1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
净心修身
jìng xīn xiū shēn
1 to have an untroubled heart and behave morally (idiom)
姑置勿论
gū zhì wù lùn
1 to put something aside for the time being (idiom)
年久失修
nián jiǔ shī xiū
1 old and in a state of disrepair (idiom)
2 dilapidated
推心置腹
tuī xīn zhì fù
1 to give one's bare heart into sb else's keeping (idiom); sb has one's absolute confidence
2 to trust completely
3 to confide in sb with entire sincerity
措置裕如
cuò zhì yù rú
1 to handle easily (idiom); effortless
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
1 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
2 to stress the incidental over the fundamental
3 to put the cart before the horse
漠然置之
mò rán zhì zhī
1 to set to one side and ignore (idiom); quite indifferent
2 cold and uncaring
无可置疑
wú kě zhì yí
1 cannot be doubted (idiom)
无容置疑
wú róng zhì yí
1 cannot be doubted (idiom)
置之不问
zhì zhī bù wèn
1 to pass by without showing interest (idiom)
置之不理
zhì zhī bù lǐ
1 to pay no heed to (idiom)
2 to ignore
3 to brush aside
置之死地
zhì zhī sǐ dì
1 to place sb on field of death
2 to confront with mortal danger
3 to give sb no way out
4 with one's back to the wall
5 looking death in the eye
6 part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生
置之死地而后生
zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng
1 place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger
2 fig. to find a way out of an impasse
置若罔闻
zhì ruò wǎng wén
1 to turn a deaf ear to (idiom); to pretend not to hear
置诸高阁
zhì zhū gāo gé
1 lit. place on a high shelf
2 to pay no attention to (idiom)
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