1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
2 fig. hell freezes over
3 pigs can fly
苦海无边，回头是岸
kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn
1 The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering.
2 Repent and ye shall be saved!
观衅伺隙
guān xìn sì xì
1 lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom)
2 fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points
3 to look for the Achilles' heel
话到嘴边留三分
huà dào zuǐ biān liú sān fēn
1 A still tongue makes a wise head. (idiom)
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