一回生二回熟
yī huí shēng èr huí shú
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1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)
一生一世
yī shēng yī shì
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1 a whole lifetime (idiom); all my life
七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
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1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
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1 misshapen
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2 crooked
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3 uneven (idiom)
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
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1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
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2 fig. to seethe with anger
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
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1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
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1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
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2 the facts of the matter
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3 the actual situation
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
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1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
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2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
九死一生
jiǔ sǐ yī shēng
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1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
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2 new lease of life
乱七八糟
luàn qī bā zāo
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1 everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess
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2 at sixes and sevens
了无生趣
liǎo wú shēng qù
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1 to lose all interest in life (idiom)
人生一世,草木一春
rén shēng yī shì , cǎo mù yī chūn
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1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
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1 it's a small world (idiom)
人生如梦
rén shēng rú mèng
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1 life is but a dream (idiom)
人生如朝露
rén shēng rú zhāo lù
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1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生朝露
rén shēng zhāo lù
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1 human life as the morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence
人生盛衰
rén shēng shèng shuāi
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1 life has its ups and downs (idiom)
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
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1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
出生入死
chū shēng rù sǐ
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1 from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
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2 brave
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3 willing to risk life and limb
刀不磨要生锈,人不学要落后
dāo bù mó yào shēng xiù , rén bù xué yào luò hòu
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1 a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study (idiom)