1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué
1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄
jiā guān jìn lù
1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
年功加俸
nián gōng jiā fèng
1 increase in salary according to one's service record for the year (idiom)
强扭的瓜不甜
qiǎng niǔ de guā bù tián
1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)
2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen
快马加鞭
kuài mǎ jiā biān
1 to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
2 to go as fast as possible
悔恨交加
huǐ hèn jiāo jiā
1 to feel remorse and shame (idiom)
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
lā jiā dài kǒu
1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
2 tied down by family obligations
捡了芝麻丢了西瓜
jiǎn le zhī ma diū le xī guā
1 to let go of the big prize while grabbing at trifles (idiom)
文不加点
wén bù jiā diǎn
1 to write a flawless essay in one go (idiom)
2 to be quick-witted and skilled at writing compositions
有则改之,无则加勉
yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn
1 correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě
1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
欲加之罪,何患无辞
yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí
1 If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb
2 Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
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
滚瓜烂熟
gǔn guā làn shú
1 lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently
2 to know sth inside out
3 to know sth by heart
火上加油
huǒ shàng jiā yóu
1 to add oil to the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation
2 to enrage people and make matters worse
无以复加
wú yǐ fù jiā
1 in the extreme (idiom)
2 incapable of further increase
王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā
1 every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
2 all one's geese are swans
瓜熟蒂落
guā shú dì luò
1 when the melon is ripe, it falls (idiom); problems sort themselves out in the fullness of time
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