(lit.) a fish that escaped the net (idiom) / (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net
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to set to one side and ignore (idiom) / quite indifferent / cold and uncaring
Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb
Aviation Thermobaric Bomb of Increased Power (ATBIP), or Father of All Bombs, a powerful Russian bomb
to be energized by it / to receive a boost from it
unknown person / nobody
useless person (originally from Zhuangzi's "A Happy Excursion" 逍遙遊|逍遥游)
see 無稽之談|无稽之谈[]
to spend a long time thinking about sth while unable to reach a decision
lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom) / fig. desperate situation / extreme emergency
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?
(idiom) parents' orders and matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)
imprisonment
lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom) / fig. faithful service
just like (sth)
mystery within a mystery / the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi 老子[]
lit. like a turtle in a jar / to be trapped (idiom)
lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs) / to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment
one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
semiliterate / only knows words of one syllable / lit. to know only 之[] and 無|无[]
to feel undeserving of the praise or the honor
one hundred percent / totally (effective)
(idiom) (euphemism) after (sb's) death
a centipede dies but never falls down / old institutions die hard
physical pain / lit. skin and flesh suffer
to act as host / to do the honors
what one can see
nostalgia / home-sickness / longing for departed beloved
(idiom) in the wink of an eye / in a flash
to know very little about
to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible (idiom)
lit. the kindness of recognizing sb's worth and employing him (idiom) / patronage / protection
lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom) / fig. irresistible force
(idiom) a land of ceremony and propriety
childhood friend (idiom)
see 竹馬之交|竹马之交[]
going from there to lower grades (idiom)
(in the negative) (not) to be trifled with
eternal regret
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27