1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)
含辛茹苦
hán xīn rú kǔ
1 to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship
2 to bear one's cross
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
宁为玉碎,不为瓦全
nìng wéi yù suì , bù wéi wǎ quán
1 Better broken jade than intact tile.
2 Death is preferable to dishonor. (idiom)
己所不欲,勿施于人
jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén
1 What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
2 Do as you would be done by.
3 Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
情人眼里出西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
1 lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
情人眼里有西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī
1 In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
施粥舍饭
shī zhōu shě fàn
1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)
东施效颦
Dōng Shī xiào pín
1 lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
2 fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
格格不入
gé gé bù rù
1 (idiom) inharmonious
2 incompatible
格物致知
gé wù zhì zhī
1 to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
添砖加瓦
tiān zhuān jiā wǎ
1 lit. contribute bricks and tiles for a building (idiom)
2 fig. to do one's bit to help
无计可施
wú jì kě shī
1 no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end
2 at the end of one's tether
3 powerless
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