偏邪不正
piān xié bù zhèng
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1 biased
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2 prejudiced (idiom)
剑走偏锋
jiàn zǒu piān fēng
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1 the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom)
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2 fig. unexpected winning move
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3 unconventional gambit
姑置勿论
gū zhì wù lùn
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1 to put something aside for the time being (idiom)
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
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1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
推心置腹
tuī xīn zhì fù
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1 to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence
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2 to trust completely
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3 to confide in sb with entire sincerity
措置裕如
cuò zhì yù rú
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1 to handle easily (idiom); effortless
明知山有虎,偏向虎山行
míng zhī shān yǒu hǔ , piān xiàng hǔ shān xíng
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1 lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom)
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2 fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers
本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
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1 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
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2 to stress the incidental over the fundamental
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3 to put the cart before the horse
漠然置之
mò rán zhì zhī
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1 to set to one side and ignore (idiom); quite indifferent
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2 cold and uncaring
无可置疑
wú kě zhì yí
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1 cannot be doubted (idiom)
无容置疑
wú róng zhì yí
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1 cannot be doubted (idiom)
置之不问
zhì zhī bù wèn
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1 to pass by without showing interest (idiom)
置之不理
zhì zhī bù lǐ
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1 to pay no heed to (idiom)
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2 to ignore
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3 to brush aside
置之死地
zhì zhī sǐ dì
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1 to place sb on field of death
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2 to confront with mortal danger
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3 to give sb no way out
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4 with one's back to the wall
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5 looking death in the eye
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6 part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生
置之死地而后生
zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng
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1 place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger
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2 fig. to find a way out of an impasse
置若罔闻
zhì ruò wǎng wén
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1 to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
置诸高阁
zhì zhū gāo gé
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1 lit. place on a high shelf
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2 to pay no attention to (idiom)
补偏救弊
bǔ piān jiù bì
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1 to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom); to rectify past mistakes