How to say [X] in Chinese

to appear before (one's eyes)

communication

映入

yìng rù

to appear before one's eyes

communication

入眼

rù yǎn

to appreciate one's good fortune

communication

惜福

xī fú

to approach one's coffin (idiom)

communication

行将就木

xíng jiāng jiù mù

to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)

communication

占为己有

zhàn wèi jǐ yǒu

to approve by nodding one's head and smacking one's lips (idiom)

communication

点头咂嘴

diǎn tóu zā zuǐ

to argue (that)

communication

辩称

biàn chēng

to arrive at (some place or time)

communication

到得

dào dé

to ask oneself

communication

自问

zì wèn

to assess one's capabilities and act accordingly (idiom)

communication

量力而行

liàng lì ér xíng

to assess one's income and spend accordingly (idiom)

communication

量入为出

liàng rù wéi chū

to assist one's husband and educate the children (idiom)

communication

相夫教子

xiāng fū jiào zǐ

to assuage one's anger

communication

解气

jiě qì

to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom)

social

冒名顶替

mào míng dǐng tì

to attach sb's name to (a role)

social

挂名

guà míng

to attack (one another)

communication

对攻

duì gōng

to attack and defend (usu. in reference to opposing sides, but can be one party playing both roles)

social

攻防

gōng fáng

to attempt all tasks at once

communication

一把抓

yì bǎ zhuā

to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member

social

送终

sòng zhōng

to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders)

communication

避讳

bì huì

to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)

communication

躲年

duǒ nián

to banish from one's thoughts

communication

置之脑后

zhì zhī nǎo hòu

to bare one's chest

communication

打赤膊

dǎ chì bó

to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)

communication

以泪洗面

yǐ lèi xǐ miàn