三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
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1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
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2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
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3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
令行禁止
lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
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1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
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2 to ensure strictly obedience
充饥止渴
chōng jī zhǐ kě
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1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
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1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
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2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
吃香喝辣
chī xiāng hē là
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1 lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
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2 fig. to live well
呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù
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1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
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2 always bossing people around
喝西北风
hē xī běi fēng
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1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry
叹为观止
tàn wéi guān zhǐ
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1 (idiom) to gasp in amazement
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2 to acclaim as the peak of perfection
学无止境
xué wú zhǐ jìng
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1 no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study.
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2 You live and learn.
屡禁不止
lu:3 jìn bù zhǐ
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1 to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
戛然而止
jiá rán ér zhǐ
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1 with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
望梅止渴
wàng méi zhǐ kě
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1 lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)
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2 fig. to console oneself with illusions
树欲静而风不止
shù yù jìng ér fēng bù zhǐ
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1 lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom)
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2 fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not
活血止痛
huó xuè zhǐ tòng
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1 to invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain (idiom)
浅尝辄止
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ
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1 to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
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2 to attempt half-heartedly
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3 content with a smattering of knowledge
浅尝辄止
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ
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1 to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
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2 to attempt half-heartedly
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3 content with a smattering of knowledge
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4 also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止
游客止步
yóu kè zhǐ bù
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1 visitors are not admitted (idiom)
无休无止
wú xiū wú zhǐ
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1 ceaseless; endless (idiom)
生命不息,战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ
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1 while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
适可而止
shì kě ér zhǐ
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1 to stop before going too far (idiom); to stop while one can
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2 don't overdo it
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3 stop while you're ahead