How to say [X] in Chinese

lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)

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四大皆空

sì dà jiē kōng

lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom)

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齐人之福

qí rén zhī fú

lit. the humiliation of having to crawl between the legs of one's adversary (as Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] supposedly did rather than engage in a sword fight) (idiom)

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胯下之辱

kuà xià zhī rǔ

lit. the man has gold under his knees

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男人膝下有黄金

nán rén xī xià yǒu huáng jīn

lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)

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一山不容二虎

yì shān bù róng èr hǔ

lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom)

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这山望着那山高

zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo

lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)

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塞翁失马

sài wēng shī mǎ

lit. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)

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五十步笑百步

wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù

lit. the river that divides Chu and Han

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楚河汉界

chǔ hé hàn jiè

lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom)

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乌鸟私情

wū niǎo sī qíng

lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4 chang1 Gong1 zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom)

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乐昌破镜

lè chāng pò jìng

lit. the three legs of a tripod

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鼎足

dǐng zú

lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom)

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破镜重圆

pò jìng zhòng yuán

lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom)

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喧宾夺主

xuān bīn duó zhǔ

lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom)

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鞭长莫及

biān cháng mò jí

lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom)

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柳暗花明

liǔ àn huā míng

lit. there is a knife above the character for lust

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色字头上一把刀

sè zì tóu shàng yì bǎ dāo

lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom)

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八字没一撇

bā zì méi yì piě

lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom)

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八字还没一撇儿

bā zì hái méi yì piě ér

lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom)

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认贼作父

rèn zéi zuò fù

lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom)

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争长论短

zhēng cháng lùn duǎn

lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom)

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顾此失彼

gù cǐ shī bǐ

lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse

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中箭落马

zhōng jiàn luò mǎ

lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom)

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一鼻孔出气

yì bí kǒng chū qì