促膝谈心
cù xī tán xīn
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1 to sit side-by-side and have a heart-to-heart talk (idiom)
只可意会,不可言传
zhǐ kě yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
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1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
可以意会,不可言传
kě yǐ yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
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1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
单刀赴会
dān dāo fù huì
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1 lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)
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2 fig. to go alone into enemy lines
天上不会掉馅饼
tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng
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1 there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
奇谈怪论
qí tán guài lùn
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1 strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)
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2 unreasonable remarks
后会有期
hòu huì yǒu qī
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1 I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom)
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2 Hope to see you again.
心领神会
xīn lǐng shén huì
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1 to understand tacitly (idiom)
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2 to know intuitively
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3 to understand thoroughly
撇开不谈
piē kāi bù tán
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1 to ignore an issue (idiom)
文山会海
wén shān huì hǎi
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1 a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)
机会带来成功
jī huì dài lái chéng gōng
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1 Opportunity brings success. (idiom)
混为一谈
hùn wéi yī tán
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1 to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
无稽之谈
wú jī zhī tán
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1 complete nonsense (idiom)
无话不谈
wú huà bù tán
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1 not to hold anything back (idiom)
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2 (of close friends etc) to tell each other everything
牵强附会
qiān qiǎng fù huì
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1 to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom)
穿凿附会
chuān záo fù huì
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1 to make far-fetched claims (idiom)
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2 to offer outlandish explanations
纸上谈兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
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1 lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
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2 fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
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3 armchair strategist
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4 idle theorizing
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5 cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
老生常谈
lǎo shēng cháng tán
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1 an old observation (idiom)
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2 a truism
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3 banal comments
聚精会神
jù jīng huì shén
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1 to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
能说会道
néng shuō huì dào
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1 can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab