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1 lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom)

2 fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent

1 to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn

1 to put on an act (idiom); to pose

2 to show theatrical affectation

3 to indulge in histrionics

1 to put on an act (idiom); to pose

2 to show theatrical affectation

3 to indulge in histrionics

1 lit. to work like an ox, to work like a horse; fig. to work extremely hard

1 to frown

1 to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom)

1 to celebrate a birthday

2 to give a birthday party

1 to be oneself

1 lit. the raw rice is now cooked (idiom); fig. it is done and can't be changed

2 It's too late to change anything now.

3 also written 生米煮成熟飯|生米煮成熟饭

1 lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom)

2 fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond

1 to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)

1 (jocularly) to sleep on the couch

2 to sleep in the living room

1 (coll.) (after adjectives such as 多, 大, 远, 高) very

2 extremely

1 to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled

2 to end up with nothing definite

1 once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved

2 death ends all one's troubles

1 (coll.) aplenty

2 millions of

1 to be all talk and no action