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Moan and groan - sigh in despair
to go from door to door
extreme fondness toward a thing
to treasure one's wealth as it is one's life -stingy;miserly.
to be unable to help as one would want to
sympathetic but beyond one's power to give assistance
to love others with a due regard to what is right -to love with righteousness.
to extend love to the crows on the roof1.when one love another ,the affection is extended to one's friend;
2.he who loves betrand loves his dog.
be clear about what to love and what to hate.
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to walk step by step is as good as riding in a carriage/ poor but contented;

to have an easy pleasant walk instead of paying for a ride in a carriage
mindful of possible danger in the time of peace
to keep one's duty and have self-control/ to know one's station/ law abiding
to live in peace and enjoy one's work - to be satisfied with one's situation
willing to suffer poverty and unwilling to leave the right track - contented with poor living
All's quite well/ to sustain no injury/ to meet no danger
As stable as Taishan - very stable and safe
to have healthy body and no worry about livelihood
a place to stay - a roof to cover one
to dwell happily on one's native soil and scarely removal - love of quietness and being inactive

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be satisfied with the existing state of affairs - be content with things as they are
to lie peacefully on the pillow - to live without any worry
how can you know it is not blessing - the tide of fortune and misfortune change recipocally
to keep the troops unmoved - waiting and watching for good opportunity to strike
to follow according to the prescribed way - to proceed step by step/ orderly
to look for the thoroughbred horse that corresponds to the one drawn
make full use of the information and search for the subject
pretend to prepare to advance along one path while secretly going along another
do one thing under cover of another
hidden arrows are difficult to guard against
a convert attack such as slander is hard to avoid/ conspiracy is difficult to detect
a secret arrow injures a man - to hit below the belt/ to defame one's reputation secretly
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pale into insignificant - low-spirited; down-cast

overwhelmed by departure in the dark - departure of lovers
stride forward with one's chin up - manly gait
to clamour for feeding - said of an infant poor people
a gifted bond of haughtiness - self-respecting; independent
to regard all things with contempt - everything is beneath his regard; superciliousness
to draw out and help other who is in danger - to take up the cudgels against an injustice
scale mountains and ford streams - make a long and difficult journey
no fault in one's character or reputation
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to rise by own efforts; a self-made man

to hit the willows from a hundred paces away - good marksmanship; very accurate
ascended to the highest position; to go even a step further after having attained a high status
shoot with unfailing accuracy
every piece of abandoned work is pending operations - to put into effective operations
hundred kinds of flowers bloom together - all the flowers are in full bloom; spring time
said of the different schools of philosophy existing together
a hundred holes and thousand eruptions-destruction and ravages are everywhere; in great difficulties
even hundred mouths cannot explain it - difficult to get the truth; unexplainable
a happy union of hundred years - to wish for happiness of a wedded couple

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it take a hundred years to bring-up a person - education is a long-term project

through all thoughts it cannot be explained - failed to understand it
it is better to see once than hear a hundred times - seeing is believing
nothing can be relied on - void in life
never a failure in hundred trails - never having lost one in a hundred; accurate
only to follow and obey - to obey in every way
a hundred battle, a hundred victories - to win every battle
not daunted by reverses and misfortune - never - say - die
ruined and broken down walls - runied and destroyed houses after a fire or war.
to show off before an expert; to be conceited; to teach one's grandmother to suck eggs

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half the country left - any property or career being damaged and left only a part
half kati - eight tahils - six of one and half a dozen of the other; different in nothing
paralysed on one side of the body - as a result of a paralytic stroke
to give up halfway - to fail in completing a thing, work, business etc
half refused and half consent - between refusal and consent
half belief half doubt- doubtful; uncertain; to be half in doubt
to conceal a malicious intent under an honest contenance - to harbour malice
to include myraid phenomena - containing everything; rich in content
to have borne all the sorrows and hardships - experienced bitter suffering
eating to the full whole of the day
described one who knows only to eat and is good for nothing; satisfied with food every day

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to avenge a disgrace or insult

to cherish broken and worn out articles
to be fond of antiquity; unwilling to accept new things; utterly conservative
to hold the head and skulk away as a rat - to run away in shame or fright
to put out a fire with a handful of firewood
to add fuel to a fire; to attend affairs in a wrong way; the more one wishes to amend the succeed;
to assist a thing that one wants to get rid of
fierce; violent - with a cruel disposition one acts violently
reckless misuse of God's gifts - to misuse or abuse things;
to freely waste things that can be put to good use
as angry as thunder - fly into a rage
to bow low and bend the knees - to stoop before high and wealthy person; mean behaviour
the shadow of a bow in the cup was mistaken for a snake - self-created suspicion; imaginary; fears
cups and trays are scattered in disorder - in confusion;
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a cup of water to put out a load of burning firewood

a drop in the bucket; of very little effect, help or value; inadequate
the breast is full of grief and anger - to be lamentable and indignant
grief in separation and joy in union - separation and union
to lament against the Heaven and sympathize with the people
to feel for the people because of calamity or disaster; to give relief and salvation to the victims
to have undergone much worries and hardships
a fight with the back to the city - a dead struggle; a desperate battle with one's back on the wall
to run in the opposite direction - to militate against
money, which comes in a wrong way, will leave in a wrong way
the money that was gained in a wrong way could not last long
the original appearance - one's natural form
to have the order reversed
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it is difficult to convert one's original nature

very difficult to change one's nature; a leopard cannot change its spots
one was forced to do evil
one after another - common; numberous
fall short of the best but be better than the worst
certainly one will stoop and respect - one's attitude is very respectful
stern necessity
to close the door and protect oneself - to sever contact with others; to close the country to trade
to carry out one's idea irrespective of external circumstances;
being impractical; to do a thing subjectively
to value even one's worn out broom - to treasure one's own things
riding on a firewood cart in rags - to develop lands;
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to avoid the heavy and take the light - to shirk the difficult and take the easy
even a long lash will not reach him
beyond the reach of one's power or grasp; of one's ear, eyes and mind
to change the origin and increase to seriousness - to be more serious; from bad to worse
change irregulary - changeable, unpredictable
illusive and unfathomable - unpredictable
illusory and inconstant - vicissitudes
to act as circumstances may require - without asking for orders
covered all over with cuts and bruises - beaten black and blue; be a mass of bruises
to publish new and establish wonder
intentively creating new design and style; to set differently; to use an unusual heading
to be the same outside and inside - being in reality as in appearance

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to create a distinctive pattern of one's own - to create something that is uncommon to all
having open a new face
to do a thing in an unusual way; an unusual or different skill; to break fresh ground
to hoist separately one's banner - to be independent
having another heaven and earth - another state of existence; a wonderland; an uncommon place
there are ulterior motives - to have some end in view
the guests feel at home - as comfortable as at their own homes
both the guests and the hosts enjoy themselves to the full
refined and ceremonious - as a gentlemen; polite manners
ice flesh and jade bones - feminine chastity
clear as ice and pure as gem - pure-hearted; an incorrupt person; a virtuous woman

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ice melted and tile scattered - finished; collapsed; clear of misunderstanding

to be clear as ice and bright as snow - very clever
the soldiers did not stain their swords - to have won a victory without bloodshed
turmoil and chaos of war
a lotus with two blossoms on one stalk - harmony of husband and wife; felicitous wish of marriage
the carriages advancing in line - riding abreast; to keep pace with; to compare with
unparralleled in the same generation - no equal at the time; the only one
paralleled and unopposed - to be able to carry on two things at the same time without confliction
sickness comes in by the mouth - careful in taking food or drink, which might cause sickness
the disease has entered the vital region - incurable

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a man who regrets having no issue

a sudden change in countenance
suddenly burst into a fit of temper - very angry
with wide information and strong memory - extensive experience and good memory
invicible position - ever victory
unable to discriminate corn from barley - stupid; ignorant
the heart will not rest until (one) reaches the Huang river - firm determination
not showing by one's manner - without making noise; dead silent; unmoved
there are no two Buddhist's door - the only way
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not able to live together under the same sky - an irreconcilable enemy
no better than that - that is so so
the year in which one has no doubts - forty years of age
too numerous to be counted - innumerable; countless
one's name is not found in both the classics and history - of no origin; unknown
to execute without teaching - to execute without influence by teaching; improper punishment
far from human nature
one's pecullar disposition is not in harmony with others; unreasonable; disagreeable
able to run without shanks - the rapid circulation of written matter or discussions
neither overbearing nor humble - neither cringing nor rude; a happy medium
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it does not fall into a common snare - new; unusual

to have neither creepers nor branches
without wandering from the point and issue; consistent; straight forward
without entering the tiger's den, how can you get its young?
you must get through all sorts of difficulties and dangers in order to succeed
unable to lift up piece by piece - more than it can be listed
not fit for the capacity - incapable of taking the responsibility
an uninvited guest
neither painful nor itching - unfeeling; inaffective
not engaging in proper work - not performing one's own occupation
Not worth giving notice to - beneath consideration
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to fly away without wings - to lose something without cause

am I not happy? Very happy indeed
ill-gotten wealth (or gain)
be nothing difficult - be a cinch
do not say yes or no - to pass without remark
not take a proper measure of one's strength - overate one's own abilities
to seize the wind and grasp at shadows - to cast a doubt on others by concocting a fact;
to fabricate rumours so as to implicate others
to be uneasy in the chamber - said of a woman who is unfaithful to her husband
a wrong which failed to set right - a grievance that has not been redressed
reckless fellow - reckless characters who fail to realize their ambition; rascals

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