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杀身之祸 殺身之禍 shā shēn zhī huò (idiom) getting killed
Chinese Pinyin Translation
怕事 pà shì timid / to be afraid of getting involved / to be afraid of getting into trouble
时间不早了 時間不早了 shí jiān bù zǎo le it's getting late / time's getting on
杀君马者道旁儿 殺君馬者道旁兒 shā jūn mǎ zhě dào páng ér lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion) / fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on
民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]) / no way of getting by syn
逍遥法外 逍遙法外 xiāo yáo fǎ wài unfettered and beyond the law (idiom) / evading retribution / getting away with it (e.g. crimes) / still at large
不痛不痒 不痛不癢 bù tòng bù yǎng lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom) / sth is wrong, but not quite sure what / fig. not getting to any matter of substance / scratching the surface / superficial / perfunctory syn
得过且过 得過且過 dé guò qiě guò satisfied just to get through (idiom) / to muddle through / without high ambitions, but getting by syn
万事开头难 萬事開頭難 wàn shì kāi tóu nán every beginning is difficult (idiom) / getting started is always the hardest part syn
磨刀霍霍 mó dāo huò huò lit. to sharpen one's sword (idiom) / fig. to prepare to attack / to be getting ready for battle syn
上有政策，下有对策 上有政策，下有對策 shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
开弓没有回头箭 開弓沒有回頭箭 kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom) / fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back / to have to finish what one started / to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
打掉门牙，往肚子里咽 打掉門牙，往肚子裡嚥 dǎ diào mén yá , wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom) / fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically
博士买驴 博士買驢 bó shì - mǎi lǘ (idiom) to act like the scholar who wrote at length about buying a donkey without even mentioning the word "donkey" / to write at length without ever getting to the point
遇难 遇難 yù nàn to perish / to be killed syn
受害 shòu hài to suffer damage, injury etc / damaged / injured / killed / robbed syn
死亡人数 死亡人數 sǐ wáng rén shù number of people killed / death toll
蚩尤 chī yóu Chiyou, legendary tribal leader who was defeated and killed by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4]
毙命 斃命 bì mìng to meet violent death / to get killed syn
送命 sòng mìng to lose one's life / to get killed syn
就义 就義 jiù yì to be killed for a righteous cause / to die a martyr syn
罹难 罹難 lí nàn to die in an accident or disaster / to be killed syn
博古 bó gǔ Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash
血口 xuè kǒu bloody mouth (from devouring freshly killed prey)
项英 項英 xiàng yīng Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]
蒙难 蒙難 méng nàn to meet with disaster / killed / in the clutches of the enemy / to fall foul of / in danger syn
不免一死 bù miǎn yī sǐ cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal
阵亡者 陣亡者 zhèn wáng zhě people killed in battle
董卓 dǒng zhuó Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 呂布|吕布
玄武门之变 玄武門之變 xuán wǔ mén zhī biàn Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗
俄底浦斯 é dǐ pǔ sī Oedipus, legendary king of Thebes who killed his father and married his mother
克林德 kè lín dé Clemens von Ketteler (1853-1900), German diplomat killed during the Boxer Rebellion 義和團運動|义和团运动[Yi4he2tuan2 Yun4dong4]
好奇会吃苦头的 好奇會吃苦頭的 hào qí huì chī kǔ tou de Curiosity killed the cat.
川震 chuān zhèn Sichuan great earthquake, the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people / same as 四川大地震[Si4 chuan1 Da4 di4 zhen4]
杉山彬 shān shān bīn Tsugiyama Akira, secretary at the Japanese legation killed during the Boxer uprising
李公朴 李公樸 lǐ gōng pǔ Li Gongpu (-1946), communist killed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946
波洛涅斯 bō luò niè sī Polonius (name) / Shakespearean character, father of Ophelia, accidentally killed by Hamlet
关东地震 關東地震 guān dōng dì zhèn Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area
陕西大地震 陝西大地震 shǎn xī dà dì zhèn the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people
非活性疫苗 fēi huó xìng yì miáo inactivated vaccine / killed vaccine
牲体 牲體 shēng tǐ body of an animal (or human) killed sacrificially
耶洗别 耶洗別 yē xǐ bié Jezebel, wife of Ahab and mother of Ahaziah, major character in 1 Kings 16:31, 19:1, 21 and 2 Kings 9, killed by Jehu 耶戶|耶户[Ye1 hu4]
不干不净，吃了没病 不乾不淨，吃了沒病 bù gān bù jìng , chī le méi bìng a little dirt never killed anybody (proverb) / a couple of germs won't do you any harm
吐便当 吐便當 tǔ biàn dāng (slang) (of a character) to reappear in a story line after having been supposedly killed off / cf. 領盒飯|领盒饭[ling3 he2 fan4]
活口 huó kǒu sb who witnesses a crime and is not killed by the perpetrator / a captive who can provide information syn
过得 過得 guò dé How are you getting by? / How's life? / contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by / tolerably well / not too bad
晒太阳 曬太陽 shài tài yáng to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it)
得票 dé piào vote-getting
贪财 貪財 tān cái to be greedy in getting money syn
过得去 過得去 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life? syn
激将法 激將法 jī jiàng fǎ indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)
絮叨 xù dao long-winded / garrulous / to talk endlessly without getting to the point syn
吃得开 吃得開 chī de kāi to be popular / to be getting on well / much in demand syn
卧轨 臥軌 wò guǐ to lie across the railway tracks (to commit suicide or to prevent trains from getting through)
绕弯子 繞彎子 rào wān zi lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush syn
絮絮叨叨 xù xu dāo dāo long-winded / garrulous / to talk endlessly without getting to the point
追风逐电 追風逐電 zhuī fēng zhú diàn proceeding at a tremendous pace / getting on like a house on fire syn
人怕出名猪怕壮 人怕出名豬怕壯 rén pà chū míng zhū pà zhuàng lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price
奉子成婚 fèng zǐ chéng hūn to marry after getting pregnant
巴巴结结 巴巴結結 bā bā jiē jiē to manage with difficulty / only just getting by / in a difficult position
溜边 溜邊 liū biān to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
溜边儿 溜邊兒 liū biān r to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / (fig.) to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
绕弯子儿 繞彎子兒 rào wān zǐ r lit. to go on a long detour / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush
绕腾 繞騰 rào teng to run a long way around / fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the point / to beat about the bush
老了 lǎo le getting old
适婚期 適婚期 shì hūn qī age range suitable for getting married
站着说话不腰疼 站著說話不腰疼 zhàn zhe shuō huà bù yāo téng (saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter / (fig.) to be an armchair expert / to blabber on
人怕出名猪怕肥 人怕出名豬怕肥 rén pà chū míng zhū pà féi lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter) / fig. fame has its price
男怕入错行，女怕嫁错郎 男怕入錯行，女怕嫁錯郎 nán pà rù cuò háng , nǚ pà jià cuò láng men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)
苦哈哈 kǔ hā hā to have difficulty getting by / to struggle (financially etc)
一代不如一代 yī dài bù rú yī dài to be getting worse with each generation
先有后婚 先有後婚 xiān yǒu hòu hūn to marry after getting pregnant
越演越烈 yuè yǎn yuè liè to be intensifying / to be getting worse and worse / to start to run rampant
头痛医头，脚痛医脚 頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳 tóu tòng yī tóu , jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb) / reactive (rather than proactive)
麻麻亮 mā ma liàng (dialect) to begin to dawn / to be just getting light syn
闪离 閃離 shǎn lí to get divorced shortly after marriage / to resign shortly after getting employed
一日不如一日 yī rì bù rú yī rì to be getting worse by the day
刻奇 kè qí (loanword) kitsch, in a sense that originates in the writing of Milan Kundera: getting emotional about sth due to the influence of social conditioning
常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋 常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋 cháng zài hé biān zǒu , nǎ yǒu bù shī xié a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb) / (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)
恐婚 kǒng hūn to have an aversion to getting married
拼婚 pīn hūn to save money on wedding expenses by getting together with another couple (or couples) in arranging restaurant reservations, wedding photo shoots etc
上了年纪 上了年紀 shàng le nián jì to be getting on in years / to be of the older generation
天南地北 tiān nán - dì běi (idiom) far apart / (idiom) from different places / from all over / (idiom) (to talk) about this and that syn
从天而降 從天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng (idiom) to fall from the sky / (idiom) (fig.) to appear unexpectedly / to drop into one's lap syn
数一数二 數一數二 shǔ yī shǔ èr (idiom) reckoned to be best or second best / one of the very best / (idiom) to list one by one syn
雨过天晴 雨過天晴 yǔ guò tiān qíng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing1] syn
一技之长 一技之長 yī jì zhī cháng proficiency in a particular field (idiom) / skill in a specialized area (idiom) syn
博士买驴 博士買驢 bó shì mǎi lǘ lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom) / fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point / idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
死而不僵 sǐ ér bù jiāng dead but showing no signs of rigor mortis / to die hard (idiom) / to die yet not be vanquished (idiom)
磨穿铁砚 磨穿鐵硯 mó chuān tiě yàn to grind one's way through an ink stone / to persevere in a difficult task (idiom) / to study diligently (idiom)
雨过天青 雨過天青 yǔ guò tiān qīng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing2]
雪泥鸿爪 雪泥鴻爪 xuě ní hóng zhǎo a goose's footprint in the snow / vestiges of the past (idiom) / the fleeting nature of human life (idiom)
推来推去 推來推去 tuī lái tuī qù (idiom) to rudely push and pull others / (idiom) to evade responsibility and push it to others
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom) / fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
事不过三 事不過三 shì bù guò sān (idiom) a thing should not be attempted more than three times / don't repeat the same mistake again and again / (idiom) bad things don't happen more than three times
七弯八拐 七彎八拐 qī wān - bā guǎi (idiom) twisting and turning / (idiom) tricky and complicated
不知所以 bù zhī - suǒ yǐ (idiom) to not know the reason / (idiom) to not know what to do
不管不顾 不管不顧 bù guǎn - bù gù (idiom) to pay scant regard to (sth) / (idiom) unheeding / reckless syn
亭亭玉立 tíng tíng - yù lì (idiom) (of a woman) slender and elegant / (idiom) (of a plant) tall and straight syn
十拿九稳 十拿九穩 shí ná - jiǔ wěn (idiom) to be a cinch / in the bag / (idiom) (of a person) confident of success syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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