偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
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1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
天下太平
tiān xià tài píng
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1 the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
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1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
太平盛世
tài píng shèng shì
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1 peace and prosperity (idiom)
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
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1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
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2 fig. hell freezes over
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3 pigs can fly
姜太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
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1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
招摇过市
zhāo yáo guò shì
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1 to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)
欺人太甚
qī rén tài shèn
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1 to bully intolerably (idiom)
皇帝不急太监急
huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí
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1 lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
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2 fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
绑赴市曹
bǎng fù shì cáo
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1 to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
门庭若市
mén tíng ruò shì
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1 front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom)
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2 a place with many visitors