to serve as a model for others (idiom); to be a worthy teacher
doing good deeds brings the greatest joy (idiom)
to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking power; short attention span
to start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking power; short attention span
it is not too late (idiom)
it is not too late (idiom)
to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor; evildoer; to perpetrate outrages
one divides into two; to be two-sided; there are two sides to everything; to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
one word and it's settled (idiom); It's a deal!; deal; That's settled then.
each word carries weight; a promise must be kept (idiom)
not to accept as correct (idiom); to object; to disapprove; to take exception to
not at all surprising (idiom)
not at all surprising (idiom)
the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort; With effort, one can achieve anything.
mutually related karma (idiom); fates are intertwined; interdependent
to take caution as the key (idiom); to proceed very carefully
to use one's neighbor as a drain; to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
to do sth once in a while (idiom); to do sth more as an exception than the rule
joy of first experience (idiom); the pleasure of reading sth for the first time
buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
(lit.) to nurture a tiger invites calamity; (fig.) to indulge one's enemy is asking for trouble (idiom)
demotion to commoner (idiom)
pleasure from helping others (idiom)
to tackle a difficult job (idiom); to do sth reluctantly
to try one's best to do sth (idiom)
(lit.) to turn into soap bubbles; to come to nothing (idiom)
to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one; divide and conquer
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
(lit.) the guest acts as host (idiom); fig. to turn from passive to active behavior
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
to prove one's worth through firm resolve (idiom)
to merge together (idiom); to unify disparate elements into one whole
to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom)
to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to feel at home anywhere; to roam about unconstrained; to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
with great prospects for the future (idiom); well worth doing
to take as a guiding principle (idiom)
to like to lecture others (idiom)
magnanimous (idiom); generous
to be intensely proud of sth (idiom)
to consider sth regrettable (idiom)
to regard it as an honor (idiom)
mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
to dare to be first; to pioneer (idiom)
to stop at nothing (idiom); to dare to do anything
attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive; feckless
impotent (idiom); powerless; helpless
able to act while maintaining one's integrity (idiom); also written able to act while maintaining one's integrity (idiom); also written 有守有為|有守有为[you3 shou3 you3 wei2]
to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath (idiom); to swear a sacred oath
to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
it is not too late (idiom)
villains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends)
(lit.) to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom); (fig.) to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities
mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated
to afford a magnificent sight (idiom); enchanting
to fuse together (idiom); hypostatic union (religion)
to view as dangerous (idiom); afraid to do sth
to consider sb as close friend (idiom); to take into one's confidence
one's words reflect one's thinking (idiom)
to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert a danger (esp. political or medical)
to turn grief into happiness (idiom)
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom); to debauch
to assess one's income and spend accordingly (idiom); to live within one's means; You can only spend what you earn.
rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown; secret to all but a few
the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
of all virtues filial piety is most important (idiom)
what remains unseen is deemed to be clean; what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom)
no use to tell others; let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
(lit.) to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom); (fig.) to turn hostility into friendship
(lit.) to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)
to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible (idiom)
(lit.) persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together; to go separate ways (idiom)
(lit.) turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain; very powerful and capable (idiom)
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