1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
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)
亘古不变
gèn gǔ bù biàn
1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
2 unalterable
3 unvarying
4 monotonous
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (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
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
1 to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)
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)
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)
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)
千古罪人
qiān gǔ zuì rén
1 sb condemned by history (idiom)
千古遗恨
qiān gǔ yí hèn
1 to have eternal regrets (idiom)
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