Results for “如”

to love one's country as one's own family (praise for a virtuous ruler)

(idiom) to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)

lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom) / fig. avaricious / tightfisted

to handle matters with ease (idiom) / to hold one's own

handling any occasion smoothly (idiom) / equal to any situation

to respond fluently / to answer smartly

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day / teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom)

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day / teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime / knowledge is the best charity

to handle easily (idiom) / effortless

to drip with sweat / sweat poured off (him)

(idiom) to do (sth) with great aplomb

lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom) / fig. to spend money like water / extravagant

lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom) / fig. seize the occasion

to operate (a machine etc) with ease

the show must go on (idiom)

the writing style mirrors the writer (idiom)

to prophesy with supernatural accuracy (idiom) / to have an incredible foresight

the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom) / How time flies!

see 易如反掌[yì rú fǎn zhǎng]

lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow

to be gone forever (idiom) / to disappear without a trace

just as expected

to toss away like a pair of worn-out shoes (idiom)

time flies (idiom)

the passage of the years / the flow of time

see 殺人如麻|杀人如麻[shā rén rú má]

(lit.) to kill people like scything flax (idiom) / (fig.) to kill people like flies

to breathe heavily like an ox (idiom) / to huff and puff

if you want sth done well, do it yourself (idiom)

sweating like rain (idiom) / to perspire profusely / sweating like a pig

vast as the open sea (idiom) / fig. extensive (library)

tears falling like rain (idiom)

very similar

(idiom) to be dead drunk / to be plastered

lit. as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs) / to endure hardship gladly / a glutton for punishment

to lead military operations with extraordinary skill

if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes

sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom) / expect to convalesce slowly

seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom) / seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing

short-sighted / limited vision