身在曹营心在汉 身在曹營心在漢 shēn zài cáo yíng xīn zài hàn live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom) / to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else 路遇 lù yù to meet (sb) by chance on the way somewhere / to encounter (sth) on the way somewhere 着手成春 著手成春 zhuó shǒu chéng chūn lit. set out and it becomes spring (idiom) / to effect a miracle cure (of medical operation) / to bring back the dead / once it starts, everything goes well 凶多吉少 兇多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious / everything points to disaster syn 面面俱到 miàn miàn jù dào (idiom) take care of everything / handle everything syn 和盘托出 和盤托出 hé pán tuō chū lit. to put everything out including the tray / to reveal everything / to make a clean breast of it all syn 左右逢源 zuǒ yòu féng yuán lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) / fig. to turn everything into gold / to have everything going one's way / to benefit from both sides syn 改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn 有始有终 有始有終 yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōng where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. syn 善始善终 善始善終 shàn shǐ shàn zhōng where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. syn 吴头楚尾 吳頭楚尾 wú tóu chǔ wěi lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom) / fig. close together / head-to-tail / one thing starts where the other leaves off 有头有尾 有頭有尾 yǒu tóu yǒu wěi where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom) / to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish. syn 兰因絮果 蘭因絮果 lán yīn xù guǒ starts well but ends in separation (of marital relations) syn 时写时辍 時寫時輟 shí xiě shí chuò to write for a bit then give up / to write in fits and starts 三天打鱼，两天晒网 三天打魚，兩天曬網 sān tiān dǎ yú , liǎng tiān shài wǎng lit. to fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb) / fig. not to persevere in doing sth / to do sth by fits and starts 伪命题 偽命題 wěi mìng tí false proposition / fundamentally flawed notion / (in popular usage, can also refer to anything based on a flawed notion, such as a false dichotomy or a question that starts with a false premise) 哪里 哪裡 nǎ lǐ where? / somewhere / anywhere / wherever / nowhere (negative answer to question) / humble expression denying compliment syn 哪儿 哪兒 nǎ r where? / wherever / anywhere / somewhere / (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...? / how could ...? syn 什么地方 什麽地方 shén me dì fang somewhere / someplace / where 停留 tíng liú to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over syn 出行 chū xíng to go out somewhere (relatively short trip) / to set off on a journey (longer trip) syn 作客 zuò kè to live somewhere as a visitor / to stay with sb as a guest / to sojourn syn 赶往 趕往 gǎn wǎng to hurry to (somewhere) syn 听来 聽來 tīng lái to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc) / to ring (true) / to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression) / to hear from somewhere 离家出走 離家出走 lí jiā chū zǒu to leave home (to live somewhere else) 某处 某處 mǒu chù somewhere 某地 mǒu dì somewhere / some place 派往 pài wǎng to dispatch sb somewhere 客居 kè jū to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest syn 蹲 dūn to crouch / to squat / to stay (somewhere) syn 窜踞 竄踞 cuàn jù to flee in disorder and encamp somewhere 白住 bái zhù to live (somewhere) for free 另谋高就 另謀高就 lìng móu gāo jiù to get a better job somewhere else (idiom) / to seek alternative employment 东方不亮西方亮 東方不亮西方亮 dōng fāng bù liàng xī fāng liàng if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom) / if something doesn't work here, it might work somewhere else 爪哇国 爪哇國 zhǎo wā guó ancient state located in present-day Java 爪哇[Zhao3wa1] / (fig.) somewhere remote, inaccessible or obscure 自驾 自駕 zì jià to drive oneself somewhere 自驾车 自駕車 zì jià chē to drive oneself somewhere / private vehicle / (Tw) self-driving car / autonomous car 一切 yī qiè everything / every / all syn 竟然 jìng rán unexpectedly / to one's surprise / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually / to go as far as to syn 无不 無不 wú bù none lacking / none missing / everything is there / everyone without exception syn 六合 liù hé the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down) / the whole country / the universe / everything under the sun syn 倾诉 傾訴 qīng sù to say everything (that is on one's mind) syn 奋力 奮力 fèn lì to do everything one can / to spare no effort / to strive syn 凡事 fán shì everything syn 一网打尽 一網打盡 yī wǎng dǎ jìn lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom) / fig. to scoop up the whole lot / to capture them all in one go syn 席卷 席捲 xí juǎn to engulf / to sweep / to carry away everything syn 事事 shì shì everything syn 应有尽有 應有盡有 yīng yǒu jìn yǒu everything that should be here is here (idiom) / all one can think of is on hand / to have all one needs syn 海阔天空 海闊天空 hǎi kuò tiān kōng wide sea and sky (idiom) / boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun syn 谈天说地 談天說地 tán tiān shuō dì to talk endlessly / to talk about everything under the sun syn 一应俱全 一應俱全 yī yīng jù quán with everything needed available syn 包办 包辦 bāo bàn to undertake to do everything by oneself / to run the whole show syn 豁然开朗 豁然開朗 huò rán kāi lǎng suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom) / to come to a wide clearing / fig. everything becomes clear at once / to achieve speedy enlightenment syn 偏要 piān yào to insist on doing sth / must do it, despite everything 包揽 包攬 bāo lǎn to monopolize / to take on responsibility over everything / to undertake the whole task syn 万恶 萬惡 wàn è everything that is evil syn 翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head syn 美中不足 měi zhōng bù zú everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom) / the fly in the ointment 天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom) / fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head syn 一无是处 一無是處 yī wú shì chù (idiom) not one good point / everything about it is wrong syn 真相大白 zhēn xiàng dà bái the whole truth is revealed (idiom) / everything becomes clear syn 所向披靡 suǒ xiàng pī mǐ (idiom) to sweep everything before one / to be invincible syn 井井有条 井井有條 jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáo everything clear and orderly (idiom) / neat and tidy syn 井然有序 jǐng rán yǒu xù everything clear and in good order (idiom) / neat and tidy syn 兼优 兼優 jiān yōu an all-rounder / good at everything 诸事 諸事 zhū shì everything / every matter syn 海内 海內 hǎi nèi the whole world / throughout the land / everything under the sun syn 十二分 shí èr fēn exceedingly / hundred percent / everything and more syn 称心如意 稱心如意 chèn xīn rú yì (idiom) after one's own heart / gratifying / satisfactory / everything one could wish syn 花好月圆 花好月圓 huā hǎo yuè yuán lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom) / fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss syn 漫山遍野 màn shān biàn yě lit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom) / fig. as far as the eye can see / covering everything / omnipresent syn 自私自利 zì sī zì lì everything for self and selfish profit (idiom) / with no regard for others / selfish / mercenary syn 七零八落 qī líng bā luò (idiom) everything broken and in disorder syn 挖空心思 wā kōng xīn si to dig for thoughts (idiom) / to search everything for an answer / to rack one's brains syn 万事大吉 萬事大吉 wàn shì dà jí everything is fine (idiom) / all is well with the world syn 独吞 獨吞 dú tūn to hog / to keep everything for oneself 四平八稳 四平八穩 sì píng bā wěn everything steady and stable (idiom) / overcautious and unimaginary syn 唯利是图 唯利是圖 wéi lì shì tú (idiom) to be bent solely on profit / to put profit before everything else syn 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn 洗劫一空 xǐ jié yī kōng to steal everything syn 鱼与熊掌 魚與熊掌 yú yǔ xióng zhǎng lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. you must choose one or the other / you can't always get everything you want / you can't have your cake and eat it 满堂红 滿堂紅 mǎn táng hóng success across the board / victory in everything one touches syn 顺遂 順遂 shùn suì everything is going smoothly / just as one wishes syn 事必躬亲 事必躬親 shì bì gōng qīn to attend to everything personally syn 不分彼此 bù fēn bǐ cǐ to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom) / to share everything / to be on very intimate terms syn 弥天 彌天 mí tiān filling the entire sky / covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc) 砸锅卖铁 砸鍋賣鐵 zá guō mài tiě to be willing to sacrifice everything one has (idiom) syn 力戒 lì jiè to try everything to avoid / to guard against syn 官运亨通 官運亨通 guān yùn hēng tōng (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom) syn 反掌 fǎn zhǎng lit. to turn over one's palm / fig. everything is going very well. 叶落归根 葉落歸根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home. syn 乌七八糟 烏七八糟 wū qī bā zāo everything in disorder (idiom) / in a hideous mess / obscene / dirty / filthy syn 包打天下 bāo dǎ tiān xià to run everything (idiom) / to monopolize the whole business / not allow anyone else to have a look in 哈日族 hā rì zú Japanophile (refers to teenage craze for everything Japanese, originally mainly in Taiwan) 曲意逢迎 qū yì féng yíng to bow down to everything sb says or does / to act submissively in order to ingratiate oneself syn 一分为二 一分為二 yī fēn wéi èr one divides into two / to be two-sided / there are two sides to everything / to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom) syn 人生路不熟 rén shēng lù bù shú everything is unfamiliar 博而不精 bó ér bù jīng extensive but not refined (idiom) / to know something about everything / jack-of-all-trades, master of none 