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
原形毕露
yuán xíng bì lù
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1 original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth
喜形于色
xǐ xíng yú sè
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1 face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy
土木形骸
tǔ mù xíng hái
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1 earth and wood framework (idiom); plain and undecorated body
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
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1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
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
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
形同虚设
xíng tóng xū shè
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1 to exist in name only
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2 empty shell
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3 useless (idiom)
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
怒形于色
nù xíng yú sè
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1 to betray anger (idiom); fury written across one's face
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)
放浪形骸
fàng làng xíng hái
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1 to abandon all restraint (idiom)
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
画蛇添足
huà shé tiān zú
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1 lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
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2 to overdo it