1 Taijiang district of Fuzhou city 福州市[Fú zhōu shì], Fujian
Idioms (20)
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
3 to keep going while some hope is left
人在江湖,身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
1 you can't always do as you like
2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
2 to blurt sth out
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
2 eloquent
3 glib
4 voluble
5 have the gift of the gab
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
2 (fig.) all over China
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
指点江山
zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān
1 to talk idly about important matters (idiom)
2 to set the world to rights
3 to pass judgment on everything
摸着石头过河
mō zhe shí tou guò hé
1 to wade across the river, feeling for footholds as one goes (idiom)
2 to advance cautiously, step by step
3 to feel one's way forward
文江学海
wén jiāng xué hǎi
1 river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis
春江水暖鸭先知
chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī
1 lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom)
2 fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows
暴虎冯河
bào hǔ píng hé
1 lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)
2 fig. to display foolhardy courage
江山易改,本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí
1 it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
2 you can't change who you are
3 Can the leopard change his spots?
江河日下
jiāng hé rì xià
1 rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad to worse
2 deteriorating day by day
江郎才尽
Jiāng láng cái jìn
1 Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom)
2 fig. to have used up one's creative powers
3 to have writer's block
河东狮吼
Hé dōng shī hǒu
1 lit. the lioness from Hedong roars (idiom)
2 fig. refers to a shrewish wife or a henpecked husband
河水不犯井水
hé shuǐ bù fàn jǐng shuǐ
1 lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another.
2 Mind your own business.
河清海晏
hé qīng hǎi yàn
1 the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm
2 the world is at peace (idiom)
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
牵马到河易,强马饮水难
qiān mǎ dào hé yì , qiǎng mǎ yǐn shuǐ nán
1 You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom)
翻江倒海
fān jiāng dǎo hǎi
1 lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
2 fig. overwhelming
3 earth-shattering
4 in a spectacular mess
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