Results for “而”

(of a group) to stay together / to keep together

(idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ]) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle / to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger / to find a way to emerge from a dire situation

the masses rise to attack it (idiom) / Everyone is against the idea. / universally abhorrent

come trippingly

to expect in a short time (idiom) / also pr. [qiào zú ér dài]

to respond instantly / to act at once on hearing the news

hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects) / judge a person not by his words, but by his actions

to hear but not react (idiom) / to turn a deaf ear / to ignore deliberately

better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim

(idiom) from top to bottom / top-down

(idiom) from bottom to top / from the grass roots up / bottom-up

a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb) / fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity

to blurt out without thinking (idiom)

to speak and keep one's promise (idiom) / as good as one's word

(idiom) untrustworthy / not true to one's word

nothing serious / just hot air

to tease / to mock sb without offending / to banter

(idiom) to press on in the face of challenges

directly / head-on (collision) / in one's face (of wind)

to settle for second best / the next best thing

to sail against the current / (fig.) to go against the flow

If one can change after making a mistake, there is nothing better (idiom)

to come from far away

to avoid (doing sth)

to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly / to act according to one's means / to cut one's coat according to one's cloth

to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom) / to act within one's competence / One does what one can.

to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom) / to chisel away at sth / to persevere / unflagging efforts

(idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions

from that / following from that / after that

to recover speedily (idiom) / to get better quickly

to grin

lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student surpasses the master

to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom) / striving to the utmost one's whole life / with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day

(idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion

lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom) / fig. not to live up to one's promises

(idiom) to rise into the air

to walk in in a line

to file out / to walk out in a line

variant of 可望而不可及[kě wàng ér bù kě jí]

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