不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
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1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì
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1 the full light of day (idiom)
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2 fig. peace and prosperity
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3 in broad daylight
出神入化
chū shén rù huà
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1 to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement
化干戈为玉帛
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
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1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
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2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship
化整为零
huà zhěng wéi líng
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1 to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
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2 divide and conquer
化敌为友
huà dí wéi yǒu
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1 to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
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1 to come to nothing (idiom)
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
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1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
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1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
大事化小,小事化了
dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo
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1 to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
大器晚成
dà qì wǎn chéng
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1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
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2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
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3 Rome wasn't built in a day
工欲善其事,必先利其器
gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
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1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
投鼠忌器
tóu shǔ jì qì
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1 lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
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2 to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
春风化雨
chūn fēng huà yǔ
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1 lit. spring wind and rain (idiom); fig. the long-term influence of a solid education
欲善其事,必先利其器
yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
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1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
泥古不化
nì gǔ bù huà
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1 conservative and unable to adapt (idiom)
薰莸不同器
xūn yóu bù tóng qì
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1 lit. fragrant herbs and foul herbs do not go into the same vessel (idiom)
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2 bad people and good people do not mix
藏器待时
cáng qì dài shí
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1 to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom); to lie low and await the opportune moment
蜕化变质
tuì huà biàn zhì
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1 to degenerate (morally) (idiom)
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2 to become depraved
逢凶化吉
féng xiōng huà jí
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1 misfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account