1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
另起炉灶
lìng qǐ lú zào
1 lit. to set up a separate kitchen (idiom); to start from scratch
2 back to square one
3 to start of on a new path
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
2 fig. hell freezes over
3 pigs can fly
炉火纯青
lú huǒ chún qīng
1 lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom)
2 fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
苦海无边,回头是岸
kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn
1 The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
2 Repent and ye shall be saved!
话到嘴边留三分
huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn
1 A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
重起炉灶
chóng qǐ lú zào
1 to start over from scratch (idiom)
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