不厌其烦
bù yàn qí fán
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1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
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2 to take great pains
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3 to be very patient
不离不弃
bù lí bù qì
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1 to stand by (sb) (idiom)
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2 steadfast loyalty
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
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1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
前功尽弃
qián gōng jìn qì
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1 to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)
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2 all that has been achieved goes down the drain
喜新厌旧
xǐ xīn yàn jiù
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1 lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
学而不厌
xué ér bù yàn
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1 study tirelessly (idiom, from Analects)
学而不厌,诲人不倦
xué ér bù yàn , huì rén bù juàn
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1 study tirelessly, teach with endless enthusiasm (idiom, from Analects)
弃之如敝屣
qì zhī rú bì xǐ
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1 to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)
弃恶从善
qì è cóng shàn
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1 to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom)
弃约背盟
qì yuē bèi méng
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1 to abrogate an agreement
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2 to break one's oath (idiom)
弃农经商
qì nóng jīng shāng
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1 to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)
百读不厌
bǎi dú bù yàn
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1 to be worth reading a hundred times (idiom)
背信弃义
bèi xìn qì yì
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1 breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray
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2 treachery
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3 perfidy
裒敛无厌
póu liǎn wú yàn
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1 to accumulate wealth without satisfaction
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2 to continually plunder (idiom)
贪婪无厌
tān lán wú yàn
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1 avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
贪得无厌
tān dé wú yàn
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1 avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
贪求无厌
tān qiú wú yàn
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1 insatiably greedy (idiom)
贪猥无厌
tān wěi wú yàn
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1 avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied
食不厌精,脍不厌细
shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì
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1 lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects)
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2 fig. to be fastidious about one's food
食之无味,弃之可惜
shí zhī wú wèi , qì zhī kě xī
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1 lit. to be hardly worth eating, but it would still be a pity to discard it (idiom)
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2 fig. some things have little to no value, yet one is still reluctant to part with them