1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
1 self-explanatory
2 self-evident (idiom)
以其人之道,还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
1 to let things take their course (idiom)
2 to leave it to nature
3 laissez-faire
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
2 hoist by his own petard
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
冰炭不言,冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
出自肺腑
chū zì fèi fǔ
1 from the bottom of one's heart (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
功到自然成
gōng dào zì rán chéng
1 effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
2 fig. a blessing in disguise
3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
1 the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
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