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Fu jing qing zui |
Proffer a birch and ask for a
flogging. |
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Fu yu wan kang |
Fight stubbornly with ones
back to the wall. |
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Gen shen ye mao |
Have deep roots and luxurious
leaves. |
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Gou ji tiao qiang |
A cornered beast will do
something desperate. |
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Gou yao gou |
A dog-eat-dog struggle within
a puppet clique. |
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Gu zhang nan ming |
It is impossible to clap with
one hand. |
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Gu fang zi shang |
A solitary flower in love
with its own fragrance. |
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Gu nong xuan xu |
Purposely turn simple things
into mysteries. |
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Guan men da gou. |
To bolt the door and beat the
dog. |
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Guan kui li ce |
Look at the sky through a
bamboo tube and measure the sea with a calabash. |
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Gui guai |
Ghosts and monsters of all
kinds. |
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Gui ku lang hao |
Wail like ghosts and howl
like wolves. |
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Hai ku shi lan |
Even if the seas run dry and
the rocks crumble. |
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Hai di lao yue |
To try to fish the moon from
the bottom of the sea. |
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He li ji qun |
Like a crane standing among
chickens. |
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Hu jia hu wei |
The fox borrows the tiger's
terror. |
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Lao hu pi gu mo bu de |
Like a tiger whose backside
no-one dares to touch. |
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Lie huo jian zhen jin |
Pure gold proves its worth in
blazing fire. |
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Jin chan tuo qiao |
Slip out of a predicament
like a cicada sloughing its skin. |
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Ou duan si lian |
The lotus root snaps but its
fibres stay joined. |
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San cong si de |
The three obedience's (to
father before marriage, to husband after marriage and to son after death of husband) and
the four virtues (morality, proper speech, modest manner and diligent work). |
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Yang yong cheng huan |
A carbuncle neglected becomes
the bane of your life. |
