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饱汉不知饿汉饥
bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī
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The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
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飽漢不知餓漢飢
bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī
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The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).
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香火不绝
xiāng huǒ bù jué
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an unending stream of pilgrims
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香火不絕
xiāng huǒ bù jué
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an unending stream of pilgrims
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馬不停蹄
mǎ bù tíng tí
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unrelenting;
without stopping to rest
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马尾穿豆腐，提不起来
mǎ wěi chuān dòu fu ， tí bu qǐ lai
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lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it;
fig. let's not talk of this (pun on 提[ti2])
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馬尾穿豆腐，提不起來
mǎ wěi chuān dòu fu ， tí bu qǐ lai
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lit. like tofu strung on horsetail, you can't lift it;
fig. let's not talk of this (pun on 提[ti2])
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马无夜草不肥，人无外快不富
mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi ， rén wú wài kuài bù fù
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a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)
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馬無夜草不肥，人無外快不富
mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi ， rén wú wài kuài bù fù
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a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)
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惊叹不已
jīng tàn bù yǐ
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to exclaim in astonishment
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驚嘆不已
jīng tàn bù yǐ
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to exclaim in astonishment
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驴唇不对马嘴
lǘ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ
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lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom);
fig. beside the point;
incongruous
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驢唇不對馬嘴
lǘ chún bù duì mǎ zuǐ
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lit. a donkey's lips do not match a horse's mouth (idiom);
fig. beside the point;
incongruous
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高不成低不就
gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù
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can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
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高不凑低不就
gāo bù còu dī bù jiù
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can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
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高不湊低不就
gāo bù còu dī bù jiù
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can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
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高低不就
gāo dī bù jiù
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can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
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高攀不上
gāo pān bù shàng
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to be unworthy to associate with (sb of higher social status)
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高处不胜寒
gāo chù bù shèng hán
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it's lonely at the top (idiom)
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高處不勝寒
gāo chù bù shèng hán
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it's lonely at the top (idiom)
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郁郁不得志
yù yù bù dé zhì
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soured by the loss of one's hopes
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鬱鬱不得志
yù yù bù dé zhì
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soured by the loss of one's hopes
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郁郁不乐
yù yù bù lè
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discontented (idiom)
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鬱鬱不樂
yù yù bù lè
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discontented (idiom)
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魂不守舍
hún bù shǒu shè
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to be preoccupied (idiom);
to be inattentive;
to be frightened out of one's mind
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