三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
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1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
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1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
二话不说
èr huà bù shuō
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1 not saying anything further (idiom); not raising any objection
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2 without demur
付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
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1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
借东风
jiè dōng fēng
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1 lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom)
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2 fig. to use sb's help
句句实话
jù jù shí huà
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1 to speak honestly (idiom)
只欠东风
zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
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1 all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
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1 to go separate ways (idiom)
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2 to part ways with sb
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3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
失之东隅,收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
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1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
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2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
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3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
广结良缘
guǎng jié liáng yuán
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1 to earn people's praise through one's good deeds (idiom)
广开言路
guǎng kāi yán lù
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1 to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
心广体胖
xīn guǎng tǐ pán
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1 big-hearted and serene (idiom); contended and easy-going
拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
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1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
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2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
拆东补西
chāi dōng bǔ xī
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1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
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2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
东倒西歪
dōng dǎo xī wāi
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1 to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)
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2 to sway
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3 (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
东兔西乌
dōng tù xī wū
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1 lit. the sun setting and the moon rising (idiom)
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2 fig. the passage of time
东奔西走
dōng bēn xī zǒu
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1 to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
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2 to bustle about
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3 to hopscotch
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4 also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠[dōng pǎo xī diān]
东奔西跑
dōng bēn xī pǎo
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1 to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
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2 to bustle about
东家长西家短
dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn
东山再起
dōng shān zài qǐ
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1 lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback