1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
净心修身
jìng xīn xiū shēn
1 to have an untroubled heart and behave morally (idiom)
化整为零
huà zhěng wéi líng
1 to break up the whole into pieces (idiom); dealing with things one by one
2 divide and conquer
好整以暇
hào zhěng yǐ xiá
1 to be calm and unruffled in the midst of chaos or at a busy time (idiom)
年久失修
nián jiǔ shī xiū
1 old and in a state of disrepair (idiom)
2 dilapidated
整齐划一
zhěng qí huà yī
1 to be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) (idiom)
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
瓜田不纳履,李下不整冠
guā tián bù nà lu:3 , lǐ xià bù zhěng guān
1 lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree (idiom)
2 fig. don't do anything that might arouse suspicion
3 innocent acts may be misconstrued
重整旗鼓
chóng zhěng qí gǔ
1 lit. to reorganize flags and drums (idiom); to regroup after a setback