reproof / blame
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nonzero
(ling) unstressed (syllable)
unpremeditated
neither fish nor fowl / resembling nothing on earth
off-peak
black-or-white (e.g. good or bad, with no middle ground)
non-party
non-party member
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person / fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
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[])
to not really understand / to half-understand
like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind
three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom) / Rome wasn't built in a day
duplicity / hypocrisy (idiom)
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom) / between laughter and tears
a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good / also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
amphetamine (medical) (loanword)
lawsuit (from Cantonese)
to look for trouble
zebra tilapia / Tilapia buttikoferi (zoology)
compelled by the circumstances (to do sth) / (have) no other choice (but do sth) / (used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love
to stir up trouble
to choose the wrong person for the job
(after a pronoun or name) what (you, they etc) say is true
to entrust sth to the wrong person and get let down
to incite a quarrel (idiom) / to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief
to eradicate pornography and illegal publications
to incite a quarrel (idiom) / to sow discord between people / to tell tales / to make mischief
to stir up trouble / to provoke angry exchange
(idiom) to cover up one's faults / to whitewash
to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
unable to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
trouble spot / sketchy area
to distinguish right from wrong (idiom)
lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom) / fig. merits and demerits / pros and cons
to determine right and wrong based on public opinion (idiom) / Public opinion will judge what's right and wrong.
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