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The devil is good when he is pleased.
- 诽过其实fěi guò qí shí
paint the devil blacker than he is
- 不可能bú kě néng
impossibility, out of the question, when the devil is blind
- 桀纣之恶jié zhòu zhī è
The devil is not so black as he is painted.
- 落井下石luò jǐng xià shí
hit a person when he is down
- 本固枝荣běn gù zhī róng
when the root is firm,the branches flourish
- 饥餐渴饮jī cān kě yǐn
eat when hungry and drink when thirsty; When one is hungry, he eats and when
- 好端端hǎo duān duān
when everything is all right
- 趁风扬帆 is good [blows]; set sail when the wind is fair
- 肚饱思睡dù bǎo sī shuì
When the belly is full, the bones would be at rest.
- 趁便chèn biàn
when it is convenient; at one's convenience
- 穷则思变 changes when he is in extreme poverty.
- 言过其实yán guò qí shí
paint the devil blacker than he is; All his geese are swans.; carry sth too far
- 强颜欢笑qiáng yán huān xiào
try to show happyness when one is sad
- 事出有因shì chū yǒu yīn
there is good reason for it
- 良药苦口 welcome effects.; Good advice, like medicine, is hard to take.; The remedy is tough but salutary.
- 忌口jì kǒu
avoid certain food (as when one is ill); be on a diet
- 贼去关门zéi qù guān mén
lock the stable door when the horse is stolen
- 肚子如鼓dù zǐ rú gǔ
The belly is large like a drum.
- 间不容发jiān bú róng fā
the situation is extremely critical
- 饥不择食 good appetite is a good sauce; Beggars must not be choosers.; Hunger is the best sauce.
- 万事大吉wàn shì dà jí
everything is just fine
- 多多益善duō duō yì shàn
The more, the better.; All and sundry will be turned to good account.; The more
- 攻其不备gōng qí bú bèi
strike where the enemy is unprepared
- 趁热打铁chèn rè dǎ tiě
strike while the iron is hot; strike while iron is hot; Strike while the iron is
- 忠言逆耳zhōng yán nì ěr
good advice is harsh to the ear
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