(exp) expression meaning that you learn, without realising it, from what is around you
a saint's maid quotes Latin
lit: the young monk before the gate can read sutra without studying them
(exp) (id) Talk about next year and the devil will laugh
(exp) A drowning man will catch at a straw
(exp) (comp) to exit from the application
(exp) (comp) to restore the window to normal size
(exp) (comp) to dismiss a dialog box
(exp) (arch) nothing ventured, nothing gained
(exp) (arch) nothing ventured, nothing gained
(exp) (arch) nothing ventured, nothing gained
(exp) to do something with painful reluctance
(exp) (id) Once a beggar, always a beggar
(exp) (id) When you wish to be filial, your parents are gone
(exp) a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
(exp) a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
(exp) a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
(exp) a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
(exp) exaggeration
making a mountain out of a molehill
(exp) (id) Where there's a will, there's a way
(exp) take a long walk off a short pier
go stick your head in a pig
lit: bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die
(exp) (id) He who runs after two hares will catch neither
(exp) (comp) thesaurus with preferred terms
(exp,v5u) to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)
(exp,v5u) to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)
(exp) (id) He that has a head of glasses must not throw stones at another
(exp) (arch) If you wish to succeed, first help others to succeed (from Analects of Confucius)
(exp) (id) Lose a leg rather than a life
(exp) (id) Nothing venture, nothing gain
(exp) (id) Mind your own business
(exp) (id) The thief caught turn out to be one's own son
(exp) to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end
