1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
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)
令人发指
lìng rén fà zhǐ
1 to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
伸手不见五指
shēn shǒu bù jiàn wǔ zhǐ
1 pitch-dark (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
十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ
1 to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
2 to lead a pampered life
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
如臂使指
rú bì shǐ zhǐ
1 as the arm moves the finger (idiom)
2 freely and effortlessly
3 to have perfect command of
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
屈指可数
qū zhǐ kě shǔ
1 can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)
2 very few
弹指一挥间
tán zhǐ yī huī jiān
1 in a flash (idiom)
弹指之间
tán zhǐ zhī jiān
1 a snap of the fingers (idiom); in an instant
2 in a short moment
3 in a flash
4 in the twinkling of an eye
指手划脚
zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
1 to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
2 to criticize or give orders summarily
3 also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
指手画脚
zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
1 to gesticulate while talking (idiom)
2 to explain by waving one's hands
3 to criticize or give orders summarily
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