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| | to be out of the question | HSK 7-9 |
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| | if it were not for / but for | HSK 7-9 |
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| | unable to get anything to eat / to miss a meal | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be unable to say or tell / to not be worth mentioning | HSK 7-9 |
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| | cannot attend to or manage | HSK 7-9 |
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| | that's just the way it is / exactly! | HSK 7-9 |
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| | not able to keep up with | HSK 7-9 |
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| | garnet (red gemstone Mg3Al2Si3O12) | |
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| | executioner / headsman / slaughterer / fig. indiscriminate murderer | |
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| | to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again | |
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| | Nianzishan district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾｜齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang | |
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| | lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability | |
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| | older female / woman of mature years (Japanese loanword) | |
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| | to be considered as outstanding or special / to be reckoned with / notable | |
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| | worthwhile (often in rhetorical questions, implying not worthwhile) | |
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| | Why is that?; How come? | |
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| | carotene | |
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| | If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針｜磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently | |
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| | sometimes / at times | |
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| | fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom) / quality goods need no advertising | |
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| | tick (tock) | |
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| | the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America | |
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| | really good / excellent | |
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| | to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom) / to advance cautiously, step by step / to feel one's way forward | |
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| | what? / which? | |
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| | (onom.) clunk | |
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| | shredded daikon pie | |
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| | lit. to lose Jingzhou due to carelessness (idiom) / fig. to suffer a major setback due to negligence | |
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| | Minecraft (video game) | |
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| | when?; at what time? | |
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| | to have the final say / to be the one in charge | |
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| | foolish / stupid | |
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| | orangeade / orange squash / CL: 瓶, 杯, 罐, 盒 | |
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| | siliceous sand (geology) | |
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| | with one's hands clasped behind one's back | |
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| | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual | |
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| | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. | |
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| | (Tw) Sierra Leone | |
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| | to put it simply; simply put | |
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| | sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them | |
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| | lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual | |
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| | World food program (United Nations aid agency) | |
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| | Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis) | |
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| | sth bad happened | |
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| | lit. whatever mountain one is on, one should sing its songs (idiom) / fig. when in Rome, do as the Romans do | |
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| | sour grapes (set expr. based on Aesop) / lit. to say grapes are sour when you can't eat them | |
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| | lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted | |
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| | lit. if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (idiom) / fig. (of a person) too slow; can't keep up | |
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| | (of a title, degree etc) illegitimately conferred | |
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| | whistling sound | |
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| | to cry one's heart out | |
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| | there's no shortage / there are plenty | |
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| | to be good enough to be regarded as; to meet the standard expected of | |
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| | to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom) | |
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| | infant's part in opera, usually played by child actor | |
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| | mama-san, middle-aged woman who runs a brothel, bar etc (loanword from Japanese); madam | |
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| | thick / concentrated | |
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| | top student | |
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| | pin tumbler lock / spring lock | |
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| | to be madly in love | |
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| | firm / solid / reliable / real / practical | |
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| | to hold hands | |
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| | to be unable to intervene | |
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| | lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom) / fig. the proof of the pudding is in the eating / to show what one is made of | |
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| | it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom) | |
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| | on the table / fig. everything open and above board | |
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| | fuzzy mathematics | |
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| | to pick on sth incessantly (idiom) / to criticize right and left | |
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| | for example; for instance | |
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| | spilt water / (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved / spilt milk | |
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| | for the sake of / for the purpose of | |
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| | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. | |
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| | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. | |
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| | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom). However brilliant you may be, you can't do anything without support from others. | |
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| | needed / to come in useful | |
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| | pomegranate tree | |
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| | Nianzishan district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾｜齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang | |
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| | can be counted as | |
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| | empty-handed | |
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| | lit. it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter (idiom) / fig. to be an armchair expert; to blabber on | |
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| | lit. brains rusty / ossified thinking | |
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| | lilac (color) | |
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| | grapevine | |
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| | what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on? | |
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| | neighbors / the whole neighborhood | |
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| | compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria | |
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| | can be counted or regarded as / to be able to tell or answer / to deserve mention | |
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| | lit. to climb all over sb / fig. to take advantage of sb's weakness | |
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