不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
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1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
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1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
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1 self-explanatory
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2 self-evident (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
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1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
以资证明
yǐ zī zhèng míng
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1 in support or witness hereof (idiom)
光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò
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1 open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
冰炭不言,冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
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1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
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1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
另请高明
lìng qǐng gāo míng
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1 please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
大放光明
dà fàng guāng míng
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1 great release of light (idiom)
奉若神明
fèng ruò shén míng
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1 to honor sb as a God (idiom); to revere
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2 to worship
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3 to deify
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4 to make a holy cow of sth
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5 to put sb on a pedestal
山明水秀
shān míng shuǐ xiù
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1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
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2 fig. enchanting scenery
拾人牙慧
shí rén yá huì
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1 to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own
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2 to parrot
掌上明珠
zhǎng shàng míng zhū
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1 lit. a pearl in the palm (idiom)
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2 fig. beloved person (esp. daughter)
放着明白装糊涂
fàng zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu
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1 to pretend not to know (idiom)
敬若神明
jìng ruò shén míng
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1 to hold sb in the same regard as one would a god (idiom)
旗帜鲜明
qí zhì xiān míng
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1 to show one's colors
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2 to have a clear-cut stand (idiom)
明人不做暗事
míng rén bù zuò àn shì
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1 The honest person does nothing underhand (idiom).
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2 fig. Do what you want to do openly and without dissimulation.
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
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1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
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2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
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3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
明哲保身
míng zhé bǎo shēn
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1 a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom)
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2 to put one's own safety before matters of principle