Results for “如”

solid as a boulder (idiom) / absolutely secure / rock-firm and unyielding

it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better

(lit.) as numerous as the hairs of an ox (idiom) / (fig.) innumerable / countless

a lot worse than it used to be

the wise may appear stupid (idiom) / a genius not appreciated in his own time

pouring with rain / rain bucketing down

better a bad life than a good death (idiom)

the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)

sparkling with wit (idiom)

(idiom) to hate evil as one hates an enemy

study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind

to keep oneself pure / to preserve one's integrity / to remain chaste

as secure as Mount Taishan / as solid as a rock

as solid as rock (idiom) / as sure as houses

intact / untouched / as good as before

extreme poverty (idiom) / destitute / penniless / poor as church mice

able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom) / having a ready answer

lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom) / fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly

the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom) / honesty is the best policy

to be better than

the past is vanished like the wind / gone beyond recall

readily following good advice (idiom) / willing to accept other people's views

doing good is like a hard climb, doing evil is like an easy fall (idiom)

to follow admonition as natural flow (idiom) / to accept criticism or correction (even from one's inferiors)

one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom) / confused / disconcerted / upset

lit. heart and mouth as one (idiom) / to say what you think / honest and straightforward

to feel as if having one's heart cut out (idiom) / to be torn with grief

to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)

to be at peace with oneself

see 心急如焚[xīn jí rú fén]

meticulous / very careful or attentive

(idiom) meticulous / very careful or attentive

lit. as hurried as a shooting star (idiom) / requiring immediate action / extremely urgent

to be as if... / to be rather like...

like a thing of the previous generation / as if it were a lifetime ago

deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom) / (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)

just as if

how about it? / what do you think?

to love sb (or sth) as one loves life itself

love others as self