1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
一瓶子不响,半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一知半解
yī zhī bàn jiě
1 lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
2 dilettante
3 amateur
一身是胆
yī shēn shì dǎn
1 devoid of fear (idiom)
2 intrepid
一鳞半爪
yī lín bàn zhuǎ
1 lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom); only odd bits and pieces
事半功倍
shì bàn gōng bèi
1 half the work, twice the effect (idiom); the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
2 a stitch in time saves nine
人在江湖,身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
1 you can't always do as you like
2 one has to compromise in this world (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
以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
以身报国
yǐ shēn bào guó
1 to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
以身许国
yǐ shēn xǔ guó
1 to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom)
以身试法
yǐ shēn shì fǎ
1 to challenge the law (idiom)
2 to knowingly violate the law
净心修身
jìng xīn xiū shēn
1 to have an untroubled heart and behave morally (idiom)
分身乏术
fēn shēn fá shù
1 to be up to one's ears in work (idiom)
2 to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
包在我身上
bāo zài wǒ shēn shang
1 leave it to me (idiom)
2 I'll take care of it
半推半就
bàn tuī bàn jiù
1 half willing and half unwilling (idiom); to yield after making a show of resistance
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
1 (idiom) half true and half false
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
1 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
1 to not fully understand (idiom)
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