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the game is not worth the candle
- 得不偿失dé bú cháng shī
be not worth the candle, get more kicks than halfpence
- 不值bú zhí
not worth
- 豁拳huō quán
play the finger-guessing game; finger-guessing game
- 草菅人命cǎo jiān rén mìng
act as if human life is not worth a straw
- 赢得比赛yíng dé bǐ sài
win the game; win the match
- 孺子可教rú zǐ kě jiāo
The young man is promising and worthy to be taught.; The boy is worth teaching.
- 病入膏肓bìng rù gāo huāng
the disease is not curable
- 过分耗费guò fèn hào fèi
burn the candle at both ends
- 赏识shǎng shí
recognize the worth of; appreciate; win recognition from sb.
- 桀纣之恶jié zhòu zhī è
The devil is not so black as he is painted.
- 行动光明正大háng dòng guāng míng zhèng dà
play the game
- 遵守比赛规则zūn shǒu bǐ sài guī zé
play the game
- 是否shì fǒu
if; whether; whether or not; is or isn't; if ... or not
- 微不足道的wēi bú zú dào de
negligible, inappreciable, insignificant, not worth mention
- 本固枝荣běn gù zhī róng
when the root is firm,the branches flourish
- 醉翁之意不在酒zuì wēng zhī yì bú zài jiǔ
The drinker's heart is not in the cup -- to have ulterior motives
- 不单bú dān
not merely, not the only
- 未wèi
did not; have not; not; the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches; a surname
- 贞节无瑕zhēn jiē wú xiá
There is not a speck on the honour.
- 今不如昔jīn bú rú xī
be worse than before; The present is not as good as the past.
- 趁风扬帆chèn fēng yáng fān
hoist the sail by taking advantage of the wind; hoist the sail while the wind
- 不可能bú kě néng
impossibility, out of the question, when the devil is blind
- 合格的hé gé de
eligible; regular; worth the name
- 赊三不敌见二shē sān bú dí jiàn èr
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
- 旁观者清páng guān zhě qīng
The onlookers see most clearly.; The outsider sees the most of the game.
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