1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
2 a cool head in a crisis
口说无凭
kǒu shuō wú píng
1 (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement
2 just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
引经据典
yǐn jīng jù diǎn
1 lit. to quote the classics
2 to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
1 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
凭轼结辙
píng shì jié zhé
1 to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom)
据情办理
jù qíng bàn lǐ
1 to handle a situation according to the circumstances (idiom)
牡丹虽好,全凭绿叶扶持
mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lu:4 yè fú chí
1 Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others.
真凭实据
zhēn píng shí jù
1 reliable evidence (idiom); conclusive proof
2 definitive evidence
进退失据
jìn tuì shī jù
1 no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); at a loss