(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working / lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing
Results for “上”
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
to put on (hat etc)
to buckle up / to fasten
to skyrocket / to get quick promotion in one's career
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom) / part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)
to be irrelevant / to be superfluous
to praise to the skies / to shower with excessive praise
to praise lavishly
(HK, Malaysia) push-up / press-up (exercise)
handheld computer / PDA (personal digital assistant) / Pocket PC
to pay lip service to / to keep mentioning (without doing anything) / to blather on about sth
to connect (a cable etc) / to hook up (a device) / to resume (a conversation) / to set (a bone)
to plug into / to insert / to stick in
to be unable to intervene
to squeeze oneself up into (a crowded vehicle etc)
to care about / to take seriously / to take to heart
yours truly / yours sincerely (at the end of a letter)
not to deserve to be mentioned / not to qualify / below par
to be considered as outstanding or special / to be reckoned with / notable
(of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
Good morning!
Good evening!
essentially / inherent
easel painting
desktop
desktop computer
on the table / fig. everything open and above board
lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief
to get into a dispute with
tree-ripe
to deck the tree with false blossoms / to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom)
to dupe one's sovereign
historical / in history
(slang) mother / mom (from Japanese 母上 "haha-ue")
neither the best nor the worst / not too bad / better than some
(in) a fit of anger / (in) a foul mood
jet ski
jet ski
water park