1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
中西合璧
Zhōng Xī hé bì
1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
互别苗头
hù bié miáo tou
1 to compete with (idiom) (Tw)
2 to pit oneself against
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
1 a giant among men (idiom)
以其人之道,还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
1 to let things take their course (idiom)
2 to leave it to nature
3 laissez-faire
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
2 hoist by his own petard
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
冰炭不言,冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
出自肺腑
chū zì fèi fǔ
1 from the bottom of one's heart (idiom)
切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
2 to hit the nub of the matter
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
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