一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
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1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
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2 willful
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3 one's own way
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4 dogmatic
一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
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1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一见钟情
yī jiàn zhōng qíng
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1 love at first sight (idiom)
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
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1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
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2 half-hearted
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3 shilly-shallying
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
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1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
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2 to fire from the hip
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
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1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
人之常情
rén zhī cháng qíng
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1 human nature (idiom)
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2 a behavior that is only natural
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
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1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
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1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
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1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
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2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
入情入理
rù qíng rù lǐ
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1 sensible and reasonable (idiom)
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
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1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
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1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
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1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
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1 unexpected (idiom)
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2 surprising
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
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1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意,攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
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1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])
千里送鹅毛,礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
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1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛,礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
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1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
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1 (idiom) half true and half false