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人之将死，其言也善rén zhī jiāng sǐ , qí yán yě shàn

words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)

人非生而知之者，孰能无惑rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò

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])

他山之石可以攻玉tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù

lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom) / to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside / to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively

付之一叹fù zhī yī tàn

to dismiss with a sigh (idiom) / a hopeless case

付之一笑fù zhī yī xiào

(idiom) to dismiss sth with a laugh / to laugh it off

付之丙丁fù zhī bǐng dīng

to burn down (idiom)

付之度外fù zhī dù wài

to think nothing of doing sth (idiom) / to do sth without considering the risks / to leave out of consideration

付之行动fù zhī xíng dòng

to put into action / to transform into acts

代之以dài zhī yǐ

(has been) replaced with / (its) place has been taken by

以其人之道，还治其人之身yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn

to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhū Xī]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine

以子之矛，攻子之盾yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn

lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子) / turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard

以小人之心，度君子之腹yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù

to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)

伯仲之间bó zhòng zhī jiān

almost on a par

低俗之风dī sú zhī fēng

vulgar style (used of items to be censored)

俯仰之间fǔ yǎng zhī jiān

in a flash

倒悬之危dào xuán zhī wēi

lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits

倒悬之急dào xuán zhī jí

lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits

倒悬之苦dào xuán zhī kǔ

lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits

偶一为之ǒu yī wéi zhī

to do sth once in a while (idiom) / to do sth more as an exception than the rule

伤弓之鸟shāng gōng zhī niǎo

see 驚弓之鳥|惊弓之鸟[jīng gōng zhī niǎo]

先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu , hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè

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])