to talk incessantly / to chatter on and on
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see 前不著村，後不著店|前不着村，后不着店[]
lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom) / fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere / to be in a predicament
unique / unprecedented (idiom)
don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom) / benefit from past experience
unable to brake (stop)
upright and plainspoken
fixed / unalterable
not to be up to the task (idiom) / incompetent
beyond one's power (to do sth)
not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
high merit that one can never repay (idiom) / invaluable achievements
to be quick to take offense / to have a short fuse
to be unable to move a single step
no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat
(fig.) to fight a one-sided battle / to have an unfair advantage in a contest
the two cannot exist together (idiom) / irreconcilable differences / incompatible standpoints
impossible to resist (idiom) / an irresistible force
If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
(idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)
a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
wicked beyond redemption (idiom) / heinous
(saying) (usu. of a woman) to have no need to do household chores (washing clothes etc) / to lead a pampered life
even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
(lit.) there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (proverb) / (fig.) many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
teenage / in one's teens / adolescent
to not fully understand / to only partly understand
dull (lamplight)
underripe / half-cooked / (fig.) not mastered (of a technique) / clumsy / halting
paralysis of one side of the body / hemiplegia
to not fully understand (idiom)
shallow / not thorough / superficial
not worth mentioning
to be too petty or insignificant to mention / to not be worth mentioning (idiom)
standing out from the common crowd (idiom) / outstanding / preeminent
standing above the common crowd (idiom) / outstanding / excellent and unrivaled
extensive but not refined (idiom) / to know something about everything / jack-of-all-trades, master of none
lit. to occupy a latrine but not shit (proverb) / fig. to be a dog in the manger
national danger, but no support (idiom, from Analects) / the future of the nation is at stake but no-one comes to the rescue
to refuse would be impolite
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