不以词害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
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1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
不以辞害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
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1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
人穷志不穷
rén qióng zhì bù qióng
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1 poor but with great ambitions (idiom)
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2 poor but principled
仁人志士
rén rén zhì shì
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1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
专心致志
zhuān xīn zhì zhì
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1 with single-hearted devotion (idiom)
小人得志
xiǎo rén dé zhì
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1 lit. a vile character flourishes (idiom)
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2 fig. an inferior person gets into a position of power, becoming conceited and arrogant
志不在此
zhì bù zài cǐ
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1 to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)
志同道合
zhì tóng dào hé
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1 like-minded (idiom)
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2 fellow enthusiast
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3 kindred spirit
志在四方
zhì zài sì fāng
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1 to aspire to travel far and make one's mark (idiom)
志士仁人
zhì shì rén rén
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1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
志得意满
zhì dé yì mǎn
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1 fully content with one's achievements (idiom)
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2 complacent
有志竟成
yǒu zhì jìng chéng
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1 persevere and you will succeed (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
有志者事竟成
yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng
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1 a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
淡泊明志
dàn bó míng zhì
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1 living a simple life as one's ideal (idiom)
燕雀安知鸿鹄之志
yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì
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1 lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom)
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2 fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志
yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì
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1 lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
玩物丧志
wán wù sàng zhì
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1 lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress
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2 excessive attention to trivia saps the will
众志成城
zhòng zhì chéng chéng
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1 unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
老骥伏枥,志在千里
lǎo jì fú lì , zhì zài qiān lǐ
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1 lit. an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom); fig. old people may still cherish high aspirations
胸无大志
xiōng wú dà zhì
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1 to have no aspirations (idiom)
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2 unambitious