1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
天下没有不散的筵席
tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí
1 all good things must come to an end (idiom)
天要落雨,娘要嫁人
tiān yào luò yǔ , niáng yào jià rén
1 the rain will fall, the womenfolk will marry (idiom)
2 fig. the natural order of things
3 something you can't go against
好样的
hǎo yàng de
1 (idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
搬石头砸自己的脚
bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
1 to move a stone and stub one's toe
2 to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬起石头砸自己的脚
bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
1 to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
2 hoisted by one's own petard
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