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34 Cards in this Set
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Méi chī méi chuān
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poor
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Yī zhì qiān jīn
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spends money like water
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Mǎn fù láo sāo
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belly full of complaints
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Xiā zi diǎn dēng
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light a candle for a blind man
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Suí xīn suǒ yù
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follow your heart; do as you please
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yǒu zhì jìng chéng
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where there's a will there's a way
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Sài wēng shī mǎ
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a blessing in disguise
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Wàng měi zhí kě
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console oneself with false hopes
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Zuò jǐng guān tiān
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be a frog in a well; limited by one's own world view.
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Làn yú chōng shù
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participate just to make up the numbers
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Yǒu péng zì yuán fāng lái bú yì lè hù
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what a delight to have friends come from afar.
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Zhĭ lù wèi mă
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call a stag a horse
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Tiān bú pà
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dì bú pà
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Hua1 dao4 chun1tian1 zi4 ran2 kai1
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Flowers in spring naturally blossom
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Yi4 nian2 zhi1 ji4 zai4 yu2 chun1
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One year's plan depends on spring
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Wu3shi2 bu4 xiao4 bai3 bu4
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Pot calling the kettle black
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Cĭ dì wú yín sān bái liăng
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Three hundred taels of silver is not buried here (i.e. a dead give away).
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... shi4 ge chū lèi bā cuì de rén
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... is an exceptional person.
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Má mă hū hū
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It's so so
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Zhī jĭ zhī bĭ
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Know your enemy and know yourself.
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Tiān xià wéi gōng
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The world belongs to everyone.
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Huó dào lăo xué dào lăo
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You're never too old to learn (lit. live 'til old age/study 'til old age).
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Bú dào huáng hé xīn bù sĭ
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Never say die (lit. not reach Yellow River/heart not die).
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Qí hú nán xià
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Riding the tiger (lit. riding tiger difficult dismount).
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Rù xiāng suí sú
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When in Rome . . . (lit. enter village follow custom).
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Tiān bú pà/ dì bú pà
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Fearless and courageous (lit. heaven not fear/earth not fear).
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Xīn zhào bù xuān
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Inscrutable (lit. heart clear not announce).
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Xīn zhōng yŏu shù
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Know the score (lit. heart middle has number).
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Băi fā băi zhòng
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Successful every time (lit. one hundred aims one hundred strikes).
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Yì jŭ liăng dé
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Kill two birds with one stone (lit. one lift two receive).
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Shùn qí zì rán
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Go with the flow (lit. follow it own nature).
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Sān rén xíng/ bì yŏu wŏ shī
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Learn from everyone (lit. three persons together walk/must have my teacher).
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Gù zhăng nán míng
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It takes two to tango (lit. single hand difficult clap).
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Mò míng qí miào
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To be baffled
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