Results for “而”

to jump up suddenly / to bound up / to rise up in one bound

to flash past / to flit by

to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)

see 一哄而散[yī hōng ér sàn]

thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)

think three times then go (idiom) / don't act before you've thought it through carefully

by no means an isolated case / numerous

lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom) / not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable

open hostilities without declaring war / start an undeclared war

lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom) / fig. to tremble with fear / to be terrified

to be unable to get into (a house, an organization, a field of study, a particular type of career etc)

(idiom) to have an aura of authority / to have a commanding presence

do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)

happen unexpectedly / turn out contrary to one's expectations

to arrive unexpectably / unexpected

meet by chance / have a chance encounter

to recover spontaneously (from an illness) / to get better without medical treatment

(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation / (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently / as if by prior agreement

to get round fast / to spread like wildfire

to agree without prior consultation / to happen to hold the same view

to arrive without invitation / unexpected guest / unwanted presence

Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? / We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Hán Yù])

see 任重道遠|任重道远[rèn zhòng dào yuǎn]

to speak frankly with assurance

not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind

(literary) very soon / before long

if

occasionally / once in a while

have sth ready just in case / keep sth for possible future use

the whole nest came out (idiom) / to turn out in full strength

to listen attentively

(idiom) that's all / just this and nothing more

to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yuè yáng Lóu Jì] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fàn Zhòng yān])

globally / worldwide

(idiom) to escape unscathed / to get through in one piece

for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom) / to behave altruistically / selfless

miniature / scaled-down / forming a microcosm

to have both (at the same time)

lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom) / fig. to be principled and incorruptible

(idiom) to divide and rule