一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
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1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
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1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
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2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
人心不足蛇吞象
rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng
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1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
佛口蛇心
fó kǒu shé xīn
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1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
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2 malicious and duplicitous
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
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
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1 to come to nothing (idiom)
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
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1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
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2 to make oblique charges
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3 to make insinuations
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4 to insinuate
好酒贪杯
hào jiǔ tān bēi
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1 fond of the bottle (idiom)
如影随形
rú yǐng suí xíng
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1 as the shadow follows the body (idiom)
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2 closely associated with each other
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3 to follow relentlessly
孤身只影
gū shēn zhī yǐng
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1 lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company
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2 to be all alone (idiom)
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
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1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
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2 fig. to display ambidexterity
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3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
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4 to use both feet equally (football)
引蛇出洞
yǐn shé chū dòng
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1 lit. to pull a snake from its hole
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2 to expose a malefactor (idiom)
强龙不压地头蛇
qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé
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1 lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
形影相吊
xíng yǐng xiāng diào
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1 with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom)
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2 extremely sad and lonely
形影相随
xíng yǐng xiāng suí
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1 lit. body and shadow follow each other (idiom)
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2 fig. inseparable
打草惊蛇
dǎ cǎo jīng shé
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1 lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom)
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2 fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy
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3 to punish sb as a warning to others
打蛇不死，后患无穷
dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng
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1 if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom)
捕风捉影
bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng
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1 lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations
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2 to act on hearsay evidence
杯弓蛇影
bēi gōng shé yǐng
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1 lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions
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2 overly fearful
杯水车薪
bēi shuǐ chē xīn
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1 lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure