1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
仁者见仁,智者见智
rén zhě jiàn rén , zhì zhě jiàn zhì
1 The benevolent sees benevolence, the wise sees wisdom.
2 Different views are admissible. (idiom)
来者不善,善者不来
lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái
1 He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
2 Be careful not to trust foreigners.
3 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
来者不拒
lái zhě bù jù
1 to refuse nobody (idiom)
2 all comers welcome
前不见古人,后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
1 unique
2 unprecedented (idiom)
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
2 history is written by the victors
含垢忍辱
hán gòu rěn rǔ
1 to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)
太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
姜太公钓鱼,愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
小不忍则乱大谋
xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu
1 (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
强忍悲痛
qiáng rěn bēi tòng
1 to try hard to suppress one's grief (idiom)
忍垢偷生
rěn gòu tōu shēng
1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍气吞声
rěn qì tūn shēng
1 to submit to humiliation (idiom); to suffer in silence
2 to swallow one's anger
3 to grin and bear it
忍无可忍
rěn wú kě rěn
1 more than one can bear (idiom); at the end of one's patience
2 the last straw
忍辱偷生
rěn rǔ tōu shēng
1 to bear humiliation to save one's skin (idiom)
忍辱负重
rěn rǔ fù zhòng
1 to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom); to suffer in silence
爱不忍释
ài bù rěn shì
1 to love sth too much to part with it (idiom)
惨不忍睹
cǎn bù rěn dǔ
1 spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight
2 appalling scenes of devastation
惨不忍闻
cǎn bù rěn wén
1 too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle
2 appalling scenes of devastation
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