不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
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1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
柴门小户
chái mén xiǎo hù
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1 woodcutter's cottage (idiom); poor person's hovel
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2 fig. my humble house
油光可鉴
yóu guāng kě jiàn
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1 lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom)
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2 lustrous
油然而生
yóu rán ér shēng
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1 arising involuntarily (idiom); spontaneous
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2 to spring up unbidden (of emotion)
滚油煎心
gǔn yóu jiān xīn
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1 to suffer mental anguish (idiom)
火上加油
huǒ shàng jiā yóu
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1 to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
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2 to enrage people and make matters worse
火上浇油
huǒ shàng jiāo yóu
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1 to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
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2 to enrage people and make matters worse
烈火干柴
liè huǒ gān chái
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1 lit. intense fire to dry wood (idiom); inferno in a woodpile
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2 fig. consuming passion between lovers
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
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1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
众人拾柴火焰高
zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo
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1 when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)
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2 the more people, the more strength
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
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1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
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2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
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3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
骨瘦如柴
gǔ shòu rú chái
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1 as thin as a match
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2 emaciated (idiom)