite like a fortress.; a common will is strong as the (city) bulwarks.; a united people is like a city defense.; collective purposes form a fortress.; community of spirit and purpose will accomplish wonders.; the success of vast undertakings depends on unity of purpose and effort.; union is strength.; united, we're strong as a fortress.; unity of effort is the heart of all successful enterprises.; unity of purpose is a formidable force.; unity of will is an impregnable stronghold.

10.

announce facts about a crime and send armed forces to suppress

11.

take bath many times and paint the body with spices

12.

bring the dying back to life - grant great kindness to a person

13.

be afraid of one's prestige and feel deeply grateful

14.

connive the enemy and let them become powerful

15.

have suffered repeated defeats

16.

follow up a victory with hot pursuit or there will be an endless flow of disastrous aftermath

(no end of trouble for the future)

17.

only follow others without one's own ideas

18.

like a raging fire; growing vigorously

19.

Capabler people can well govern the country.

20.

A person is so capable that he can make great achievement.

21.

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cast a portrait with gold - admire a person

22.

Because of different interests, everyone has his hobby (his own particular tastes; his likes and dislikes).

23.

be too suspicious to accomplish anything

24.

only give a sign with eyes and dare not say anyting

25.

The emperor suffered dishonor and his subjects should die.

26.

bring the dying back to life

27.

cannot wait in critical condition

28.

make the best use of the circumstances or bad result will come out

29.

personally go against etiquette and law

30.

Frogs come out from stoves swallowed by flood - serious flood disaster

31.

dangers coming step by step; on the verge of death or destruction

32.

It's hard to learn from good examples but easy to learn from bad ones.

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do not let people speak and great misfortune will come, that's in sure

34.

no sign of retreat behind the chariot - the troops never quit!

1

host entertaining guests, friends and relatives

2.

retreat to avoid a conflict

3.

One's appointment in a post is expired and another one will succeed him.

4.

make friends again; become reconciled; sink a feud; make one's peace with; bury the hatchet

5

evil spirits; demons and monsters; demons and devils; ghosts and monsters; all sorts of evil spirits

6

A shrewd, tough person must have ambitions.

7

outwardly strong and inwardly weak

8

There are mountains outside and there are rivers inside - The terrain is strategically situated and difficult of access.

9

operationally ready; combat ready; armed and ready

10

Beasts at bay will put up a desperate fight.

11

be totally unrelated; apples and oranges; have nothing to do with; neither here nor there

12

take action resolutely and quickly

13

too far away for one to be able to help

14

signed an agreement below the city wall; a treaty signed under coercion

15

each trying to cheat the other

16

lay claim to what one has done nothing to deserve;chave inordinate ambitions

17

lead a thrifty and simple life

18

one mistake is considered more than enough - do not make mistakes again

19

destroy a country in name of borrowing road

20

a capable man making a grand plan with plenty of guts

21.

accept good advices, choose a good way and then put them into practice

22

The wages of sin is death.; He who is unjust is doomed to destruction.

23.

at a dash; at one fling; at a blast

24.

be prepared for danger in times of safety

25.

complete ignorance; utterly ignorant

26.

extravagant and dissipated

27.

be utterly isolated

28.

place righteousness above family loyalty

29.

do as one is told; be absolutely obedient; always do as one is told like wax in sb.s hand

30.

A thing cannot exist without its basis.

1.

difficult to articulate

2.

the death of the head of a state

3.

The clear written record can be examined.

4.

incorrectly relay an erroneous information which made because of wrongly written or mispronounced characters

5.

arbitrary killing without worry and pity

6.

worry about the lack of professional talents

7.

lavishly praise for sb.; put in a good word for sb.

8.

love the people and do not kill anyone

9.

praise an official understanding ordinary people

10.

Love me love my dog.

11.

dispatch troops and go on an expedition

12.

animals dance - piping times of peace for the country

13.

misuse things

14.

free from arrogance and impetuosity; neither conceited nor rash; be not conceited or rash

15.

inaccessible; inapproachable

16.

have a little function or a little help

17.

wipe out bad people and bad things compleltely

18.

become destitute and homeless

19.

Everything is well arranged.

20.

the autocrat and traitor to the people; a brutal ruler who has committed a lot of crimes

21.

versatility; of many gifts

22.

experience of many years

23.

full of iniquities; face retribution for a life of crime

24.

issue orders; lay down the law; order people about; call the tune

25.

Was is finished and troops are not used anymore.

26.

burn books and bury the literati in pits; burn books and bury Confucian scholars alive; burn books and bury alive Confucian scholars

27.

A phoenix comes to dance - a good omen.

28.

Good is rewarded and evil is punished.

29.

punish a person according to the order of God

30.

fall short of success for lack of a final effort

31.

the light of day - an occasion clear to everybody

32.

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feel not ashamed to learn from others and can have a large stock of information

33.

work together with one heart; be united and to work in concert; make a concerted effort and mutual cooperation; pull together for a common cause; work harmoniously

34.

indulge in song and dance, wallow in sensual pleasures

35.

trample the tiger tail and walk on spring ice - in a very dangerous situation

36.

merger weak countries and send armed forces to suppress bad kings

37.

Farming is no easy job.

38.

unnecessary to have a fixed teacher

39.

industrious and frugal; able to practice diligence and frugality; have capacity for industry and thrift; practise economy and diligence

40.

military regulation

41.

can follow in one's fathers footsteps

42.

grant land and power

43.

discord; estrangement; fractured loyalty

44.

play the full role of things and make people rich

45.

lay dying; on one's dying bed; on one's death-bed

46.

raging fire; raging flames - an irresistible force

47.

virtue which can give out fragrance

48.

shiver because of fear

49.

Pride leads to loss while modesty brings benefit.; One loses by pride and gains by modesty.; Self-satisfaction will incur losses, modesty will receive benefit.; Pride leads to loss and modesty to benefit.

50.

bear in mind constantly; get sth. on the brain; have sth. on the brain

51.

well-known mountains and rivers; famous mountains and great waters

52.

common people

53.

openly investigate so as to find persons in lower postion yet with both talent and virtue

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clear as seeing the fire - see things through

55.

eyes bright and ears sensitive - see things clear

56.

teach and enlighten people with penal law

57.

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praise the troops representing a just cause

58.

love one's country

59.

women usurping authority to interfere and corrupt politics

60.

grieved as if losing parents

61.

novel skills and works

62.

Indulgence in desires is dangerous.

63.

The minority is subordinate to the majority.

64.

appoint people by abilities; appoint people on their merit

65.

do not draw lessons from predecessors

66.

give up one's own viewpoint and follow others

67.

kill and rob; kill a person and seize his goods; murder for property

68.

sincerely cultivate one's moral character for the lasting political stability (long-term peace and order)

69.

correct the error

70.

The duty of the heaven is replaced by human.

71.

make merry and make money

72.

benighted and brutal parents

73.

Excessive attention to plaything saps the will.

74.

be candid about matters without erroneous tendency

75.

exchange the old for the new; change old things for new ones

76.

so much blood being shed as to float the pestles - great massacre; with blood flowing so profusely that even pestles can float on it

77.

Once a use, forever a custom.; Habit is a second nature.; Habit makes things natural.; Once you form a habit, it becomes natural to you.

78.

sincere hope

79.

Broadminded gentlemen are tolerant.

80.

A single spark can start a prairie fire.; A little spark makes a great fire.

81.

stop military action and revitalize culture and education

82.

evildoer at wit's end

83.

Carefully study and deeply think

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be of one heart and one mind

85.

attend to numerous affairs everyday

86.

make a good arrangement for offspring

87.

jade and stone burned together; A fire knows no moral.; destruction of good and bad alike

88.

praise good things and rebuke bad ones

89.

easy to understand but difficult to put it into practice

90.

rare fowls and strange animals; rare birds and beasts; rare and valuable animals; rare animals and birds

91.

92.

think oneself clever

93.

tireless ; assiduous ; indefatigable ; unwearied

94.

in an orderly way; systematically; apple-pie order

95.

People are the paramount necessity of the country.; The country regard people as its prime want.

96.

Troops are not used in the piping times of peace.

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have heart-to-heart talk with the person who is not on familiar terms

2.

extremely hate and grieve

3.

be extremely worried; laden with anxiety

4.

traffic jam; traffic congestion

5.

gild the lily; paint the lily; ruin the effect by adding sth. superfluous

6.

an extremely frightened person

7.

poles apart; at opposite poles; be poles apart

8.

have no alternative; have no other way; unavoidably

9.

take two different attitudes

10.

three persons make same false reports about the existence of a tiger, and people accept them as true; lies are repeated and will make people to believe

11.

Parents look forward to their children to return.

12.

A foxy person has more than one hideout.

13.

bully people by flaunting one's powerful connections; adorn oneself with borrowed plumes; strut in borrowed plumes; ass in the lion's skin

14.

children of bureaucrats, kings and nobles

15.

an extremely frightened person

16.

be perpendicular and horizontal; maneuvre among various political groupings

17.

better late than never; It's never too late to mend.

18.

perish together

19.

the real intention is revealed in the end

20.

safe and sound; in a whole skin; fall on one's feet; keep out of harm's way; land on one's feet

21.

walk rather than ride

22.

over-confident; bite off more than one can chew

23.

the attacking army has reached the city gates; the city is under siege

24.

painstaking in one's study; grind away at one's studies

25.

honorific title (term of respect)to the person one respects

26.

share happiness and woe; share weal and woe; share sb's joys and sorrows

27.

be concerned about one's country and one's people; care for the fate of his nation

28.

prolonged; protracted

29.

shoot with great accuracy; be a crack shot; shoot with unfailing accuracy; Every shot did execution

30.

Past experience,if not forgotten,is a guide for the future.

31.

associate with the distant countries and attack the near ones; befriend the distant enemy while attacking the enemy near home; keep friendly relations with distant states and attack those nearby

32.

there is a lot of visitors

33.

It's better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a cow.

34.

feel uneasy even when eating and sleeping

35.

It is difficult to deal with sth. (sb.) because of the lack of ability.

36.

jostle each other in a crowd

37.

Two sides fight but the third one gains profit.

38.

The feather is not yet fully grown.; still young and immature; unfledged

39.

pause and ponder; shilly-shally; irresolute; vacillate in one's opinion

40.

Wiping off sweat drops makes it look like rain.

41.

reach out for a yard after taking an inch - be insatiable; give him an inch and he'll take an ell; Much will have more.; The more one gets, the more one wants.

42.

grumble (complain) and avenge an insult(wipe out a humiliation or disgrace)

43.

two ancient swords referring to sharp swords

44.

spare no effort; leave no stone unturned; do one's utmost; exert all one's energies

45.

can be found everywhere; abound by fours and fives; grow on trees

46.

the white rainbow going through the sun - refer to the white of the eye which is too large

47.

Half of the people who have embarked on a one hundred mile journey may fall by the way sidethe last part of an endeavor is the hardest to finish

48.

The deep hatred (blood feud; deadly feud) is absolutely irreconcilable.

49.

The shooting skill is excellent.

50.

refer to a scholar who lost his original ambition after getting an official position

51.

come one after another in succession

52.

cannot sleep steadfastly

53.

Accumulated feathers can cause a boat sinking; the awesome power of sheer numbers; Tiny thing may gather into a mighty force.

54.

pit one against ten; be a host in himself; Every man is worth ten.

55.

parents missing their children

56.

Two tigers fight each other, refer to two powerful sides fighting each other

57.

the price is too high for the common people to bear

58.

prolonged; protracted

59.

fall apart; disintegrate

60.

share the joys and sorrows with sb.; cast one's lot with sb.

61.

rest easy; have nothing worry about; at ease; well at ease

62.

Perspiration came down like raindrops.; sweat poured down from one's face; sweat profusely

63.

reform; innovation; reformation; revolution; innovate

64.

There's still time (be able to do sth. in time) so long as to find out a proper way, althought it is a little bit late.

65.

mediate a dispute; exclude difficulties and solve dispute

66.

beheaded

67.

show oneself in one's true colors at the end

68.

like to meet all celebrated scholars

69.

giant earthquakes and landslides; Heaven rends asunder and earth cracks.; the skies falling and the earth opening up; the effects of the crack doom; violent social upheavals

70.

bound into fame; shoot to fame; bound into favor

71.

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.; fear of incurring gossip; Gossip is a fearful thing.

72.

at daggers drawn; extremely antagonistic; irreconcilable

73.

all one's previous efforts wasted; blow off one's dogs; go by the board; pass by the board

74.

be in danger and disaster will come very soon.

75.

Many a little makes a mickle.

76.

dutiful daughter

77.

well armed with armour and weapons; be fully prepared for battle

78.

stand shoulder to shoulder; be very near

79.

recover one's original simplicity; return to innocence

80.

go out early and come back at dusk; go off in the early morning, not returning till late at night; go out early and come home late; go out in the morning and return in the evening

81.

turn bad luck into a blessing; turn calamity into blessing; turn disaster into happiness

82.

bring along with the young and the old

83.

There is no time to lose.; a golden opportunity not to be missed; There is no time like the present - one must not miss the opportunity.

84.

study very diligently

85.

The lay of the land is such that it has strategic importance.; The terrain is strategically situated and difficult of access.; The surrounding terrain is of great strategic importance.

86.

be bullied at home and vent one's anger on others

87.

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

88.

drive straight; march into; drive deep into

89.

Subjects are loyal to their king.

90.

When the nest is overturned, no egg stays unbroken - in a great disaster no one can escape unscathed.; Not a single egg can be intact in an overturned nest.; a common fate we all have to face without a single exception

1.

defy one's superiors and start a rebellion

2.

subtle words and evasions; fine words and an insinuating countenance

3.

in a word; in sum; lie in a nutshell

4.

gain new insights through reviewing old material

5.

ready to help others for a just cause

6.

If this can be endured, what else cannot be?; If this can be tolerated, then what can be called intolerable?

7.

reach the acme of perfection; be perfect

8.

be deeply in love with and thirst for the truth

9.

have no capacity for improvement; Fools grow without watering.; uneducable; One cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

10.

listen to what one says and look at what one does; judge people by their deeds, not just by their words; listen to a person's words and watch his deeds

11.

give up halfway; do a thing by halves; leave sth. unfinished

12.

gentle; suave

13.

emulate those better than oneself; Seeing another better than oneself, one tries to equal him.; see a wise, good man and try to emulate him

14.

draw inferences about other cases from one instance

15.

have valour but lack strategy and act rashly

16.

A man's words are good when death is near.; Men speak kindly in the presence of death.; One makes pretty speeches when he is on his deathbed.; When a man is near death, he speaks from his heart.

17.

shoulder heavy responsibilities

18.

unwilling to comment on sth. which is not one's own concern; Everyone should confine himself to his own duties.; If it's not your job , you don't worry about it.

19.

each is in his proper place

20.

Time is like water and has gone forever.

21.

produce flowers but bear no fruits -- be flashy without substance; have all one's goods in the window; showy and not substantial; superficially clever

22.

the younger generation will surpass the older

23.

eat no rice but is of the finest quality, nor meat but is finely minced

24.

step by step; creep before you walk; learn to walk before you run

25.

going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little

26.

Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you.; Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.; What you do not wish yourself, do not do unto others.

27.

help sb. achieve success; aid sb. in doing a good deed

28.

carefully watch what sb. is doing and saying

29.

form a literary circle; associate by means of literature; make friends by one's writing; meet friends on literature

30.

A timely warning may avert a national crisis.; flourish the nation by a mere word

31.

A person in power gives grace to others so as to win the people's support by hook or by crook

32.

Haste makes waste

33.

Promise must be kept and action must be resolute.

34.

paint the devil blacker than he is; All his geese are swans.; carry sth too far; overshoot the mark; turn geese into swans

35.

return good for evil; render good for evil; bite the hands that feeds one

36.

blame everyone and everything but not oneself; blame everyone and everything but oneself

37.

One principle runs through it all.; one unity pervading all things

38.

It is necessary to have effective tools to do good work. A handy tool makes a handy man.; A workman must ( first ) sharpen his tools if he is to do his work well.; Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job.; When a workman wishes to get his work well done, he must have his tools sharpened first.

39.

Those who do not plan for the future will find trouble at their doorstep.

40.

not decline to shoulder a responsibility

41.

make no social distinctions in teaching; provide education for all people without discrimination; With education there is no distinction between classes or races of men.; Proper education levels all social classes.

42.

Troubles start inside the house.; There is internal strife afoot.; Trouble breaks out at home.; Troubles come within one's family - internecine feud.

43.

salt of youth; in the green; energetic

44.

A bully is always a coward.; threatening in manner but cowardly at heart

45.

hearsay; gossip; rumor

46.

Eating all day; eat one's head off

47.

can neither do physical work nor distinguish rice from wheat

48.

not to care one way or another; indecisive; uncertain; without any preconceived ideas

49.

dare to lay down one's life at critical moment

50.

Officialdom is the natural outlet for good scholars.; A good scholar will make an official.; He who excels in learning can be an official.

51.

Throughout the empire all hearts turned to him.

52.

feel not ashamed to learn from one's subordinates

53.

spare a little will benefit another greatly

54.

extremely; awfully

55.

simple clothing and diet

56.

study hard, neglecting one's meals; be so immersed in work as to forget one's meals; be roused to such diligence as to forget one's meals; One studied with such eagerness that he forgot his meals.; work so hard as to forget to eat

57.

waste effort on a trifling matter; Why use a butcher's chopper to kill a chicken? - making unnecessarily great efforts to do trivial things; wasting of talent on trivialities

58.

tireless in teaching

59.

unable to advance any further arguments to justify oneself; have not a leg to stand on

60.

search one's soul and do not feel ashamed

61.

put oneself in the place of another

62.

in the prime of one's life; the noon of life

63.

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Even an ordinary person has his unchangeable ambitions.

64.

soft fur and well-fed horses - luxurious living

65.

repeat such words thrice

66.

die to achieve virtue

67.

wait for an opportunity and sell at a high price

68.

lose one's head; at a loss

69.

A word (lightly) spoken goes faster than a team of four horses.; Even a team of four horses cannot overtake and recover what is already said.

70.

step by step; creep before you walk; learn to walk before you run

71.

guide patiently and systematically

72.

Whenever one speaks he speaks to the point.; hit the target with one remark

73.

talk frivolously; never talk about anything serious; not to talk about fundamentals; talk at random

74.

people with lofty ideals; men and women with high ideals; kind and upright men

75.

carefully attend to the funeral rites of parents and follow them when gone with due sacrifices; do things cautiously and remember the predecessors

76.

forgive sb.'s past misdeeds

77.

regard honor and riches as floating clouds; regard both wealth and rank as floating clouds

78.

a method not suited for the purpose; try to do a good deed in the wrong way

79.

speak with fervor and assurance

80.

at a respectful distance; at arm's length; stay at a respectful distance from sb.; give a wide berth to

81.

only elaborate the theories of the predecessors and do not have original ideas of one's own

82.

poor livelihood

83.

narrow-minded and shortsighted

84.

show striking literary talent; beautifully composed; It is truly a finished composition.; well cultivated in the arts and well-mannered

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make light of travelling from afar

2.

those who retreat fifty paces laugh at those who retreat a hundred paces

3.

be perceptive of the slightest; see through a brick wall

4.

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Respecting his own elders and respecting others elders, too, loving his own children and loving others children, too.; Expend the respect of the aged in ones family to that of other families; expend the love of the young ones in ones family to that of other families.

5.

climbing a tree to catch fish; a fruitless approach; milk the bull; milk the ram; skin a razor

6.

courage without discipline; foolhardiness; brute courage

7.

look the other way; evading the subject under discussion, looking right and left, and talking about other affairs

8.

an abyss of suffering; extreme misery

9.

pulling up seedlings to help them grow; do harm to a thing by being over-enthusiastic about it

10.

To be benevolent is honorable. Not to be benevolent is dishonorable.

11.

be invincible in the world

12.

like playing on the palm - very easy

13.

The time isn't as important as the terrain; but the terrain isn't as important as unity with the people.

14.

Those who persist in justice will get more help while those who have lost justice will get less help.

15.

It is not what it was.

16.

Nowadays, if I can't do it, who can? ; Who but myself can do it?

17.

be rich and cruel; be one of the heartless rich

18.

Those who use mind govern others, while those who use sinews are governed by others.

19.

Neither rich nor honors can corrupt him; neither poverty nor lowly condition can make him swerve from principle; neither threats nor forces can bend him.

20.

who do with me will be better, and who don't will be dead

21.

drive the fish into deep waters; drive one's friends to the side of the enemy

22.

It is improper for men and women to touch each other's hand in passing objects.

23.

be fond of teaching others; have a tendency to sermonize people; like to be a master to others

like to lecture other people; presumptuously to lecture people

24.

There are three dishonest things. The first one is having no offspring.

25.

have the greatest contempt for; regard as worthless

26.

A man should have something undone, then he can have other things done.

27.

promise must be kept and action must be resolute

28.

The noble-minded gentlemen would not lose their hearts which are as pure as babies.

29.

fill up every hole and then advance

30.

day and night; night and day

31.

One lays tasks without repining.

32.

Repeated refusals are an offence.

33.

fight against the enemy on the frontier

34.

Everyone has the sense of sympathy.

35.

expose sth. to the sun-heat for one day and to the cold for ten days; work by fits and starts

36.

put one's back into it; with great presence of mind

37.

cannot get these two things at the same time

38.

The office of the mind is to think.

39.

an utterly inadequate method in dealing with a severe situation

40.

benefit oneself at others' expense; do harm to a neighbor

41.

Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a great man.

42.

When you reach the top of Mount Tai, you'll find that the world is small.

43.

draw the bow without shooting -- just indicate the motions; be adept at indicating and inducing; be good at guiding sb. while allowing him to make his own decisions; draw the bow but not discharge the arrow

44.

urgent affairs; before everything

45.

There was no just war during Chunqiu Period.

46.

The sagacious men try to make others clearly understand with their own clear truth. But the some people want to make others clearly understand with the truth even they themselves are bewildered about.

47.

accept everything; All is fish that comes to the net; All's fish that comes to his net.

48.

associate with an evil person

1.

1. 2.

Explore things' principle so as to gain knowledge

2.

aim at absolute perfection; arrive at supreme goodness

3.

good-natured; kindhearted; have one's heart in the right place

4.

strengthen self-cultivation to well govern domestic affairs

5.

change quickly; change with each passing day

6.

resort to extreme measures

7.

will never forget to the end of one's days; not forget till death

8.

suddenly see the whole thing in a clear light; understand the thorough meaning suddenly

9.

many eyes watching and many fingers pointing - cannot do wrong without being seen

10.

fit and happy

11.

in the clouds; absent-mindedness; woolgather; abstraction; mind wandering

12.

turn a blind eye to; connive at

13.

eat without knowing the taste

14.

Easy come easy go.

15.

expert(ly) in making money; be able to make money; have the knack of making money; know how to make money

1.

live as a recluse scholar and behave eccentrically; look for the abstruse and behave eccentrically

2.

give up halfway; do a thing by halves; leave sth. unfinished

3.

unscrupulous; unbridled; run riot; stick at nothing; without scruple

4.

hide one's wrongdoing and praise his good deeds

5.

from near to far; in doing anything we must proceed step by step

6.

In order to climb up high one must begin from the bottom.

7.

A man lives with his work.

8.

When a man dies, his administration will be cast away

9.

examine frequently

10.

run parallel; carry on two things at the same time without confliction; not be mutually exclusive;

Both can be implemented without coming into conflict.; The parallel two don't interfere with each other.

11.

Preparedness ensures success and unpreparedness spells failure.; Any success depends upon previous preparations.; Forewarned is forearmed.; In every beginning think of the end.

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by surprise; do with sb. unconscious; at unawares; knock someone cold; off base

2.

strike where the enemy is unprepared

3.

unassailable; irreproachability

4.

All's fair in war.; War allows deceit.; Nothing is too deceitful in war.

5.

emerge victorious in every battle; be ever-victorious

6.

fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

7.

an invincible position

8.

defeat sb . by a surprise action

9.

go round and round; move in cycles; in cycles; run in cycle

10.

rise again

11.

chaotic; numerous and disorderly; helter-skelter

12.

chaos; disorder; confusion

13.

avoid the solid and strike the weak; strike where the enemy is weakest

14.

There is no unchangeable situation in war.

15.

rapid advance

16.

wait at one's ease for an exhausted enemy

17.

the later-comers surpass the formers

18.

dignified and imposing;impressive or dignified

19.

do not force tottering foe

20.

look down from a height; occupy a commanding position

21.

love soldiers as children

22.

accurately judging the situation of the enemy to defeat them

23.

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head and tail corresponding with each other

24.

in the same boat; in the same box; People in the same condition help each other.

25.

Speed is too important in war.

26.

seek far and neglect what lies close at hand; go round the sun to meet the moon

27.

crossing the Rubicon, cut off all means of retreat; burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

28.

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break the caldrons and sink the boats (after crossing); burn one's boats; cut off all means of retreat

29.

confront a person with the danger of death and he will fight to live

30.

Being dexterous, alert and resourceful can accomplish great things.

1.

disclaim all achievements one has made; claim no credit for one's service

2.

govern by non-interference

3.

stand aloof from worldly success; be in harmony with the rest of the world; hold oneself aloof from the world; associate with an evil person

4.

He that talks much errs much.; Least said, soonest mended; One is bound to have a slip of the tongue if he talks too much.

5.

everlasting

6.

as good as water

7.

gold and jade fill the hall - abundant wealth or many children in the family

8.

retire after winning merit; retire after having made one's mark

9.

achieve success and win recognition; have work done and recognized; accomplish both success and fame

10.

dazzled by a riot of color

11.

be terrified whether granted favors or subjected to humiliation

12.

reject intelligence and recover one's original simplicity

13.

reject kindheartedness and justice and return to one's original nature

14.

put sages in important positions and carry out the policy of government by law

15.

less selfishness and fewer desires

16.

leftover and wart - something to be detested by people

17.

abandon hardness and keep softness - hold oneself aloof from the world

18.

Even good soldiers are ominous

19.

self-knowledge

20.

turn blind eyes to sth. and turn a deaf ear to sth.

21.

great minds mature slowly

22.

The loudest and nicest sound is silence.

23.

The greater fortune one amasses, the greater loss he will suffer.; Hoarding too much wealth often brings about big losses.

24.

Being contented with one's lot, one will not be disgraced by others for it.; He who is contented with his lot will not be humiliated.; To be always contented means a lifetime without disgrace.

25.

Knowing where to stop will bring about success.; Wisely suspending can avoid failure.

26.

Great Straightness looks like crookedness.

27.

Great wisdom appears stupid.

28.

a contented mind is a perpetual feast; content is happiness

29.

go through fire and water

30.

no weal without woe

31.

ingrain; inveterate; deep-rooted; deep-seated

32.

can hear and see well at old ages - longevity

33.

return good for evil; render good for evil; bite the hands that feeds one

34.

the lightest promise and slightest faith; make promises easily but seldom keep them; One who promises too lightly is seldom able to live up to his words.; To promise too lightly is seldom able to live up to the words.; Too ready compliance is not to be trusted.

35.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

36.

reach out for a yard after taking an inch -- be insatiable; give him an inch and he'll take an ell; Much will have more.; The more one gets, the more one wants.

37.

An army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win.; An oppressed army fighting with desperate courage is sure to win.; The oppressed will rise to win.

38.

wear simple and coarse clothes but hold jade in arms - be born poor, yet competent and well-trained

39.

Mills of God grind slowly.; Just has long arms.

40.

a small country with a lot of people

41.

two places are very close to each other

42.

be completely isolated from each other all their lives; not visit each other all their lives

43.

live and work in peace and contentment

1.

have a bright future

2.

large but impractical; big but useless

3.

be widely divergent; be poles apart; at opposite poles; miss by a mile

4.

chop and change; change one's mind often

5.

Zhuang Zhou dreaming a butterfly; in dream with the butterfly; the butterfly dream; Zhuang Zhou's dream

6.

be a complete master - do things accurately and skillfully

7.

handle a butcher's cleaver skillfully - do a job with skill and ease; accomplish a task with ease; be more than equal to a task; have plenty of room for play of a butcher's knife

8.

mutual help and relief in time of poverty

9.

There is honor among thieves

10.

share lots of commons; if one of two interdependent things falls; the other is in danger

11.

a mantis trying to stop a chariot; a mantis raises its forelegs, trying to stop an oncoming car.; an ambitious attempt without a sense of one's pitiable limitation; an overestimation of one's ability, resulting in failure

12.

be aware of one aspect but ignorant of the other; have only a one-sided view; have only a partial understanding of a situation; know only one aspect of a thing; know sth. about a thing but not enough to count

13.

it is impossible to talk about ice with summer insects - it is impossible to speak to persons of limited experience

14.

look at the sky through a tube - have a restricted view

15.

The moral lofty of interrelationship between men of virtue is like water.

16.

turn the foul and rotten into the rare and ethereal -- turn bad into good; make the ugly beautiful; make use of discarded things; transform the corruptible into mysterious life

17.

Time passes quickly like a white pony's shadow across a crevice.; a glimpse of a white colt; flashing past a chink in a wall; in the twinkling of an eye; (Days flash by as) the glint of a white horse across a chink in the door.; Time flies.

18.

from bad to worse; worse and worse; go downhill; mend like sour ale in summer; on the slide

19.

the smallest thing results in the greatest dispute

20.

body like dry wood and heart like dead ash - extremely disappointed

21.

The reply is very fast.; The response is very quick.

22.

get something unexpectedly; gain property by wrongful means

23.

a big fish that can swallow a boat - great men or big things

24.

work fruitlessly; work hard but to no avail; carry coals to new castle

25.

birds wanting to eat can eat, wanting to drink can drink - live a free life

26.

regard it as a dangerous road to take; be afraid to undertake it; keep away from sth.; regard as dangerous

27.

be completely bared there and then; abundantly clear

28.

rise steeply; skyrocket; take wing

29.

bemoan one's inadequacy in the face of a great task; bemoan one's insignificancy in the face of a great thing

30.

pass the flame; circle off fire; carrying the torch; generation to generation

31.

blind imitation with ludicrous effect; copy cat

32.

dumbstruck; transfixed; be rooted to the spot

33.

mitate others and thus lose one's own individuality; imitate another without success and lose what used to be one's own ability; In attempting to walk like a swan, the crow loses its own gait.; slavishly imitate others and lose own originality; take a leaf out of another person's book

34.

travel or work despite of wind and rain

35.

play according to the rules

36.

be born in the morning and die in the evening - ephemeral; ephemerality

37.

makes the fish sink and wild geese fall; one who would make wild geese alight and fish dive - beautiful women

38.

the tip of an animal's autumn hair -- very small; the minutest detail in everything; the minutest thing

39.

the tip of an animal's autumn hair - very small; the minutest detail in everything; the minutest thing

40.

handle a butcher's cleaver skillfully -- do a job with skill and ease; accomplish a task with ease; be more than equal to a task; have plenty of room for play of a butcher's knife

41.

with high proficiency; do things with facility

42.

complacent; ready to do sth. proudly; fly high; in the pride of one's heart

43.

fly without wings - disappear without any trace; take wings to itself; vanish all of a sudden; disappear suddenly

44.

fragmented; broken up; torn to pieces

45.

as easy as winking

46.

preach tirelessly; talk garrulously though people all refuse to listen to

47.

get rid of the stale and take in the fresh; exhale the old and inhale the new

48.

specious; colorable

49.

the mantis stalking the cicada; reckless of one blinded by greed

50.

The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.

51.

just miss the opportunity

52.

have too many problems to deal with; in the cart; in the soup; out at the elbows

53.

be wealthy in knowledge be wealthy in knowledge; of great erudition and scholarship

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be wealthy in knowledge; very learned and well-informed

2.

rights and wrongs

3.

roam all over the world without blocks

4.

moodiness; long face; feel blue; in low spirits; feel down

5.

take the responsibility altogether and plan thoroughly

6.

sail under false color; win popularity by hoodwinking the public; glory-seeking

7.

defraud (swindle) reputation in troubled times

8.

be flexible; acclimatize oneself to any circumstances, good or bad

9.

have sufficient grounds for one's views; a well-founded view; All one's opinions and views have their proof.

10.

It stands to reason.; It was said with solid judgment.; make sense; sounds reasonable; speak in a rational and convincing way

11.

imitate the appearance of a sage but pay no attention to his moral cultivation; follow rules docilely

12.

prostrate on the ground and lick the sky - no way to achieve one's aim

13.

save a person committing suicide by hanging by pulling his legs - further and further from the goal

14.

worry about going astray and fell anxious

15.

get more and give less - cruelly exploit

16.

promote a person according to his capability

17.

The container is square and the water is square - people in high positions affect the general mood of society.

18.

Source is clear and running water is clean.

19.

form a clique to pursue selfish interest and exclude those who hold different views from sb.

(get rid of those who disagree with sb.)

20.

fall in with others' wishes and acquire admittance

21.

A carefree life insures longevity.

22.

A master must be stern in order to teach the students to respect learning.

23.

constrain power and prestige to start using civil officials

24.

the more feasts to accumulate, the more extensive favor to pass on the offspring

25.

One sang and the other three joined in.; sing or write with affected pathos

26.

cut the long and add to the short- learn from other's strong points to make up one's weak points

27.

One principle runs through it all without any changes from the beginning to the end.

28.

transform social traditions

29.

mourning for the dead

30.

established by usage; sanctioned by usage

31.

sensible legal norms used to stablize the order of the society

32.

put one's back into it; with great presence of mind

33.

do what one says; to mean it

34.

reject good advice and gloss over faults

35.

lessons drawn from others' mistakes

36.

be impartial to

37.

Cloud takes wind as its friend and takes rain as its son - wind and cloud go together and rain lives because of cloud.

38.

rag ; shabby clothes

39.

A wise man does not believe in rumors.

40.

Many a little makes a mickle.

41.

lend weapons to enemy and give gain to thief - do something in favor of the enemy or evil doers

42.

Zixia lived a hard life wearing rag like the tail of quail but was unwilling to be an official - a person, who leads a poor life but keeps lofty and self-sustaining, is contented in poverty and devoted to things spiritual.

43.

meet difficulties and stop - make no effort to seek progress

44.

toil and moil; hardworking; plod away at one's work; callous hands and feet; with hands and feet becoming callous

45.

all kinds of farm works

46.

be firm and unyielding; remain faithful and unyielding

47.

be firm and inflexible; adamant; refuse to yield

48.

make a good preparation first before doing anything

49.

Be driven into a corner (at the end of one's rope; be driven desperate), people will go on an adventure.

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People of the same kind will have different changes because of the influence of circumstances.

2.

be the most changeful and unsteady

3.

pull together and work hard as a team; be of one mind

4.

work from morning till night; work diligently

5.

people being not of one mind and fall apart

6.

cannot tell sweet from bitter; do not understand the hardship experienced by the predecessors

7.

innumerable; countless

8.

take the successes and failures of others as one's own mirror

9.

elite troops

10.

achieve success and win recognition; have work done and recognized; accomplish both success and fame

11.

have both at the same time

12.

act according to actual circumstances; cut the dress according to one's figure; cut out garments to fit the body

13.

throw straws against the wind (kick against the pricks; throw egg against rock) - over-confident and work one's own ruin

14.

issue orders; lay down the law; order people about; call the tune

15.

wearing high crown with wide belt

16.

attack the city and fight in the field

17.

What sin does a person have?

18.

shoulder heavy responsibilities

19.

Time flies like an arrow.; Time flees beneath him.

20.

leave home in the morning and come back in the evening

1.

look far and hear far; well-in-formed, know many things

2.

fish for fame and credit; angle for praise

3.

Each one has his good points. Each one has sth. in which he excels. Everybody has his strong points.; Everyman has his merits.

4.

Negligence and slightness are easily to destroy things and therefore result in anxiety.

5.

change about

6.

The dragon got water - solve a dilemma; get out of trouble

7.

work fruitlessly; beat the air; bite on granite

8.

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sense of propriety , justice , honesty and honor; propriety , righteousness , honesty and the sense of shame; politeness , decorum , integrity and the sense of shame

9.

strict enforcement of orders and prohibitions

10.

Laws and decrees must be carried out.

11.

gained a world reputation; One's fame has filled the world.; One's fame is widespread.; world-renowned

12.

domestic strife and foreign aggression

13.

very closely associated with each other

14.

transmit an order from above; What is going on at higher levels is made known to lower levels.

15.

uneducated common people

16.

An acquaintance may not sow discord among intimate friends. ; Relatives are favored over outsiders.

17.

be a fool for one's pains; make a futile effort

18.

be sure of success; in the bag; have the game in one's hands; secure one's ends

19.

all under heaven and upon earth; what is under heaven and borne by the earth

20.

can be solid without root - share common feelings

21.

promote the beneficial and abolish the harmful

22.

News spreads rapidly

23.

the way full of hardships and dangers

24.

command freely like use one's own arms and fingers

25.

confident of success

26.

treat people friendly

27.

Talent cultivation results in long-term benefit.

28.

It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to bring up a generation of good men.

29.

no one like father who understands his son

1.

an old hand is a good guide

2.

pay no attention to the horse - no matter what to do, one must do it with great presence of mind, otherwise, nothing will be accomplished.

3.

self-contradiction

4.

decadent music

5.

hold a post without qualifications; make up a number without active work

6.

nit-pick; find a quarrel in a straw

7.

It's difficult to achieve anything without support.; It takes two to tango.; It's difficult to achieve anything without support.

8.

bluffest; be deliberately mystifying; cast a mist before sb's eyes

9.

the most precious thing

10.

act rashly; a leap in the dark; fling caution to the winds

11.

All's fair in war.; War allows deceit.; Nothing is too deceitful in war.

12.

a scene of utter desolation after drought or wars

13.

at stake; in an extremely precarious situation; behind eight balls; hang by a thread; on a razor's edge

14.

be outnumbered; be hopelessly outnumbered

15.

Everyone says so.; All say the same thing.; in one voice

16.

expression of sorrow and joy

17.

one-size-fits-all; one-size-fits-all solution

18.

lend support to an evildoer like adding wings to a tiger

19.

obsequious

20.

indecision; irresolution; yea and nay

21.

something luxuriant but not practical

22.

1. 2.

one's own eyes cannot see one's own eyelash - someone of no self-knowledge; easy to see others but hard to see own self

23.

Small ants can destroy dike - A little careless can result in disaster.

24.

a person familiar with something

25.

food made of dust, soup made of mud - something useless; take false as genuine

26.

Good medicine is bitter.; A good medicine tastes bitter.; Bitter pills may have welcome effects.; Good advice, like medicine, is hard to take.; The remedy is tough but salutary.

27.

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choose the wrong thing

28.

distort original meaning

29.

the below follow the behavior of the above

30.

face death unflinchingly

31.

The dance will be nice if one wears clothes with long sleeves - it's easy to success to have someone to rely on

32.

With more capital the business will be definitely booming.

33.

lying by the tree to wait for rabbit - wait for windfalls

34.

not compatible with each other

35.

many thousand years; for a long time

1.

(of a voice) so beautiful that it remains lingering long in the air

2.

sounds that seem to be winding around the beams

3.

the Foolish Old Man, who removed the mountains.; the determination to win victory and the courage to surmount every difficulty

4.

high mountain and flowing water referring to the harsh reality that talent and ability can rarely meet people who can really appreciate them

5.

strive to be the first to give banquet to entertain guests

6.

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live in seclusion and pay no attention to the world

7.

The old man at the seaside lost a sea gull - The ill- natured man lost friends.

8.

Fear is often greater than the danger.; suffer from imaginary fears

9.

ever-changing; the myriads of changes; kaleidoscopic change; unending changes; be infinite in variety

10.

a lamb going astray at a fork in the road; go astray in a complex situation

11.

like the friendship of Damon and Pythias

12.

smart and precocious

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1.

look down upon the world - supercilious and self-conceited

2.

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All rivers flow to the sea.; All things tend in one direction.; the general trend of events - an irresistible trend; command public respect and support

3.

long-tongued; have a loose tongue; be loose-tongued; loquacious

4.

Clams breed pearls with pain - a person writes nice articles because he is in a dilemma.

5.

keep clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points; dwell on the abstract and avoid real issues; strike where the enemy is weakest and avoid its strongholds

6.

A person understands he was wrong before.

7.

unable to speculate

8.

long night; The night is long.

9.

pay attention only on minor matters but not on great things

10.

Time is more precious than money.

11.

have an outstanding eloquence

12.

live under the heaven and on the earth - live in the world

13.

show high ideals by simple living and keep cool to win through

14.

with reverence and awe; extremely afraid

15.

break the house to catch the cat - spoil the ship for a halfpennyworth of tar; try to save a little but lose a lot; cannot see the woods for the trees

16.

bristle with anger; bristle up in anger; raise one's bristles

17.

burn the forest for hunting - only pay attention to the immediate interests but do not make a long term plan

18.

buzzards and invaders

19.

deep-rooted with a solid foundation

20.

storm a castle and plunder land

21.

viciousness and violence

22.

bizarre and motley; grotesque and gaudy

23.

Change is too clever and quick to be ascertained.

24.

Time is of the essence. Time is precious.

25.

Sea water is hard to be measured.; A person's future cannot be underestimated.

26.

The momentum is ferocious like tiger and wolf.

27.

bury the hatchet; beat swords into ploughshares - put an end to war and have peace; cease hostilities and negotiate for peace; turn hostility into friendship; turn swords into ploughshares

28.

immature persons

29.

wave weapons and chase the son - make vigorous efforts to turn the dangerous situation

30.

reduce a boat into a rudder; destroy a big thing so as to make a small one; go-as-you-please misconduct

31.

a strong gale and a torrential downpour

32.

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violent storms

33.

as sudden as lightning; extremely sudden and swift

34.

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very deep feeling

35.

Every family has enough food and clothing, everyone is rich.

36.

be timid and overcautious; be cautious and meticulous; strain at a gnat; timorous and punctilious

37.

The country must store supplies for unexpected needs.

38.

break a house to catch a rat - spoil the ship for a halfpennyworth of tar; try to save a little but lose a lot; cannot see the woods for the trees

39.

steadfastly stand on one's ground; remain firm; remain unmoved; standing erect and unshakable

40.

Extreme joy begets sorrow.

41.

Good intentions amount to nothing without a plan of action.

42.

ask someone for asylum

43.

imitate other's action without understanding its meaning

44.

Be divorced from the whole, the part doesn't work.

45.

Everything changes and gain and loss are capricious.

46.

a white and bloodless complexion

47.

in a dilemma of having attempt but accomplishing nothing

48.

give full scope to the talents; Everybody is allowed to display his talents fully.; Let everybody fully display his talents .; The talent of every individual can be turned to good account.

49.

let things drift - let people freely develop

50.

too weak to wear clothes

51.

look blank; feel the lack of sth.

52.

a blessing in disguise; a loss may turn out to be a gain; a fault on the right side

53.

He who is good at a certain skill often suffers from failure owing to carelessness.

54.

earnestly practice what one advocates; practice what one preaches; practice what one preaches

55.

unfathomable; abysmal; bottomless - difficult to ascertain the fact

56.

appear and disappear mysteriously

57.

Times change, and with them customs and habits.; Customs vary with the change of ages.

58.

persons of reading, farming, working and doing business

59.

run and go around laboriously

60.

It's too hot and even gold and stone will be melted.

61.

let things drift along; let people act freely without leadership; let it have its swing

62.

The trusted aid is eliminated when it finish its mission.

63.

fly away without wings - something spreads over quickly.

64.

cut the feet to fit the shoes; act in a Procrustean way

65.

congratulation to swallows and sparrows who have places to live because of the newly built building - congratulations for new buildings

66.

no change is to be done once something is fixed

67.

stand up ten time when having a meal - extremely busy

68.

make concerted effort to realize a goal

69.

a small sign can indicate a great trend

70.

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Two heroes cannot exist at the same time.

71.

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speculate profound truth with superficial knowledge

72.

pour boiling water onto snow - something is every easy to do.

73.

All roads lead to Rome .; reach the same goal by different ways

74.

round head and square feet

75.

Too much lucky is easy to cause disaster.

76.

break dry branch and toss off leaves - very easy to do

77.

supreme; supremacy; crowning; sovereign

78.

go round and round; move in cycles; in cycles; run in cycle

79.

The people's discussion makes people believe that forest can come out from within the earth.

80.

mend the sky and wash the sun -- a peerless achievement; a great accomplishment; have great exploits; make monumental contributions

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bizarre and motley; grotesque and gaudy

2.

a near escape; a near touch; escape from death; a close call; a close shave

3.

decline day by day and feel sad with resentment

4.

violate the normal law

5.

tread as on eggs; overcautious and indecisive

6.

never wave and retreat no matter how many dangers exist on the way

7.

The manners and morals of the time are dim.

8.

sullen; in low spirits; feel blue; down in the dumps

9.

the good beginning of a cause

10.

A person died suddenly.

11.

change the traditional rule of law and custom

12.

Each has its own merits.; Each has its advantages .; Each has sth. to recommend him.; Each in his own way has made an important contribution.

13.

lump together; lump under one head; treat different things as the same

14.

call white black; swear black is white; confuse right and wrong

call black white

15.

All are besotted except one who remained sober .

16.

Every man has his strong and weak points .

17.

with heavy makeup; put on gay clothing and powder one's face; Her face was heavily powdered.; She dressed herself neatly, and rouged her face.

122

1.

live in peace with each other as usual

2.

draw up three chapters of law; agree on a three-point law

3.

pretend to advance along one path while secretly going along another

4.

devise strategies within a command tent; have a card up one's sleeve; have an ace up one's sleeve; play one's cards right

5.

operate from a strategically advantageous position; pour water off a steep roof -- sweep down irresistibly from a commanding height; be strategically situated

6.

call white black; deliberately misrepresent

7.

check evidence of both parties at court; argue with sb. (on sth.) in the courtroom; confront at court; confront someone before a law court

8.

Peaches and plums do not have to talk, yet the world beats a path to them.; A man of true worth attracts admiration.; Though peach and plum trees do not speak, a path is worn beneath them.

9.

something very precious

10.

swagger through the street

11.

study diligently; the thongs broke three times

12.

to return a thing intact to its owner; return sth. to its owner in good condition

13.

offer a humble apology

14.

sworn friend

15.

stick to old ways stubbornly in the face of changed circumstances

16.

be an armchair strategist; engage in idle theorizing

17.

replace; supersede

18.

fight to win or die; the last stand; fight with one's back to the river; a finish fight; burn one's boats

19.

The more, the better.; All and sundry will be turned to good account.; The more, the merrier.; Plenty is no plague.

20.

thank the benefactor

21.

reserve the honored post for (someone competent); leave the seat of honor for sb.

22.

a word or two

23.

cultivate one's moral character and better his action

24.

a monkey with a hat on -- a worthless person in imposing attire; a devilish person with imposing attire; a snobbish social climber; making a monkey show - stupid political figures

25.

powerful and imposing

26.

seized on both sides by arms and make people to laugh at

27.

A person should have lofty aspirations (great ambitions).

28.

The capacity for liquor is too small to drink more.

29.

extraordinary talent; an outstanding talent , surpassing insight and acumen

30.

extremely angry

31.

return to native place with honor

32.

make a great plan with noble ambition and pay no attention to trifles

33.

replace; supersede

34.

others grasp the power to decide life or death and one is in a position of being killed

35.

be besieged on all sides; be pounded on all sides

36.

defy brutal suppression (defy brute force; not fear brutal force) and overthrow the rule of the dark ruling

37.

feel ashamed to see native people

38.

to act with a hidden motive; have an ulterior object in mind

39.

grasp at authority by oneself and be a law onto oneself

40.

bold and powerful; full of valor and vigor

41.

be an onlooker

42.

add fuel to the fire; do sth. counterproductive

43.

not speak unless able to say sth . sensational; amaze the world with a single brilliant feat

44.

reap bumper harvests with grain filling the granaries

45.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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live and work in peace and contentment

2.

make no clear distinction between black and white

3.

handle by oneself with no need to ask for instructions

4.

It is better to see for oneself rather than to hear for many times.

5.

a wide range of knowledge; a large stock of information

6.

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give full play to the talent without sticking to one pattern ( without following set form; without being limited to one type)

7.

situation in an emergency like hair will be broken immediately

8.

teach one's granny how to suck eggsdisplay one's slight skill before an expertshow one's slight skill before an expertoffer to teach fish to swim

9.

hesitate to move forwardhesitate to take a move

10.

Even small things can break car axle when they are accumulate more.

11.

a vast territory with a sparse population

12.

punish a person under orders of the heaven

13.

willing to assist persons with same ambition (aspiration)

14.

take concerted action; work closely with each other

15.

mean persons; base-minded persons

16.

low prices for grain hurt the peasants

17.

repent one's error and accuse oneself

18.

Many small makes a great. Many a little makes a mickle . Every little makes a mickle. Every little helps.

19.

return home after getting fame or money

20.

forget friendship for profitforget honor at the sight of money

21.

overcorrecthypercorrection

22.

reform system or change plan

23.

unbreakable or indestructible friendship (as gold and stone)

24.

(a man and a woman or a husband and a wife) be deeply attached to each other; be kind to each other and love each other; love each other devotedly

25.

the secret mistresslive with the young wife in a plush apartmentkeep a mistress in a love nest

26.

sweet words and surreptitious actions

27.

deceive others with sweet words (blandishments)

28.

never speak about

29.

deal with according to military law

30.

be partial toshieldgive unprincipled protection to

31.

1. bumpy; rough; rugged 2. full of frustrations

32.

set out merits and achievements to over a fault

33.

34.

ignobly lead an extravagant life

35.

so poor as to have no room to stick an awl on; utterly destitute; in extreme poverty

36.

ones limited power

37.

very polite to sb. who enjoys high prestige and command universal respect ( who has a high virtue and a glorious name; who has a lofty virtue worthy of respect)

38.

hate to leave a place where one has lived long; be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it; be reluctant to move from one's native district; be satisfied to live in one's native land and dislike to remove; be too rooted down to consider moving to another place; dislike transferring the population to a new place; one does not care to migrate from one's native land

39.

stop military operation

40.

look for a noble steed to correspond with the one drawn; look for a steed with the aid of its picture - try to locate sth. by following up a clue; follow up a clue to find sth. ; follow up a lead to solve a problem

41.

proud and unreasonable

42.

rejecting the other schools of thought and respecting only confucianism; Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian sole dominant ideology.

43.

make a clear distinction between black (right) and white (wrong); with black and white sharply contrasted

44.

a ball or marble running down an inclined plane - (descriptive of) movement at a high speed

45.

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ample gown and loose girdle

46.

The discourse is far from lofty.There is nothing brilliant about the idea.

47.

fill a post without real qualifications

48.

depart(deviate) from the cardinal things and seek for the minor ones

49.

cordially request (a guest) to stay

50.

successive distresses as caused by continual wars; continuous wars and turmoil; incessant wars and endless distress; ravaged by successive wars; war-torn; war-ridden; One battle followed another, and the end never came.

51.

grasp the essential

52.

dispel chaos and restore peace; bring order out of chaos

53.

fly (fall) into a (great) rage; burn with anger (rage; wrath); burst into anger; explode with anger; flare up; jump up in a rage; one's anger flares up.; suddenly burst into a fit of temper; suddenly grow very angry

54.

have an extensive knowledge and a wide experience

55.

not afraid of being killed (put to death); not avoid facing battle ax and hatchet

56.

fit like hand in glove; be accurate in every particular; not a whit (an iota) of difference; without the slightest error

57.

transnormal promotion

58.

be inopportune or inappropriate; be out of accord with the times; be out of keeping with the times; ill-timed; incompatible with present needs

59.

refuse to be cowed or submit; be unbending in struggle; dauntless indomitable; neither to yield nor flinch; never give in; not to bend or swerve; tenacious; unyielding; with unflinching courage

60.

exact quantityaccurate quantity

61.

do not research and discuss what should not be researched and discussed

62.

not integrate with other peoplenot communicate with others; live independently without association with others

63.

be out of touch withbreak off one's acquaintance with sb .break off friendly relationscut off communication ( s )sever friendshipstop intercourse

64.

have neither learning nor skill (art); be ignorant and incompetent; be lacking in both learning and practical ability; not to study and know nothing

65.

poor people

66.

uneven; a mixed bag; at sixes and sevens; irregularity

67.

act precipitately

68.

long period of order and stability; lasting stability and durable peace

69.

correct in the evening a fault of the morning; quickly amend one's ways

70.

The courtyard of an influential family is as crowded as a market place - a much visited house.; The house of the influential official is as crowded as a market-place - a man with power and influence attracts visitors.

71.

My heart is as pure as water

72.

ride on a strong carriage and whip fat horses - luxurious living; ride in a stout carriage and whip a fat horse; lead a luxurious life; live in luxury

73.

punish one as a warning to a hundred

74.

owl's eyes and tiger's lips - very fierce and cunning; a very fierce-looking face

75.

assemble (the people) in one placea dense (large) crowdbig gatheringa large crowd of people

76.

drop from the clouds; come down from heaven; come from above; descend from heaven to earth; descend (appear) out of the blue; fall from the sky; sudden unexpected arrival; very unexpectedly

77.

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put a fire under a pile of faggots a - hidden danger

78.

(of a project, work, etc.) be accomplished; be crowned with success; be brought to successful completion; ring the bell; end in a satisfactory way; finish nicely; The task is accomplished.; The great task has been completed.; One's purpose has been achieved.; the achievement of a great meritorious service; have achieved a great success

79.

be delighted that things are better than one expected; be overjoyed beyond expectation

80.

have an extensive knowledge and a wide experience

81.

congratulate each other and dust off their old official's hats (in anticipation of fat jobs upon hearing of a mutual friend's appointment to a high post); congratulate each other on their promotion; congratulate each other on the prospect of getting good appointments congratulate each other on the prospect of getting official posts

82.

to give the power to other person

83.

expose evildoers and reveal malpracticesbring hidden treason and crime to light

84.

deliver provisions for the army speedily

85.

1.neither ass nor horse; neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring. 2.difficult to identify (or classify); vague

86.

act in accordance with practices and rules

87.

seek fame by hook or crook

88.

alarm at the barking of dogs; social unrest

89.

listen to all sides and take stock of the overall situation

90.

only one; be second to none; without equal

91.

have seen not much and heard little

92.

strongly fortified; impregnable

93.

forget one's family in one's devotion to the state

94.

wear noblemen's clothing and eat exquisite food

95.

not worth talking about; not even worth mentioning; no big deal

96.

Amiability leads to harmony.

97.

raise a rebellion

98.

curry favor by claptrap; court people's favor by saying sth. impressive; gain notoriety by shocking statements; play to the gallery; seek popularity by doing (saying) sth. sensational; seek popularity by shocking statements; talk big to impress people; try to please the public with claptrap

99.

something easy to do

100.

take a long time; accumulate in a long time

101.

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luxurious (extravagant; sumptuous; wasteful) diet; high-living

102.

be greatly upset; in a state of consternation

103.

have nothing but the bare walls in one's house; a family with nothing but four walls; a house empty (bare) of all furniture; as poor as a church mouse

104.

steal what is entrusted to one's care; steal money in one's trust (for which one is responsible); custodian turned thief.; embezzle; defalcate

105.

in a terrible fix; in great trouble; in straits; in bad shape.

106.

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reluctant to eat something rare and good but share them with others

107.

ruthless and tyrannical (cruel and fierce; brutal) warder; prison officer; jailer

108.

wild and intractable; obstinate and unruly; stubborn and unruly

109.

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The self-conceited troops are destined to fail (failure).; An army puffed up with pride is bound to lose.; An army which is cocksure about its invincibility is doomed to defeat.; Proud troops will certainly be beaten.

110.

golden seal and purple ribbon; high government posts

111.

a beauty of beauties; an incomparable beauty; a beautiful woman of unsurpassed beauty; a woman of peerless beauty

112.

ramparts of metals and a moat of hot water - an impregnable city; a strong, well-guarded city; gold city wall and boiling moat; secure against assault

113.

extravagant orgy; steeped in wine and surrounded by women

114.

plough up the enemy's court and destroy his hideouts; annihilate the enemy thoroughly; conquer an independent country; overthrow an independent country; wipe out

115.

The emperor's dignity (honor) is too high to reach.

116.

A swarm of mosquitoes makes a noise like thunder.

117.

be good both in character and scholarship

118.

still smell of one's mother's milk - be young and inexperienced

119.

Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast . ; Everyone has his own peculiarity.

120.

encourage dull people to be enthusiastic and press on

121.

an irresistible force; a crushing blow; a devastating punch; as powerful as a thunderbolt; with the force of a thunderbolt

122.

have a great effect (on ...); clinching proof of effectiveness; outstanding effect; obvious effectiveness

123.

selling one's swords to purchase oxen for farming - reformation of brigands; bring a peaceful and industrial life to a lawless area

124.

The people live in destitution.; a mass impoverishment; popular destitution; Masses are impoverished.

125.

Countries perished, palace was ruined.

126.

The food is the most important to people.

127.

too high and deep to be measured.

128.

have no alternative (but to); (do sth.) against one's will; be compelled to; be forced to; compelled by circumstances; under the pressure of circumstances

129.

feel prickles down one's back - feel nervous and uneasy; in a most embarrassed and uncomfortable position; as a thorn in one's flesh; like having prickles on the back

130.

serve an Emperor and do service for a Throneclamber over the dragon and follow the phoenix -- attachment to the greatclimb on to a dragon or hang on to a phoenixclimb the political ladder on the strength of one's influence with those in power

131.

not to cast one's eyes at the garden - absolute concentration on studies; be entirely absorbed in study; never take a peep into the garden - bury oneself in one's studies

132.

vicious; act in a vicious and unrestrained way; extremely violent and wicked; extremely vicious

133.

to be universally condemned; a thousand pointing fingers accuse

134.

be on very intimate terms with each other

135.

bend the chimney and remove the fuel to prevent a possible fire - take precautions against a possible danger [damage]; clear up the corner of firewood to prevent a fire - take precautionary measures; make provisions before troubles occur; rectify blocked chimney and remove firewood

136.

for a very short time; in less than no time; on the spur of the moment

137.

one's beauty was such as to overthrow cities and ruin states.; beauty which overthrows states and cities; (one's beauty) causes the downfall of cities and countries.; (of a woman) lovely enough to cause the fall of a city or a state; (... the beauty that) ruins cities and nations; (a lady) whose beauty would overthrow a kingdom - exceedingly beautiful; so beautiful as to cause cities and kingdoms to fall

138.

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be zigzagarranged in crisscross pattern; be very close to and interlocked with; interlocked like dog's teeth; interlocking

139.

as easy as to pick a blade of grass from the ground

140.

Three's a crowd which cannot be considered minority.

141.

untidy appearance with prisoner's unkempt hair and unwashed face; with unkempt hair and dirty face

142.

high carriage and four horses - symbol of wealth and nobility

143.

mountains collapsing and the earth cracking up

144.

human face, beast's heart; two-faced; malicious and duplicitous

145.

declining rapidly as the sun is setting beyond the western hills; nearing one's end