1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
1 What brings you here? (idiom)
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
吹毛求疵
chuī máo qiú cī
1 lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
2 nitpick
吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
2 fig. to die
3 to bite the dust
4 to be over and done with
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
旁观者清
páng guān zhě qīng
1 The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The spectator sees more of the game.
智者千虑，必有一失
zhì zhě qiān lu:4 , bì yǒu yī shī
1 lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible
更有甚者
gèng yǒu shèn zhě
1 furthermore (idiom)
有志者事竟成
yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng
1 a really determined person will find a solution (idiom); where there's a will, there's a way
当局者迷，旁观者清
dāng jú zhě mí , páng guān zhě qīng
1 The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clear (idiom). The onlooker sees more of the game.
皎皎者易污
jiǎo jiǎo zhě yì wū
1 Virtue is easily sullied. (idiom)
知人者智，自知者明
zhī rén zhě zhì , zì zhī zhě míng
1 those who understand others are clever, but those who know themselves are truly wise (idiom, from Laozi's 道德經|道德经[Dào dé jīng]
砍头不过风吹帽
kǎn tóu bù guò fēng chuī mào
1 to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)
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