一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
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1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
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2 sporadic effort
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3 short attention span
不畏强暴
bù wèi qiáng bào
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1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
付诸实施
fù zhū shí shī
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1 to put into practice
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2 to carry out (idiom)
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
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1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
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2 to try to turn back history
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3 a perverse way of doing things
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
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1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
己所不欲,勿施于人
jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén
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1 What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
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2 Do as you would be done by.
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3 Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
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1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
情人眼里出西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
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1 lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
情人眼里有西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī
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1 In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
施粥舍饭
shī zhōu shě fàn
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1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)
暴虎冯河
bào hǔ píng hé
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1 lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)
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2 fig. to display foolhardy courage
东施效颦
Dōng Shī xiào pín
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1 lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
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2 fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
横征暴敛
héng zhēng bào liǎn
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1 to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
横正暴敛
héng zhèng bào liǎn
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1 to levy exorbitant taxes (idiom)
无计可施
wú jì kě shī
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1 no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end
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2 at the end of one's tether
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3 powerless
狂风暴雨
kuáng fēng bào yǔ
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1 howling wind and torrential rain (idiom)
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2 (fig.) difficult, dangerous situation
狂饮暴食
kuáng yǐn bào shí
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1 drunken gluttony (idiom); eating and drinking to excess
发号施令
fā hào shī lìng
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1 to boss people around (idiom)
脸红筋暴
liǎn hóng jīn bào
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1 red and tense with anger (idiom)
见之实施
jiàn zhī shí shī
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1 to put into effect (idiom)