1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不厌其烦
bù yàn qí fán
1 not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom)
2 to take great pains
3 to be very patient
不安其室
bù ān qí shì
1 to be discontented with one's home
2 to have adulterous relations after marriage (of women) (idiom)
不计其数
bù jì qí shù
1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
2 innumerable
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
1 to let things take their course (idiom)
2 to leave it to nature
3 laissez-faire
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
2 at sb's beck and call
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
充耳不闻
chōng ěr bù wén
1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
入土为安
rù tǔ wéi ān
1 buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
2 to get the best of both worlds
3 to have it both ways
4 to have one's cake and eat it too
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
其貌不扬
qí mào bù yáng
1 (idiom) nothing special to look at
2 unprepossessing
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意，攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])
勉为其难
miǎn wéi qí nán
1 to tackle a difficult job (idiom)
2 to do sth reluctantly
卷土重来
juǎn tǔ chóng lái
1 lit. to return in a swirl of dust (idiom)
2 fig. to regroup and come back even stronger
3 to make a comeback
Sample Sentences
土耳其啊。
tǔěrqí a 。
Oh? Congratulations, you are on your way to being an ''idiot superstar."