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1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)

1 celestial troops and generals (idiom)

2 fig. superior forces

1 (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country

1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)

2 fig. to do one's job mechanically

3 to hold a position passively

1 study hard and every day you will improve (idiom)

1 every day

1 lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb)

2 fig. not to persevere in doing sth

3 to do sth by fits and starts

1 (idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better

2 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself

1 natural selection

1 lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom)

2 fig. extravagant embellishments

3 hype

1 lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven

2 the Divine Right of kings

1 lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom)

2 fig. flawless

1 lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper

2 right and unalterable

3 a matter of course

1 lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom)

2 ideal

3 perfect

4 (of a match) made in heaven

5 to be made for one another

1 interactions between heaven and mankind (Han Dynasty doctrine)

1 to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)

1 lit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character

1 cold weather, frozen ground (idiom); bitterly cold

1 a thaw