How to say [X] in Chinese

lit. to fling a meat bun at a dog (idiom)

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肉包子打狗

ròu bāo zǐ dǎ gǒu

lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom)

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挂羊头卖狗肉

guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu

lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)

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一碗水端平

yì wǎn shuǐ duān píng

lit. to inject chicken blood

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打鸡血

dǎ jī xuè

lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom)

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赴汤蹈火

fù tāng dǎo huǒ

lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey

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杀鸡给猴看

shā jī gěi hóu kàn

lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)

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杀鸡取卵

shā jī qǔ luǎn

lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom)

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率兽食人

shuài shòu shí rén

lit. to lead the water through the wall

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引水入墙

yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng

lit. to mistake a chicken for a phoenix (idiom)

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认鸡作凤

rèn jī zuò fèng

lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom)

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不显山不露水

bù xiǎn shān bú lù shuǐ

lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes

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三茶六饭

sān chá liù fàn

lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom)

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开源节流

kāi yuán jié liú

lit. to point at the chicken while scolding the dog (idiom)

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指鸡骂狗

zhǐ jī mà gǒu

lit. to pull sb into the water

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拖下水

tuō xià shuǐ

lit. to pull sb into the water

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拖人下水

tuō rén xià shuǐ

lit. to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit (idiom)

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敬酒不吃吃罚酒

jìng jiǔ bù chī chī fá jiǔ

lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)

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水中捞月

shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè

lit. to sell hot food freshly cooked

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热炒热卖

rè chǎo rè mài

lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom)

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以卵击石

yǐ luǎn jī shí

lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)

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左右逢源

zuǒ yòu féng yuán

lit. to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom)

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蝇营狗苟

yíng yíng gǒu gǒu

lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom)

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牛不喝水强按头

niú bù hē shuǐ qiáng àn tóu