一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
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1 to win instant success (idiom)
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2 to start off successfully
一炮而红
yī pào ér hóng
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1 to win instant success (idiom)
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2 to become an instant hit
丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
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1 lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
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1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué
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1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄
jiā guān jìn lù
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1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
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1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
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2 fig. to follow a set pattern
年功加俸
nián gōng jiā fèng
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1 increase in salary according to one's service record for the year (idiom)
快马加鞭
kuài mǎ jiā biān
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1 to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
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2 to go as fast as possible
悔恨交加
huǐ hèn jiāo jiā
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1 to feel remorse and shame (idiom)
放马后炮
fàng mǎ hòu pào
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1 to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
文不加点
wén bù jiā diǎn
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1 to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)
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2 to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions
有则改之,无则加勉
yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn
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1 correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
欲加之罪,何患无辞
yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí
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1 If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
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2 Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
添砖加瓦
tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
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1 lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
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2 fig. to do one's bit to help
火上加油
huǒ shàng jiā yóu
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1 to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
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2 to enrage people and make matters worse
无以复加
wú yǐ fù jiā
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1 in the extreme (idiom)
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2 incapable of further increase
炮火连天
pào huǒ lián tiān
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1 cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
精诚所加,金石为开
jīng chéng suǒ jiā , jīn shí wèi kāi
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1 lit. sincerity splits open metal and metal (idiom); if you put your heart to it, you can break up metal and rocks
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2 With a will, you can achieve anything.
变本加厉
biàn běn jiā lì
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1 lit. change to more severe (idiom); to become more intense (esp. of shortcoming)
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2 to aggravate
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3 to intensify