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毛出在羊身上
máo chū zài yáng shēn shàng
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lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.;
Nothing comes for free.
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泥菩萨过江，自身难保
ní pú sà guò jiāng ， zì shēn nán bǎo
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like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety;
unable to save oneself, let alone others
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泥菩薩過江，自身難保
ní pú sà guò jiāng ， zì shēn nán bǎo
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like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety;
unable to save oneself, let alone others
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渾身
hún shēn
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all over;
from head to foot
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浑身上下
hún shēn shàng xià
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all over;
from head to toe
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渾身上下
hún shēn shàng xià
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all over;
from head to toe
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浑身解数
hún shēn xiè shù
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to give it your all;
to go at it with all you've got;
to throw your whole weight behind it;
also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4]
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渾身解數
hún shēn xiè shù
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to give it your all;
to go at it with all you've got;
to throw your whole weight behind it;
also pr. [hun2 shen1 jie3 shu4]
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滿身
mǎn shēn
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covered all over
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满身尘埃
mǎn shēn chén āi
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dusty
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滿身塵埃
mǎn shēn chén āi
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dusty
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潔身自好
jié shēn zì hào
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clean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality;
to shun evil influence;
to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble;
to keep one's hands clean
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澡身浴德
zǎo shēn yù dé
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to bathe the body and cleanse virtue (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation;
cleanliness is next to godliness
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濯身
zhuó shēn
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to keep oneself clean (figurative)
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无处容身
wú chù róng shēn
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nowhere to hide
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無處容身
wú chù róng shēn
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nowhere to hide
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熱身
rè shēn
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to warm up (sports);
(fig.) to prepare;
to get in condition
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熱身賽
rè shēn sài
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exhibition game
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牵一发而动全身
qiān yī fà ér dòng quán shēn
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lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves;
fig. a slight change will affect everything else;
the butterfly effect
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牽一髮而動全身
qiān yī fà ér dòng quán shēn
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lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves;
fig. a slight change will affect everything else;
the butterfly effect
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獅身人面像
shī shēn rén miàn xiàng
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sphinx
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獨身
dú shēn
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unmarried;
single
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獻身
xiàn shēn
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to commit one's energy to;
to devote oneself to;
to sacrifice one's life for;
(coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity to
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現身
xiàn shēn
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to show oneself;
to appear;
(of a deity) to appear in the flesh
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現身說法
xiàn shēn shuō fǎ
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to talk from one's personal experience;
to use oneself as an example
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