人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
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1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
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2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
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3 the place is deserted
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4 the birds have flown
来去无踪
lái qù wú zōng
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1 come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
来得容易,去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
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1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
来无影,去无踪
lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng
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1 lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
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1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
来龙去脉
lái lóng qù mài
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1 the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
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2 (fig.) the whole sequence of events
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3 causes and effects
去芜存菁
qù wú cún jīng
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1 lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
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2 to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
呼之即来,挥之即去
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù
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1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
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2 always at sb's beck and call
呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù
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1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
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2 always bossing people around
抹不下脸
mǒ bù xià liǎn
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1 to be unable to keep a straight face (idiom)
拂袖而去
fú xiù ér qù
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1 to storm off in a huff (idiom)
拐弯抹角
guǎi wān mò jiǎo
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1 lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
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2 fig. to speak in a roundabout way
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3 to equivocate
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4 to beat about the bush
推来推去
tuī lái tuī qù
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1 (idiom) to rudely push and pull others
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2 (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others
死去活来
sǐ qù huó lái
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1 to hover between life and death (idiom)
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2 to suffer terribly
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3 within an inch of one's life
淡妆浓抹
dàn zhuāng nóng mǒ
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1 in light or heavy makeup (idiom)
浓妆艳抹
nóng zhuāng yàn mǒ
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1 to apply makeup conspicuously (idiom)
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2 dressed to the nines and wearing makeup
病来如山倒,病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
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1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
眉来眼去
méi lái yǎn qù
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1 lit. eyes and eyebrows come and go (idiom); to make eyes
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2 to exchange flirting glances with sb
绕来绕去
rào lái rào qù
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1 meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere