in pride

Over the fire-place on the right hand, there is a group of heathen celestials: - Jupiter and Juno, in a reclining posture, with their mythological insignia (the eagle holding the thunderbolts, and the peacock in his pride); […]

1841, Irvin Eller, The History of Belvoir Castle: From the Norman Conquest to the Nineteenth Century, page 301:

I remember, too, seeing the Peacock in pride above the arms of the late Sir Matthew Tierney, the physician, […]

Argent, three peacocks in pride proper.

1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 448:

A Psalter, B.L. MC. Arundel 157, of circa 1200, has a fairly good bird in its pride in the initial D of Psalm 98 […] (f.82v). This is not one of the regularly illustrated psalms, and the only possible symbolism, that the peacock represents Christ, seems far-fetched.

1982, William Brunsdon Yapp, Birds in Medieval Manuscripts, page 22:

Our Turkey Lectern is 20th-century, but the family arms, with the turkey crest, occur in 18th-century glass and in the carvings above 17th- and 18th- century tombs. I find it interesting that these two earlier birds show great resemblance to your 18th century picture of the North American wild turkey. Though depicted "in its pride”, the body has the elongated shape of the present-day pheasant. Can it be that at that time the domestic turkey was still similar to the North American wild turkey?

1983, Cynthia Mortimore, in a letter to (and published in) Country Life, volume 173, page 582

Above the shield and helmet is the Crest which is described as : "A peacock in pride ar." A translation of the Crest description is : "A silver peacock in her pride." Family mottos are believed to have originated as battle cries in medieval times ...

(1) A peacock in his pride arg. (for Pelham).

1993, James Fairbairn, Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, Genealogical Publishing Com, →ISBN, page 438:

The careful and detailed rendering of the "eyes" of the peacock's tail in many of the bestiaries may be an artistic attempt to create a pictorial equivalent of the text. The peacock in Bodley 764 is shown in its pride (figure C, p. xxiv).

2013, Debra Hassig, The Mark of the Beast: The Medieval Bestiary in Art, Life, and Literature, Routledge, →ISBN, page 61:

(heraldry, chiefly of a peacock) With its tail feathers spread.


貪財好色

ㄊㄢ ㄘㄞˊ ㄏㄠˋ ㄙㄜˋ

таньцайхаосэ

/tʰän⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/

/tʰaːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ hou̯³³ sɪk̚⁵/

/tʰän⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/

/tʰaːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ hou̯³³ sɪk̚⁵/

to be greedy for money and lust for women


人生路不熟

ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄨˊ

ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄌㄨˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˊ

жэньшэнлубушу

/ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂu³⁵/

жэньшэнлубушоу

/ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯³⁵/

/jɐn²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²² pɐt̚⁵ sʊk̚²/

/ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂu³⁵/

/ʐən³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ lu⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯³⁵/

/jɐn²¹ saːŋ⁵⁵ lou̯²² pɐt̚⁵ sʊk̚²/

to be unfamiliar with the place and the people; to be a stranger in a strange place


荒淫無度

ㄏㄨㄤ ㄧㄣˊ ㄨˊ ㄉㄨˋ

/xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in³⁵ u³⁵ tu⁵¹/

/fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm²¹ mou̯²¹ tou̯²²/

/xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in³⁵ u³⁵ tu⁵¹/

/fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm²¹ mou̯²¹ tou̯²²/

to live an debauched life without any restraint; to excessively indulge in liquor and women


假公濟私

ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧˋ ㄙ

/t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/kaː³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³³ siː⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ sz̩⁵⁵/

/kaː³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐi̯³³ siː⁵⁵/

to exploit public office for private gain


賣國求榮

ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

/maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/

/maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/


鼎鼎大名

ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

/tiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/

/tɪŋ³⁵ tɪŋ³⁵ taːi̯²² mɪŋ²¹/

/tiŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/

/tɪŋ³⁵ tɪŋ³⁵ taːi̯²² mɪŋ²¹/


趁虛而入

ㄔㄣˋ ㄒㄩ ㄦˊ ㄖㄨˋ

/ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʐu⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɐn³³ hɵy̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ jɐp̚²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ ɕy⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ ʐu⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɐn³³ hɵy̯⁵⁵ jiː²¹ jɐp̚²/

to enter or invade by exploiting of one's opponent's unpreparedness or weakness; to break through a weak point or advance when one's opponent is off guard


蝸角之爭

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (蝸角之爭):
* → Korean: 와각지쟁(蝸角之爭) (wagakjijaeng)

ja-r

か%ぎゅう%かく%じょう の あらそい

→ Japanese: 蝸(か)牛(ぎゅう)角(かく)上(じょう)の争(あらそ)い (kagyūkakujō no arasoi) (calque)

ㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄓ ㄓㄥ

ㄍㄨㄚ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄓ ㄓㄥ

воцзяочжичжэн

/wɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

гуацзяочжичжэн

/ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/wɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

Dai Jinren said, "There is a creature called the snail—does Your Majesty know it?"
"Yes."
"On top of its left horn is a kingdom called Buffet, and on top of its right horn is a kingdom called Maul. At times they quarrel over territory and go to war, strewing the field with corpses by the ten thousands, the victor pursuing the vanquished for half a month before returning home."

Dài Jìnrén yuē: “Yǒu suǒwèi wō zhě, jūn zhī zhī hū?” Yuē: “Rán.” “yǒu guó yú wō zhī zuǒ jiǎo zhě yuē Chù shì, yǒu guó yú wō zhī yòu jiǎo zhě yuē Mán shì, shí xiàngyǔ zhēng dì ér zhàn, fú shī shùwàn, zhú běi xún yǒu wǔ rì ér hòu fǎn.”

戴晉人曰：「有所謂蝸者，君知之乎？」曰：「然。」「有國於蝸之左角者曰觸氏，有國於蝸之右角者曰蠻氏，時相與爭地而戰，伏屍數萬，逐北旬有五日而後反。」

戴晋人曰：「有所谓蜗者，君知之乎？」曰：「然。」「有国于蜗之左角者曰触氏，有国于蜗之右角者曰蛮氏，时相与争地而战，伏尸数万，逐北旬有五日而后反。」

petty squabble; quarrel over trivial matters


沒有辦法

ㄇㄟˊ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ

/meɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pän⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/meɪ̯³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pän⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

there is nothing to be done; there is no way


劫後餘生

ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄩˊ ㄕㄥ

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ y³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/kiːp̚³ hɐu̯²² jyː²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹ y³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/kiːp̚³ hɐu̯²² jyː²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

to survive a disaster; to outlive a calamity


勢如水火

ㄕˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


let's hear it for someone

Used to say that someone or something deserves praise and applause.


맥을 보다

Alteration from Middle and Early Modern Korean ᄆᆡᆨ 받다 (Yale: moyk patta, literally, “to receive the pulse”).

okm-l

(figurative) to gauge someone's intentions


獨具匠心

ㄉㄨˊ ㄐㄩˋ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

дуцзюйцзянсинь

/tu³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/

/tʊk̚² kɵy̯²² t͡sœːŋ²² sɐm⁵⁵/

/tu³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/

/tʊk̚² kɵy̯²² t͡sœːŋ²² sɐm⁵⁵/

(chiefly of literature or art) to show great ingenuity; to have originality


火燎眉毛

ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/


火燒眉毛

ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄠ ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄠˊ

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

/fɔː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ mei̯²¹ mou̯²¹/

/xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ meɪ̯³⁵ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

/fɔː³⁵ siːu̯⁵⁵ mei̯²¹ mou̯²¹/


一觸即潰

ㄧ ㄔㄨˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄎㄨㄟˋ

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵ kʰuːi̯³⁵/

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ t͡sɪk̚⁵ kʰuːi̯³⁵/

to collapse on the first encounter (with enemy forces)


巧取豪奪

ㄑㄧㄠˇ ㄑㄩˇ ㄏㄠˊ ㄉㄨㄛˊ

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑʊ̯³⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵/

/haːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ hou̯²¹ tyːt̚²/

/haːu̯³⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ hou̯²¹ tyːt̚²/

to take away (others' money and property) by trickery or by force


veljekset kuin ilvekset

From veljekset (“brethren”) kuin (“like”) ilvekset (“lynxes”). Recorded from the early 20th century; likely simply an arbitrarily picked rhyme.

Two or more (male) people that by some way are very similar, especially in sports making extremely equal results.

(rare) Brethren who use to tussle with each other.


veljekset kuin kyljykset

From veljekset (“brethren”) kuin (“like”) kyljykset (“cutlets”), originated from the equally named year 2012 music album of Finnish comedian Jope Ruonansuu.

veljekset kuin ilvekset
veljekset kuin ilvekset#Finnish


ce qu'il ne faut pas entendre

ce qu’ il ne faut pas entendre ! (canonical)


la roue tourne

the wheel of fortune goes round and round (things don't/won't stay the same; while someone's luck runs out, someone else's hour will come); the tide is turning


qu'est-ce qu'il ne faut pas entendre

ce qu’il ne faut pas entendre
ce qu'il ne faut pas entendre#French

Alternative form of ce qu’il ne faut pas entendre


someone's butt off

someone's arse off
someone's arse off#English

(chiefly US and Canada, vulgar) Synonym of someone's arse off.


kaikkea sitä

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: kaikkea sitä "all that" (partitive singular)

kaikkea sitä oppii

so many things to learn / you learn something new every day (literally, “that all (one) learns”)

kaikkea sitä näkee

now I've seen it all (literally, “that all (one) sees”)

kaikkea sitä huhutaan

(there are) rumors about everything (literally, “that all is rumored about”)

kaikkea sitä ihmiset keksivätkin

oh how ingenious humanity is (literally, “that all humans invent/come up (with)”)

(colloquial, with a verb) Used to express surprise or bemoan something; the exact meaning depends on the verb used


someone's luck is in

Someone is having a period of good fortune.

(in particular) Someone is the object of another person's sexual attraction.

joku tykkää jostakusta

someone is the object of another person's sexual attraction


just my luck

Expressing exasperation when something particularly unfortunate happens to oneself, especially when it seems like such occurrences are typical.


πρωί πρωί

head

πρωί πρωί • (proḯ proḯ) n

el-noun

πρωί πρωί • (proḯ proḯ) n

Repetition of πρωί (proḯ), literally "morning morning"


rolled into one

I can understand how you'd be so confused / I don't envy you / I'm a little bit of everything all rolled into one

1997 March 25, Meredith Brooks, Shelly Peiken, “Bitch”, in Blurring the Edges, performed by Meredith Brooks:

And St Pancras presents unique challenges, given that it is technically a number of stations rolled into one, serving a diverse range of routes: International (Eurostar), HS1 (Southeastern), Midland Main Line (East Midlands Railway), Thameslink (Govia Thameslink Railway), and London Underground (Circle, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan, Northern, Piccadilly and Victoria lines).

2022 November 30, Nick Brodrick, “Pride and innovation shine at St Pancras”, in RAIL, number 971, pages 68–69:

Combining a number of different qualities, things, or roles into a single entity.


bế quan tỏa cảng

bế quan toả cảng
bế quan toả cảng#Vietnamese

Traditional tone placement spelling of bế quan toả cảng.


bế quan toả cảng

[ʔɓe˧˦ kwaːn˧˧ twaː˧˩ kaːŋ˧˩]

[ʔɓej˨˩˦ kwaːŋ˧˧ twaː˧˨ kaːŋ˧˨]

[ʔɓej˦˥ waːŋ˧˧ t⁽ʷ⁾aː˨˩˦ kaːŋ˨˩˦]

to cut off a country from the outside world


late in the game

But there she is in her pegged pants, a kind of doo-wop Retro ponytail pulled of to the side, as eligible a candidate as you are likely to find this late in the game.

1984, Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, →ISBN, page 6:

Very late in the course of an event, so as to have diminished relevance, importance, etc.


明若觀火

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (明若觀火):
* → Korean: 명약관화(明若觀火) (myeong'yakgwanhwa)

ja-r

ひ を みる より も あきらか だ

→ Japanese: (calque) 火(ひ)を見(み)るよりも明(あき)らかだ (hi o miru yori mo akiraka da)

desc

→ Korean: 불 보듯 뻔하다 (bul bodeut ppeonhada), 불 보듯 훤하다 (bul bodeut hwonhada) (calque) (calque)

ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄏㄨㄛˇ

минжогуаньхо

/miŋ³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɪŋ²¹ jœːk̚² kuːn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/

/miŋ³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɪŋ²¹ jœːk̚² kuːn⁵⁵ fɔː³⁵/

From the Book of Documents, mid-first millennium BCE, quoting King Pan Geng (reigned c. 1290–1263 BCE), in a speech reproaching his vassals for opposing his efforts to relocate the capital

Now, [however], you keep clamouring, and get the confidence [of the people] by alarming and shallow speeches; I do not know what you are wrangling about. [In this movement of the capital] I am not myself abandoning my proper virtue, but you conceal the goodness of my intentions, and do not stand in awe of me, the One man. I see you as clearly as one sees a fire; but I, likewise, by my undecided plans, have produced your error.

The Book of Documents, circa 7ᵗʰ – 4ᵗʰ centuries BCE

Jīn rǔ guōguō, qǐ xìn xiǎn fū, yǔ fú zhī nǎi suǒ sòng. Fēi yǔ zì huāng zī dé, wéi rǔ hán dé, bù tì yǔ yīrén. Yǔ ruò guān huǒ, yǔ yì zhuōmóu zuò nǎi yì.

今汝聒聒，起信險膚，予弗知乃所訟。非予自荒茲德，惟汝含德，不惕予一人。予若觀火，予亦拙謀作乃逸。

今汝聒聒，起信险肤，予弗知乃所讼。非予自荒兹德，惟汝含德，不惕予一人。予若观火，予亦拙谋作乃逸。

to be clearly evident; to be as clear as day


捨己為人

ㄕㄜˇ ㄐㄧˇ ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄣˊ

шэцзивэйжэнь

šɛczivɛjžɛnʹ

/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/sɛː³⁵ kei̯³⁵ wɐi̯²² jɐn²¹/

/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/sɛː³⁵ kei̯³⁵ wɐi̯²² jɐn²¹/

to sacrifice one's own interests for the sake of others


行俠仗義

ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˊ ㄓㄤˋ ㄧˋ

/ɕiŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/

/hɐŋ²¹ hɐp̚² t͡sœːŋ²² jiː²²/

/ɕiŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/

/hɐŋ²¹ hɐp̚² t͡sœːŋ²² jiː²²/

to be chivalrous; to have a sense of justice and be willing to help others


漁翁之利

/y³⁵ wəŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

/y³⁵ wəŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ li⁵¹/

漁人之利 漁人之利#Chinese

渔人之利 渔人之利#Chinese

Synonym of 漁人之利／渔人之利 (yúrénzhīlì, “the benefits reaped by a third party when two sides quarrel”)


聞一知十

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (聞一知十):
* → Korean: 문일지십(聞一知十) (muniljisip)

ja-r

いち を き.いて じゅう を しる

→ Japanese: 一(いち)を聞(き)いて十(じゅう)を知(し)る (ichi o kiite jū o shiru) (calque)

desc

하나를 들으면 열을 안다

하나를 보면 열을 안다

→ Korean: 하나를 들으면 열을 안다 (hanareul deureumyeon yeoreul anda), 하나를 보면 열을 안다 (hanareul bomyeon yeoreul anda, literally “to know ten by seeing one”) (calque) (partial calque)

/wən³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/mɐn²¹ jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐp̚²/

/wən³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

/mɐn²¹ jɐt̚⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐp̚²/

The Master said to Zigong, "Which do you consider superior, yourself or [Yan] Hui?"
Zigong replied, "How dare I compare myself with Hui? Hui hears one point and knows all [lit. ten points] about a subject; I hear one point, and know a second."

The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐ wèi Zǐgòng yuē: “Nǚ yǔ Huí yě shú yù?”
Duì yuē: “Cì yě hégǎn wàng Huí. Huí yě wén yī yǐ zhī shí, cì yě wén yī yǐ zhī èr.”

子謂子貢曰：「女與回也孰愈？」
對曰：「賜也何敢望回。回也聞一以知十，賜也聞一以知二。」

子谓子贡曰：「女与回也孰愈？」
对曰：「赐也何敢望回。回也闻一以知十，赐也闻一以知二。」

to be quick on the uptake; to understand the whole situation from just a few clues


TRBL

(computing, Internet, Cascading Style Sheets, mnemonic) Acronym of top, right, bottom, left, the order in which the sides of elements are defined.


kejadian ikutan pasca imunisasi

[kəd͡ʒaˈdian ˈikʊtan ˈpast͡ʃa imuniˈsasi]

Compound of kejadian + ikutan + pasca + imunisasi.

(medicine) Alternative spelling of kejadian ikutan pascaimunisasi


抑強扶弱

ㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄈㄨˊ ㄖㄨㄛˋ

/i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ fu³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/

/i⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵ fu³⁵ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/

to restrain the strong and assist the weak


ピンキリ

Abbreviation of ピンからキリまで (pin kara kiri made)

from the best to the worst, from the top to the bottom, from the beginning to the end


quỷ tha ma bắt

[kwi˧˩ tʰaː˧˧ maː˧˧ ʔɓat̚˧˦]

[kwɪj˧˨ tʰaː˧˧ maː˧˧ ʔɓak̚˦˧˥]

[wɪj˨˩˦ tʰaː˧˧ maː˧˧ ʔɓak̚˦˥]

quỷ (“demon”) + tha (“to carry”) + ma (“ghost”) + bắt (“to snatch; to capture”).

af

Quỷ tha ma bắt !

Quỷ tha ma bắt mày đi !

(literally, “I wish demons take you away!”)


閉關鎖港

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (閉關鎖港):
* → Korean: 중남경녀(閉關鎖港) (jungnamgyeongnyeo)
* → Vietnamese: bế quan toả cảng (閉關鎖港)

ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄍㄤˇ

bìguān suǒ gǎng [Phonetic:bìguānsuógǎng]

бигуань со ган

/pi⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pi⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

2021 April 30, 《香港修訂入境條例 民團批閉關鎖港或變大監獄》

Xiānggǎng Lìfǎhuì 4yuè 28 rì sāndú tōngguò “Rùjìng Tiáolì” xiūdìng cǎo'àn, jiāng yú 8yuè 1rì zhèngshì shēngxiào. Duōge mínjiān tuántǐ pīpíng xiūdìng tiáolì yǒurú “bìguānsuǒgǎng”.

香港立法會4月28日三讀通過《入境條例》修訂草案，將於8月1日正式生效。多個民間團體批評修訂條例有如「閉關鎖港」。

2021 April 30, 《香港修訂入境條例 民團批閉關鎖港或變大監獄》

香港立法会4月28日三读通过《入境条例》修订草案，将于8月1日正式生效。多个民间团体批评修订条例有如「闭关锁港」。


閉關鎖港

chữ Hán form of bế quan toả cảng (“to cut off a country from the outside world”).


大恩大德

ㄉㄚˋ ㄣ ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄜˊ

/tä⁵¹ ˀən⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/

/taːi̯²² jɐn⁵⁵ taːi̯²² tɐk̚⁵/

/tä⁵¹ ˀən⁵⁵ tä⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/

/taːi̯²² jɐn⁵⁵ taːi̯²² tɐk̚⁵/


比肩而立

ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ

ㄅㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄦˊ ㄌㄧˋ

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹/

/pi⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹/

/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹/

/pi⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ li⁵¹/

I have heard that if there is one scholar every thousand li, it is [as if] they were standing shoulder next to shoulder; if there is one wise man every hundred years, it is as if they were coming foot following foot.

Zhanguo Ce, circa 5ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ centuries BCE

Guǎrén wén zhī, qiānlǐ ér yī shì, shì bǐjiān'érlì, bǎishì ér yī shèng, ruò suízhǒng ér zhì yě.

寡人聞之，千里而一士，是比肩而立，百世而一聖，若隨踵而至也。

寡人闻之，千里而一士，是比肩而立，百世而一圣，若随踵而至也。


NAFOD

(US, military) Acronym of no apparent fear of death.; a disqualifying condition for hazardous or combat duty.


夜不能寐

ㄧㄝˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄇㄟˋ

/jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/

/jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ nɤŋ³⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹/


教書育人

ㄐㄧㄠ ㄕㄨ ㄩˋ ㄖㄣˊ

цзяошуюйжэнь

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ y⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂu⁵⁵ y⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/


苦中作樂

ㄎㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄜˋ

/kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹/

/fuː³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ lɔːk̚²/

/kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹/

/fuː³⁵ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɔːk̚³ lɔːk̚²/


兩全其美

ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄇㄟˇ

лянцюаньцимэй

/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/lœːŋ¹³ t͡sʰyːn²¹ kʰei̯²¹ mei̯¹³/

/liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/

/liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/

/liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan²³⁻³³ ki²³⁻³³ bi⁴¹/

/lœːŋ¹³ t͡sʰyːn²¹ kʰei̯²¹ mei̯¹³/

/liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴⁻²² bi⁵³/

/liɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan²⁴⁻¹¹ ki²⁴⁻¹¹ bi⁵³/

/liɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡suan²³⁻³³ ki²³⁻³³ bi⁴¹/

to reach a resolution that satisfies both sides by taking both sides into consideration; to have it both ways; to have the best of both worlds


עס טוט מיר לײַד

עס טוט מיר לײַד אַז ער קען דיך נישט פֿאַרשטיין.

es tut mir layd az er ken dikh nisht farshteyn.


眼明手快

ㄧㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

яньминшоукуай

/jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

/ŋaːn¹³ mɪŋ²¹ sɐu̯³⁵ faːi̯³³/

/jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/

/ŋaːn¹³ mɪŋ²¹ sɐu̯³⁵ faːi̯³³/

to be sharp-eyed and quick-moving; to have acute eyesight and be quick in one's movements


愛民如子

to love the people as if they are one's own children

ㄞˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄗˇ

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ min³⁵ ʐu³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɔːi̯³³ mɐn²¹ jyː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ min³⁵ ʐu³⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɔːi̯³³ mɐn²¹ jyː²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

(of a ruler) to greatly love and cherish one's subjects


抱憾終生

ㄅㄠˋ ㄏㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ

баоханьчжуншэн

/pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/pʰou̯¹³ hɐm²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/pʰou̯¹³ hɐm²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

to feel regret for the rest of one's life


不辱使命

ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˇ ㄕˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

ㄅㄨˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄕˇ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

/pu⁵¹ ʐu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/

/pu⁵¹ ʐu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/

/pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ miŋ⁵¹/


抱憾終身

ㄅㄠˋ ㄏㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄣ

баоханьчжуншэнь

/pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/

/pʰou̯¹³ hɐm²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

/pɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/

/pʰou̯¹³ hɐm²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

抱憾終生 抱憾終生#Chinese

抱憾终生 抱憾终生#Chinese

Synonym of 抱憾終生／抱憾终生 (bàohànzhōngshēng, “to feel regret for the rest of one's life”)


來日方長

ㄌㄞˊ ㄖˋ ㄈㄤ ㄔㄤˊ

/laɪ̯³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/lɔːi̯²¹ jɐt̚² fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

/laɪ̯³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/lɔːi̯²¹ jɐt̚² fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/


bitter cold

Coined by William Shakespeare in 1602 in "Hamlet," act 1, scene 1:
: For this relief much thanks. 'Tis bitter cold,
: And I am sick at heart.

Very cold and unpleasant. (of an environment)


more honored in the breach

Coined by William Shakespeare in 1602 in "Hamlet," act 1, scene 4:
: But to my mind, though I am native here
: And to the manner born, it is a custom
: More honored in the breach than the observance.

Justifiably violated; endowing greater moral standing to those who disobey. (of a rule, custom, etc.)

Frequently or usually broken in practice, with obedience being the exception. (of a rule, custom, etc.)


師道尊嚴

ㄕ ㄉㄠˋ ㄗㄨㄣ ㄧㄢˊ

шидаоцзуньянь

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/

/ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ jɛn³⁵/


尊師重教

ㄗㄨㄣ ㄕ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄠˋ

цзуньшичжунцзяо

/t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/t͡su̯ən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/


BBIPOC

Initialism of black, brown, indigenous, and (other) people of color.


most már

Rendben van, most már elmehetsz.

Eleget vártam, most már nem várok tovább.

I’ve waited enough; I won’t wait any longer.

already, now (differently from the immediate past)


認賊作父

ㄖㄣˋ ㄗㄟˊ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄨˋ

жэньцзэйцзофу

/ʐən⁵¹ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/

/jɪŋ²² t͡sʰaːk̚² t͡sɔːk̚³ fuː²²/

/ʐən⁵¹ t͡seɪ̯³⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/

/jɪŋ²² t͡sʰaːk̚² t͡sɔːk̚³ fuː²²/

to regard an enemy as one's father; to willingly join the enemy


一步之遙

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯³⁵/

(literally or figuratively) one step away (from something)


pas de latex, pas de sexe

pas de sexe sans latex
pas de sexe sans latex#French


膏腴之地

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/

/kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ y³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/


NSQ

(Internet slang) Initialism of no stupid questions.


WCGW

(Internet slang) Initialism of what could go wrong.


WPDI

(Internet slang) Initialism of watch people die inside.


no sense no feeling

From a pun on two different meanings of sense, ‘common sense’ and ‘ability to feel (pain)’.

You bashed your head on that low ceiling but so what? No sense, no feeling!

(humorous, said after a minor accident) Don’t worry about your non-debilitating injury, as you can’t possibly feel it anyway.


一醉方休

ㄧ ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄡ

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɵy̯³³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/jɐt̚⁵ t͡sɵy̯³³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯⁵⁵/


fa fu yu

Baſſia hoe fafi maſtra gi permiſſi fo pree.

ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies], page 107:

Basya, how are you? Did master give permission to play?


fa yu tan

Odi mijn heer hoe fa joe tan gran tanki fo myn heer a komi ja fo loeke da pranasie wan trom.

ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies], Frankfurt/Madrid: Iberoamericana, retrieved 2021-03-20:

Good day, Sir, how are you? Many thanks to Sir, (that) he has come here to look at the plantation on this occasion.


fa a waka

→ Dutch: fawaka, faka


求神問佛

ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄣˊ ㄨㄣˋ ㄈㄛˊ

цюшэньвэньфо

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵ wən⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵/

/kiu²³⁻³³ sin²³⁻³³ mŋ̍³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴/

/kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴/

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂən³⁵ wən⁵¹ fu̯ɔ³⁵/

/kiu²³⁻³³ sin²³⁻³³ mŋ̍³³⁻²¹ put̚⁴/

/kiu²⁴⁻¹¹ sin²⁴⁻¹¹ mŋ̍³³⁻¹¹ put̚⁴/

to pray to gods and Buddha for help or blessings


that's right

So you want me to get only the salmon? / That's right.

Used to indicate agreement with or confirmation to the previous speaker's remark.


新來乍到

ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄞˊ ㄓㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋ

синьлайчжадао

/ɕin⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

ㄒㄧㄣ ㄌㄞˊ ㄓㄚˋ ㄉㄠˋㄦ

синьлайчжадаор

/ɕin⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ taʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/

/sɐn⁵⁵ lɔːi̯²¹ t͡saː³³ tou̯³³/

/ɕin⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/ɕin⁵⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ taʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/

/sɐn⁵⁵ lɔːi̯²¹ t͡saː³³ tou̯³³/

to have just arrived; to be newly arrived; to be a newcomer


hyvää päivää kirvesvartta

From hyvää (“good”) päivää (“day”) kirvesvartta (“axe stale”) < from a Norwegian folk tale named God dag, mann! – Økseskaft! (“Good day, man! – Axe stale!”.

Describes a conversation in which the participants either realize they cannot understand what the others are trying to say but still try to keep on or each of them erroneously supposes to catch the idea of the others answering in one's own way.


為人師表

ㄨㄟˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄕ ㄅㄧㄠˇ

вэйжэньшибяо

/weɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɐi̯²¹ jɐn²¹ siː⁵⁵ piːu̯³⁵/

/weɪ̯³⁵ ʐən³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɐi̯²¹ jɐn²¹ siː⁵⁵ piːu̯³⁵/

Good personal morality is required to set an example for others to learn.

為人師表要有良好的私德。

为人师表要有良好的私德。

to set an example for others to learn; to be a teacher


意氣用事

ㄧˋ ㄑㄧˋ ㄩㄥˋ ㄕˋ

/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/jiː³³ hei̯³³ jʊŋ²² siː²²/

/i⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/jiː³³ hei̯³³ jʊŋ²² siː²²/

我勸你還是不要意氣用事。

我劝你还是不要意气用事。


if one is a day

He must be fifty if he's a day.


why me

I can't believe I got teased and ridiculed for my musical tastes again. Why me?

An expression of surprise, annoyance, or disgust to question why something bad has happened to the speaker.

為什麼是我

expression questioning why something bad has happened to the speaker


a chi lo dici

Literally, “to whom do you say it”. Compare French à qui le dis-tu.


紛至沓來

ㄈㄣ ㄓˋ ㄊㄚˋ ㄌㄞˊ

фэньчжиталай

/fən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/

/fən⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰä⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/


求大同，存小異

ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ

ㄘㄨㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧˋ

/t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵ tä⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ən³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/

to seek common ground on major issues while reserving differences on minor ones


養兵千日，用兵一時

ㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄖˋ

ㄩㄥˋ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄧ ㄕˊ

joeng⁵ bing¹ cin¹ jat⁶, jung⁶ bing¹ jat¹ si⁴

yòngbīng yīshí [Phonetic:yǎngbīng qiānrì

янбин цяньжи

/jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹ piŋ⁵⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

yéuhng bīng chīn yaht, yuhng bīng yāt sìh

joeng⁵ bing¹ tsin¹ jat⁹, jung⁶ bing¹ jat⁷ si⁴

yêng⁵ bing¹ qin¹ yed⁶, yung⁶ bing¹ yed¹ xi⁴

/jœːŋ¹³ pɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ jɐt̚² jʊŋ²² pɪŋ⁵⁵ jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹/

to train or maintain an army or a group of talents for a long period of time so that they can be used on the day they are needed


y tal

Había café, pasteles y tal.

(informal) and so on, etc., what have you


樂觀其成

ㄌㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄑㄧˊ ㄔㄥˊ

лэгуаньцичэн

/lɤ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/lɔːk̚² kuːn⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

/lɤ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/

/lɔːk̚² kuːn⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹ sɪŋ²¹/

to be happy to see something be successful


養兵千日，用在一朝

ㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄖˋ

ㄩㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧ ㄓㄠ

joeng⁵ bing¹ cin¹ jat⁶, jung⁶ zoi⁶ jat¹ ziu¹

yòng zài yīzhāo [Phonetic:yǎngbīng qiānrì

янбин цяньжи

юн цзай ичжао

/jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

yéuhng bīng chīn yaht, yuhng joih yāt jīu

joeng⁵ bing¹ tsin¹ jat⁹, jung⁶ dzoi⁶ jat⁷ dziu¹

yêng⁵ bing¹ qin¹ yed⁶, yung⁶ zoi⁶ yed¹ jiu¹

/jœːŋ¹³ pɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ jɐt̚² jʊŋ²² t͡sɔːi̯²² jɐt̚⁵ t͡siːu̯⁵⁵/

養兵千日，用兵一時 養兵千日，用兵一時#Chinese

养兵千日，用兵一时 养兵千日，用兵一时#Chinese

Synonym of 養兵千日，用兵一時／养兵千日，用兵一时 (yǎngbīng qiānrì, yòngbīng yīshí)


Polly want a cracker

Unknown, first attested in The John-Donkey (1848 July 29, page 47), popularized by the National Biscuit Company with the slogan “Polly wants a cracker?”


à prendre ou à laisser

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-à prendre ou à laisser.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à prendre ou à laisser.wav

C’est à prendre ou à laisser.


狗急跳牆

the dog jumps over the wall when it is in a hurry

ㄍㄡˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄊㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧㄤˊ

гоуцзитяоцян

/koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ kɐp̚⁵ tʰiːu̯³³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

/kau⁵²⁻³⁵ kip̚²⁻⁴ tʰiau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰĩõ⁵⁵/

/kɐu̯³⁵ kɐp̚⁵ tʰiːu̯³³ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/

/kau⁵²⁻³⁵ kip̚²⁻⁴ tʰiau²¹³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰĩõ⁵⁵/

one will take bold risks and desperate actions when forced into desperation


可望而不可及

ㄎㄜˇ ㄨㄤˋ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧˊ

кэ ван эр букэ цзи

/kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵/

/hɔː³⁵ mɔːŋ²² jiː²¹ fɐu̯³⁵ hɔː³⁵ kʰɐp̚²/

可望而不可即 可望而不可即#Chinese

Synonym of 可望而不可即 (kě wàng ér bùkě jí, “in sight but unattainable; within sight but beyond reach; inaccessible”)


ထံက်အလဵု

head

ထံက်အလဵု (thåk ʼalhəw)

ထံက်အလဵု.wav

Audio: (file)

ပိုဲဒးထံက်ထ္ၜးကဵုဒၞာဲလဵုရော?


hər ehtimala qarşı

LL-Q9292 (aze)-Azerbaijani audiorecordings-hər ehtimala qarşı.wav

Compare Turkish her ihtimale karşı. Literally, 'against every probability'.

Vaksin vurdurduğum günün axşamı yatmadan əvvəl hər ehtimala qarşı tumbanın üzərinə termometr qoydum

On the evening of the day I was vaccinated, I put a thermometer on the bedside before I went to sleep, just in case.


養兵千日，用在一時

ㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄖˋ

ㄩㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄧ ㄕˊ

joeng⁵ bing¹ cin¹ jat⁶, jung⁶ zoi⁶ jat¹ si⁴

yòng zài yīshí [Phonetic:yǎngbīng qiānrì

янбин цяньжи

/jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/

yéuhng bīng chīn yaht, yuhng joih yāt sìh

joeng⁵ bing¹ tsin¹ jat⁹, jung⁶ dzoi⁶ jat⁷ si⁴

yêng⁵ bing¹ qin¹ yed⁶, yung⁶ zoi⁶ yed¹ xi⁴

/jœːŋ¹³ pɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ jɐt̚² jʊŋ²² t͡sɔːi̯²² jɐt̚⁵ siː²¹/

養兵千日，用兵一時 養兵千日，用兵一時#Chinese

养兵千日，用兵一时 养兵千日，用兵一时#Chinese


客家佔地主

/haːk̚³ kaː⁵⁵ t͡siːm³³ tei̯²² t͡syː³⁵/

/haːk̚³ kaː⁵⁵ t͡siːm³³ tei̯²² t͡syː³⁵/

(Cantonese) Hakka people change from being guests to being dominant over the local people (i.e. the Yue-speaking people)

(Cantonese, by extension) a presumptuous guest usurps the host's role


同道中人

ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄖㄣˊ

тундаочжунжэнь

/tʰʊŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/tʰʊŋ²¹ tou̯²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

/tʰʊŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/tʰʊŋ²¹ tou̯²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/

person that share the same interests and aspirations


la faute à pas de chance

(informal) it's nobody's fault, it's just ill luck


ذكرنا القط، أجا ينط

ذكرنا القطّ، أجا ينط

ذكرنا القطّ، أجا ينط • (zakarna l-qoṭṭ, ʾaja ynoṭṭ)

ذكرنا القطّ، أجا ينط (canonical)
zakarna l-qoṭṭ (romanization)
ʾaja ynoṭṭ (romanization)

Literally: “we mentioned the cat and he came jumping”.


kib

(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of kendine iyi bak.


word gets around

News, especially rumors, are quick to spread.


窮追不捨

ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄟ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄜˇ

/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɛː³⁵/

/kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɛː³⁵/

to not stop pursuing (someone or something)


蔚然成風

ㄨㄟˋ ㄖㄢˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄥ

вэйжаньчэнфэн

/weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/wɐi̯³³ jiːn²¹ sɪŋ²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

/weɪ̯⁵¹ ʐän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵/

/wɐi̯³³ jiːn²¹ sɪŋ²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵/

something becomes a trend or common practice; something becomes the order of the day


男耕女織

ㄋㄢˊ ㄍㄥ ㄋㄩˇ ㄓ

наньгэннюйчжи

/nän³⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/naːm²¹ kaːŋ⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³ t͡sɪk̚⁵/

/nän³⁵ kɤŋ⁵⁵ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/

/naːm²¹ kaːŋ⁵⁵ nɵy̯¹³ t͡sɪk̚⁵/

The carts are decorated with embroidery and boats with carving. Women have to stop weaving to do the embroidery so the people are left cold. While men have to abandon agriculture to do the carving and so the people become hungry.

Mozi, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on Y. P. Mei's version

Shì chē yǐ wéncǎi, shì zhōu yǐ kèlòu, nǚzǐ fèi qí fǎngzhī ér xiū wéncǎi, gù mín hán. Nánzǐ lí qí gēngjià ér xiū kèlòu, gù mín jī.

飾車以文采，飾舟以刻鏤，女子廢其紡織而脩文采，故民寒。男子離其耕稼而脩刻鏤，故民饑。

饰车以文采，饰舟以刻镂，女子废其纺织而脩文采，故民寒。男子离其耕稼而脩刻镂，故民饥。

Men farm and women weave; everywhere under Heaven is peaceful. For thousands and myriads of years, there shall be no war.

《過居庸關》 "Crossing Juyong Pass" by 薩都剌 Sa Dula, 14th century CE

Nángēngnǚzhī tiānxià píng, qiāngǔ wàngǔ wú zhànzhēng.

男耕女織天下平，千古萬古無戰爭。

男耕女织天下平，千古万古无战争。

men farm and women weave (describing the division of labour within a peasant family in the past)


鬼話連篇

ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄆㄧㄢ

гуйхуаляньпянь

/ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵ pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/kʷɐi̯³⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵ liːn²¹ pʰiːn⁵⁵/

/kʷɐi̯³⁵ waː²² liːn²¹ pʰiːn⁵⁵/

/ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä⁵¹ li̯ɛn³⁵ pʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/kʷɐi̯³⁵ waː²²⁻³⁵ liːn²¹ pʰiːn⁵⁵/

/kʷɐi̯³⁵ waː²² liːn²¹ pʰiːn⁵⁵/

to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a series of untruths


thật sự mà nói

[tʰət̚˧˨ʔ sɨ˧˨ʔ maː˨˩ nɔj˧˦]

[tʰək̚˨˩ʔ ʂɨ˨˩ʔ maː˦˩ nɔj˨˩˦]

[tʰək̚˨˩ʔ sɨ˨˩ʔ maː˦˩ nɔj˨˩˦]

[tʰək̚˨˩˨ ʂɨ˨˩˨ maː˨˩ nɔj˦˥]

[tʰək̚˨˩˨ sɨ˨˩˨ maː˨˩ nɔj˦˥]


holde tungen rett i munnen

holde tunga rett i munnen#Norwegian_Bokmål

Alternative form of holde tunga rett i munnen


lương y như từ mẫu

[lɨəŋ˧˧ ʔi˧˧ ɲɨ˧˧ tɨ˨˩ məw˦ˀ˥]

[lɨəŋ˧˧ ʔɪj˧˧ ɲɨ˧˧ tɨ˦˩ məw˧˨]

[lɨəŋ˧˧ ʔɪj˧˧ ɲɨ˧˧ tɨ˨˩ məw˨˩˦]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 良醫 (“good physician”), 如 (“like”) and 慈母 (“caring mother”). See also từ bi.

vi-etym-sino

(literary) a good physician is like, and must be like, a good mother


phòng bệnh hơn chữa bệnh

[fawŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ həːn˧˧ t͡ɕɨə˦ˀ˥ ʔɓəjŋ̟˧˨ʔ]

[fawŋ͡m˦˩ ʔɓen˨˩ʔ həːŋ˧˧ t͡ɕɨə˧˨ ʔɓen˨˩ʔ]

[fɔŋ˦˩ ʔɓen˨˩ʔ həːŋ˧˧ t͡ɕɨə˧˨ ʔɓen˨˩ʔ]

[fawŋ͡m˨˩ ʔɓəːn˨˩˨ həːŋ˧˧ cɨə˨˩˦ ʔɓəːn˨˩˨]

(healthcare) it's better to prevent diseases than to wait for them to happen and then treat them


suck on that

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-suck on that.wav

I am so sorry Regina. Really, I don't know why I did this. I guess it's probably because I've got a big lesbian crush on you. Suck on that!

2004, Mean Girls, spoken by Janis Ian (Lizzy Caplan):

Okay. But think of the people in your life who you respect. [...] Whoever it is, how do you feel if they respect you? Good, right? That's right. So suck on that!

2011, Joe Reilly, You Are Going to Get Poop On You, page 59:

'Suck on that, Donald!' Piers Morgan's wife Celia Walden mocks Trump and says he's going 'straight in the bin' amid Joe Biden's inauguration

(idiomatic, chiefly US, vulgar) Used to express contempt after a victory, a refuted argument or the sharing of undesirable information.


RBAR

Coined by database administrator Jeff Moden.

coinage

All of these methods either employ (what I call) "RBAR" programming (pronounced as "ree-bar" and stands for "Row By Agonizing Row") […]

[2005 January 10, Jeff Moden, “Calculating Work Days”, in SQLServerCentral, Simple Talk Publishing, archived from the original on 2007-10-23:

RBAR is a consequence of coding in a strictly procedural way, rather than in a set-based way. It is different from poor coding; it is the result of adopting a mindset that one always has to tell the computer, step by step […]

2007 July 26, Remi Gregoire, “RBAR: ‘Row By Agonizing Row’”, in Redgate, retrieved 2021-07-19:

While RBAR used over twice as much log as the set based operations, the log used per transaction was less than half.

2019 December 9, Randy Knight, “Rethinking RBAR”, in SQL Solutions Group:

(database administration, derogatory) Initialism of row by agonizing row; used to describe procedural programming in SQL.


HNIC

(derogatory, slang, US) Head nigga in charge.


시도 때도 없이

시(時)도 때도 없다
시도 때도 없다#Korean

adverbial form of 시(時)도 때도 없다 (sido ttaedo eopda, “to be recurrent”): recurrently


한도 끝도 없다

한(ː)도끋또업(ː)따

[한(ː)도끋또업(ː)따]

한(限) (han, “limit”, Sino-Korean word) + 도 (-do, “even”) + 끝 (kkeut, “end”, native Korean word) + 도 (-do, “even”) + 없다 (eopda, “to be without”): "to have neither limit nor end".
Compare 시(時)도 때도 없다 (si-do ttae-do eopda), again juxtaposing a Sino-Korean word with a native synonym for emphasis.

compound

to be endless; to be limitless; to be uncountable


시도 때도 없다

시(時) (si, “time, hour”, Sino-Korean word) + 도 (-do, “even”) + 때 (ttae, “time, moment”, native Korean word) + 도 (-do, “even”) + 없다 (eopda, “to be without”): "to be without [a specific] hour or moment [for it to occur]" > "to occur at any moment, to be recurrent".
Compare 한(限)도 끝도 없다 (han-do kkeut-do eopda), again juxtaposing a Sino-Korean word with a native synonym for emphasis.

시도 때도 없이 찾아오는 두통


不同尋常

ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄔㄤˊ

бутунсюньчан

/pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕyn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/

/pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕyn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/


까마귀 고기를 먹었나

ko-pos

까마귀 고기(-를) 먹었나

까마귀 고기(를) 먹었나 • (kkamagwi gogi(-reul) meogeonna)

까마귀 고기 먹었나 (canonical)
-reul (romanization)

[k͈a̠ma̠ɡɥi ko̞ɡiɾɯɭ mʌ̹ɡʌ̹nna̠]

[k͈a̠ma̠ɡy ko̞ɡiɾɯɭ mʌ̹ɡʌ̹nna̠]

Literally, "did [you/he/she/they] eat crow meat"? Plausibly a pun based on 까먹다 (kkameokda, “(colloquial) to forget”).

"국회의원을 그렇게 오래 해놓고 까마귀 고기를 먹었나(까먹었나)"라고 반문했다.

2019 November 25, “한국당 "지소미아 나라망신, 패스트트랙 독재야합" 쌍끌이 공세 [han'gukdang jisomia naramangsin, paeseuteuteuraek dokjaeyahap ssangkkeuri gongse]”, in Yonhap News:

He retorted, "Have you 'eaten crow' (i.e. forgotten) [the legislation] after being a Member of Parliament for so long?"

Used to criticize or tease someone for forgetting something.


campi qui pugui

every man for himself
every man for himself


a. d.

a. d. III. Non. Febr. or a. d. III Non. Febr. = ante diem tertium Nonas Februarias = 3rd February


nhất cự li, nhì tốc độ

head

nhất cự li, nhì tốc độ • (一距離、二速度)

vi-phrase

nhất cự li, nhì tốc độ • (一距離、二速度)

nhất (“first”) + cự li (“distance”) + nhì (“second”) + tốc độ (“speed”). Almost a Sino-Vietnamese phrase if it weren't for the non-Sino-Vietnamese nhì, and for the fact that this is a purely Vietnamese coinage. In fact, this pattern of "first", "second", etc., has nothing to do with Sino-Vietnamese-ness, as it occurs in various obviously non-Sino-Vietnamese proverbs, such as nhất nước, nhì phân, tam cần, tứ giống.

af

(literal) first comes distance/proximity, second comes speed

(figurative, usually humorous) if you wanna make a move on someone, get close to them first, then act quickly and swiftly


A. D.

Abbreviation of anno Domini: AD/A.D./A. D., in the year of the Lord, in the year of our Lord


съпаси богъ

head

*съпаси́ богъ

*съпаси́ богъ (*sŭpasí bogŭ)

съпаси́ богъ (canonical)

desc

*спаси́ богъ

Old Ruthenian: *спаси́ богъ (*spasí boh)

Belarusian: спасі́ба (spasíba, “thanks”) (dialectal)

Ukrainian: спаси́біг (spasýbih, “thank God”) (obsolete); спаси́бу (spasýbu, “thanks”) (dialectal)

Ukrainian: спаси́бі (spasýbi, “thanks”)

Middle Russian: спаси́ богъ (spasí bog), спаси́бо (spasíbo)

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Russian: спаси́бо (spasíbo, “thanks”), паси́бо (pasíbo) — pronunciation spelling
Russenorsk: basiba
→ Ingrian: passibo
→ Livvi: passibo
→ Moksha: спасиба (spaśiba)
→ Skolt Sami: späʹsseb
→ Votic: passibo
→ Yakut: баһыыба (bahııba)

Compound of съпаси́ (sŭpasí, “save”) + богъ (bogŭ, “god”), equivalent to Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) + *pasti + *bogъ.
Formed in the Christian period among the Eastern Slavs on the territory of Kievan Rus. Also compare the etymological development of English goodbye.

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Reconstruction:Old East Slavic/съпаси богъ

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uk:Білодід Іван Костянтинович
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gabháil cheoil

/ɡɔlˠ ˈçɔːlʲ/


荒淫無恥

ㄏㄨㄤ ㄧㄣˊ ㄨˊ ㄔˇ

/xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in³⁵ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm²¹ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵/

/xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ in³⁵ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐm²¹ mou̯²¹ t͡sʰiː³⁵/

to be openly given to debauchery; to be dissipated and unshamed


I know it when I see it

(colloquial) Used when a speaker attempts to categorize an observable fact or event, although the category is subjective or lacks clearly defined parameters.


rightly or wrongly

I decided, rightly or wrongly, not to tell her about the pregnancy.

Without regard to whether the action in question was justified; not for the moment analyzing the action from the standpoint of morality, correctness, etc.


何罪之有

ㄏㄜˊ ㄗㄨㄟˋ ㄓ ㄧㄡˇ

/xɤ³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɔː²¹ t͡sɵy̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³/

/xɤ³⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hɔː²¹ t͡sɵy̯²² t͡siː⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³/

他們何罪之有呢？

他们何罪之有呢？


渡りに船

渡りに船 (canonical)
watari ni fune (romanization)


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[haːj˧˧ ŋɨəj˨˩ ʔɗaːn˨˩ ʔɓaː˨˩ vaː˨˩ mot̚˧˨ʔ kɔn˧˧ vit̚˧˨ʔ tʰajŋ̟˨˩ kaːj˧˦ t͡ɕəː˧˨ʔ]

[haːj˧˧ ŋɨj˦˩ ʔɗaːŋ˦˩ ʔɓaː˦˩ vaː˦˩ mok̚˨˩ʔ kɔŋ˧˧ vit̚˨˩ʔ tʰɛɲ˦˩ kaːj˨˩˦ t͡ɕəː˨˩ʔ]

[haːj˧˧ ŋɨj˨˩ ʔɗaːŋ˨˩ ʔɓaː˨˩ vaː˨˩ mok̚˨˩˨ kɔŋ˧˧ vɨt̚˨˩˨ tʰan˨˩ kaːj˦˥ cəː˨˩˨]

[haːj˧˧ ŋɨj˨˩ ʔɗaːŋ˨˩ ʔɓaː˨˩ jaː˨˩ mok̚˨˩˨ kɔŋ˧˧ jɨt̚˨˩˨ tʰan˨˩ kaːj˦˥ cəː˨˩˨]

LL-Q9199 (vie)-Penn Zero MSSJ-hai người đàn bà và một con vịt thành cái chợ.wav

(literal) two women and one duck make a market

(derogatory) women are stereotypically loud, talkative, prone to nagging and gossiping


亡國滅種

ㄨㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄧㄝˋ ㄓㄨㄥˇ

/wɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔːŋ²¹ kʷɔːk̚³ miːt̚² t͡sʊŋ³⁵/

/wɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ³⁵ mi̯ɛ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔːŋ²¹ kʷɔːk̚³ miːt̚² t͡sʊŋ³⁵/

the country perishes and the ethnicity becomes extinct


kaikessa loistossaan

kaikessa loistossani (first-person possessive singular)
kaikessa loistossamme (first-person plural possessive)
kaikessa loistossasi (possessive second-person singular)
kaikessa loistossanne (plural possessive second-person)
kaikessa loistossaan (possessive third-person)
kaikessa loistossansa (possessive third-person)


herran hallussa

in the lap of the gods
in the lap of the gods


百上加斤

ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄣ

байшанцзяцзинь

/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

/paːk̚³ sœːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/

/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/

/paːk̚³ sœːŋ²² kaː⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵/

(originally Cantonese) to aggravate an already heavy burden


一方有難，八方支援

ㄧ ㄈㄤ ㄧㄡˇ ㄋㄢˋ

jat¹ fong¹ jau⁵ naan⁶, baat³ fong¹ zi¹ wun⁴

бафан чжиюань

/i⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ nän⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵/

jat⁷ fong¹ jau⁵ naan⁶, baat⁸ fong¹ dzi¹ wun⁴

yed¹ fong¹ yeo⁵ nan⁶, bad³ fong¹ ji¹ wun⁴

/jɐt̚⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ jɐu̯¹³ naːn²² paːt̚³ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ wuːn²¹/

When one place is struck by disaster, assistance comes from all places.


take several seats

have several seats
have several seats#English


as the man says

It is estimated that his income from extra-curricular duties (including book royalties) at least tripled the pay he received from the AMA ($24,000 per year). That, as the man says, ain't hay.

1956, Harry M. Hoxsey, You Don't Have to Die, page 122:

As the man says, the more you know the less the better.

(humorous) Used to introduce (what is supposedly) a famous quotation.


zero fucks given

(slang, vulgar, US) Used to emphasize that one does not care about something at all; rather than giving a fuck, one gives no fucks at all.


any old kind of way

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-any old kind of way.wav

(informal, slang, African-American Vernacular) In an unspecified, careless, or random manner; in any way; haphazardly.


七十五日

ja-pos

七(しち)十(じゅう)五(ご)日(にち) • (shichijūgonichi)

七十五日 (canonical)
shichijūgonichi (romanization)

[ɕit͡ɕiʑɨːɡo̞ɲ̟it͡ɕi]

*七十五 + 日, literally "75 days"
*From the proverb 人(ひと)の噂(うわさ)も七十五日(しちじゅうごにち) (hito no uwasa mo shichijūgonichi, “gossip lasts just 75 days”)
*From the proverb 初物(はつもの)を食(く)えば七十五日生(しちじゅうごにちい)き延(の)びる (hatsumono o kueba shichijūgonichi ikinobiru, “eating the first product of the season makes one live 75 days longer”)

ja-r

ひと の うわさ も しちじゅうごにち

初物を食えば七十五日生き延びる

はつもの を くえば しちじゅうごにち いきのびる

eating the first product of the season make one live longer


kto bogatemu zabroni

Literally, “who's going to forbid a rich person”.

lit

Ja sam bym nie zlecił złotej rzeźby na moje podobieństwo, ale kto bogatemu zabroni.

I personally wouldn't have ordered a gold statue in my likeness, but who am I to judge.

(idiomatic) used when the speaker considers someone's actions, especially those of a rich or influential person, to be irrational or arbitrary


菽水之歡

ㄕㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓ ㄏㄨㄢ

шушуй чжи хуань

/ʂu³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵⁵/

/ʂu³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯än⁵⁵/

菽水承歡 菽水承歡#Chinese

菽水承欢 菽水承欢#Chinese

Synonym of 菽水承歡／菽水承欢 (shúshuǐ chénghuān)


κάτω από το ζυγό

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κάτω από το ζυγό • (káto apó to zygó)

el-phrase

κάτω από το ζυγό • (káto apó to zygó)


ou quoi

T’es cinglé ou quoi ?

T’as un problème ou quoi ?


計我話

/kɐi̯³³ ŋɔː¹³ waː²²/

/kai³³ ᵑɡᵘɔi³³ va³²/

/kɐi̯³³ ŋɔː¹³ waː²²/

/kai³³ ᵑɡᵘɔi³³ va³²/


菽水之養

ㄕㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄓ ㄧㄤˇ

шушуй чжи ян

/ʂu³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

菽水承歡 菽水承歡#Chinese

菽水承欢 菽水承欢#Chinese


菽水承歡

ㄕㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄢ

шушуй чэнхуань

/ʂu³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xu̯än⁵⁵/

/ʂu³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ xu̯än⁵⁵/

children's filial piety to their parents


no te quepa duda

No te quepa duda de que están metidos en los secuestros y en varios de los dramas delictuales de este país.

2012, Marcela Serrano, Antigua vida mía:


paix à son âme

may he/she rest in peace, rest his/her soul


en garde ! prêts ? allez !

Translingual: en garde, prêt, aller

English: en garde

en garde !: get in defensive position

prêts ?: are you ready? (Êtes-vous prêts ?)

allez !: go, start (Allez-y !)

(fencing) A three-command start when fencing:


tout ou rien

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-tout ou rien.wav

C’est tout ou rien.


hak memesan efek terlebih dahulu

Compound of hak (“right”) + memesan (“to order”) + efek (“security”) + terlebih dahulu (“foremost”), literally “right to order securities before anyone else”. Compare to Japanese 新株予約権(しんかぶよやくけん) (shinkabu yoyaku-ken, “new share promissory right”).


more is more

Used to suggest that in some cases, less of something is not appropriate or optimal.


less is a bore

To rhyme with less is more; attributed to architect Robert Venturi (1925-2018).

Less of something is not necessarily more appropriate or optimal.


a little goes a long way

a little of something goes a long way#English

Alternative form of a little of something goes a long way


人窮志不窮

ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ

жэньцюнчжибуцюн

/ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵/

/jɐn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³³ pɐt̚⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹/

/jɐn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³³ pɐt̚⁵ kʰʊŋ²¹/

to be poor but have great aspirations and a strong spirit


難辭其咎

ㄋㄢˊ ㄘˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄡˋ

/nän³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/naːn²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ kɐu̯³³/

/nän³⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/

/naːn²¹ t͡sʰiː²¹ kʰei̯²¹ kɐu̯³³/

can hardly absolve oneself from the blame; to be culpable; to be to blame


一匡天下

ㄧ ㄎㄨㄤ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Guan Zhong acted as prime minister to the duke Huan, made him leader of all the princes, and united and rectified the whole kingdom. Down to the present day, the people enjoy the gifts which he conferred. But for Guan Zhong, we should now be wearing our hair unbound, and the lappets of our coats buttoning on the left side. …

Zǐyuē: “Guǎn Zhòng xiàng Huán Gōng, bà zhūhóu, yī kuāng tiānxià, mín dào yú jīn shòu qí cì; wēi Guǎn Zhòng, wú qí bèifà zuǒrèn yǐ!......

子曰：「管仲相桓公，霸諸侯，一匡天下，民到于今受其賜；微管仲，吾其被髮左衽矣！……

子曰：「管仲相桓公，霸诸侯，一匡天下，民到于今受其赐；微管仲，吾其被发左衽矣！……


I know that's right

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-I know that's right.wav

“Momma,” Pastor Eric answered. “God was in me like that.” “I know that's right,” Mrs. Davis replied.

2012, Ramos Lewis, That's Life, page 135:

"What's going on with you Miss Tina?" "Aw, you know. The usual fabulousness." "I know that's right. What we doing today?"

2013, Jessi Bee, Cold Hearted Diva, page 18:

I know that's right baby. No need in holding a grudge.

2013, Michelle Robinson, Right Before My Eyes, page 59:

“Girl, I know that's right,” Camille agreed.

2014, Martha T. Rivers, Who Flipped the Script:

France said, “I know that's right, because that exactly what she doing.”

2020, Towandra Ellison, Surviving Mother:

(US, African-American Vernacular) Indicates complete agreement.


蠶績蟹匡

ㄘㄢˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄨㄤ

ㄘㄢˊ ㄐㄧ ㄒㄧㄝˋ ㄎㄨㄤ

цаньцзисекуан

/t͡sʰän³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰän³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰän³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰän³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/


crooked as a barrel of fish hooks

(US, simile, informal) Very unscrupulous and deceptive.


είδα κι απόειδα

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είδα κι απόειδα • (eída ki apóeida)

el-phrase

είδα κι απόειδα • (eída ki apóeida)

είδα (eída), past tense of βλέπω (vlépo, “I see, look”), here "checked, assured myself" and απόειδα (apóeida) past tense of αποβλέπω (apovlépo), here, intensified, "checking, looking once again without any different result".

Έψαχνα για δουλειά για μήνες. Είδα κι απόειδα και αποφάσισα να φύγω για την Αμερική.
Épsachna gia douleiá gia mínes. Eída ki apóeida kai apofásisa na fýgo gia tin Amerikí.
I was looking for a job for months. Ι considered [the situation] and reconsidered [with despair] and decided to leave for America.

(colloquial, folksy) After many unsuccessful efforts I am resigned to the situation.


功名利祿

ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄨˋ

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ lei̯²² lʊk̚²/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹ lei̯²² lʊk̚²/

official position (in the government) and material gains; fame, fortune and position


洗劫一空

ㄒㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄧ ㄎㄨㄥ

/ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯³⁵ kiːp̚³ jɐt̚⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/

/ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

/sɐi̯³⁵ kiːp̚³ jɐt̚⁵ hʊŋ⁵⁵/

to completely loot and leave nothing behind


behind the wire

A reference to the chain-link fence that surrounds a prison camp.

Some were to find themselves behind the wire for virtually the entire war.

2000, Patrick Wilson, The War Behind the Wire, page 9:

The Archive has over two hundred of them — men, women and children who spent years behind the wire and yet lived to tell us their stories . . . and the stories of those people they do not want forgotten.

2010, Michael Caulfield, War Behind the Wire: Australian Prisoners of War:

Nevertheless, even camps near "perfection," as the Red Cross described them, could not prevent battles from erupting behind the wire.

2011, Cheryl Benard, Cathryn Quantic Thurston, Andrés Villamizar, The Battle Behind the Wire: U.S. Prisoner and Detainee Operations from World War II to Iraq:

Once we were back in the van and on our way "behind the wire" we were subjected to two more searches, one outside the first gate of the camp, and one behind the first and second gates.

2011, Steve Eubanks, Golf Freek, page 236:

(slang) In a prison camp or refugee camp.

Hutton, as engineer of the train which brought the mob, was one of the first ones detained and he remained behind the wire for several days until he could prove that he had acted as he did only because of the gun at his head.

1959, Locomotive Engineers Journal - Volume 93, page 5:

Remain strong until the walls come crashing down. You're in my thoughts, and the fine work each of you do. Later, brothers behind the wire.

2003, Michael Arpaia, Angolite - Volume 28, page 2:

Section Three takes readers behind the wire and tells them what to expect if they ever get sentenced to time.

2004, Greg Newbold, “Review: Behind Bars: Surviving Prison”, in Journal of Prisoners on Prisons:

This brief consideration of the material culture of imprisonment at Long Kesh/Maze has wider significance in revealing how power relations behind the wire can be very different from the public pronouncement of power inherent in traditional prison architecture

2015, L McAtackney, “Materialising Power Struggles of Political Imprisonment at Long Kesh/Maze Prison, Northern Ireland”, in M Leone, J Knauf, editors, Historical Archaeologies of Capitalism:


成群結隊

ㄔㄥˊ ㄑㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄉㄨㄟˋ

чэнцюньцзедуй

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɪŋ²¹ kʷʰɐn²¹ kiːt̚³ tɵy̯²²/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kun²⁴⁻²² kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tui²²/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kun²⁴⁻²² kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tui⁴¹/

/siɪŋ¹³⁻²² kun¹³⁻²² kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tui²²/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kun²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tui³³/

/siɪŋ²³⁻³³ kun²³⁻³³ kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tui³³/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɪŋ²¹ kʷʰɐn²¹ kiːt̚³ tɵy̯²²/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kun²⁴⁻²² kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tui²²/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kun²⁴⁻²² kiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ tui⁴¹/

/siɪŋ¹³⁻²² kun¹³⁻²² kiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ tui²²/

/siɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kun²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tui³³/

/siɪŋ²³⁻³³ kun²³⁻³³ kiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ tui³³/

Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14ᵗʰ century CE

Hūrán shān zhōng jūmín, chéngqúnjiéduì, fēibēn ér lái, bào shuō Wèi bīng yǐ dào.

忽然山中居民，成群結隊，飛奔而來，報說魏兵已到。

忽然山中居民，成群结队，飞奔而来，报说魏兵已到。

to gather in groups; to gather in crowds; to band together


ser la polla

Fuimos a La Floresta, que era la polla, decían que era la ciudad sin ley, pero era un sitio cojonudo.

We went to La Floresta, which was the shit, it was said to be the lawless town, but it was an awesome place.

(Spain, colloquial) to be awesome, extraordinary; to be the shit; to be shit hot


через огонь, воду и медные трубы

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че́рез ого́нь, во́ду и ме́дные тру́бы

че́рез ого́нь, во́ду и ме́дные тру́бы • (čérez ogónʹ, vódu i médnyje trúby)

че́рез ого́нь (canonical)
во́ду и ме́дные тру́бы (canonical)
čérez ogónʹ (romanization)
vódu i médnyje trúby (romanization)

[t͡ɕɪrʲɪz‿ɐˈɡonʲ | ˈvodʊ ɪ‿ˈmʲednɨje ˈtrubɨ]

Literally, “through fire, water and copper trumpets”.

lit

Я прошёл с Эла́ем че́рез ого́нь, во́ду и ме́дные тру́бы.

Ja prošól s Elájem čérez ogónʹ, vódu i médnyje trúby.

through fire and water
go through fire and water

en-через_огонь,_воду_и_медные_трубы-ru-phrase-G3P~-Ul9


the lights are on but nobody's home

(colloquial, humorous) Somebody is failing to respond, react or comprehend.


むず

muzu (romanization)
むぜ (irrealis stem)
muze (irrealis stem)
むじ (continuative stem)
muzi (continuative stem)
むず (stem terminative)
muzu (stem terminative)
むずる (attributive stem)
muzuru (attributive stem)
むずれ (realis stem)
muzure (realis stem)
むぜよ (imperative stem)
muzeyo (imperative stem)
むぜず (negative)
muzezu (negative)
むずれど (contrastive)
muzuredo (contrastive)
むずれば (causative)
muzureba (causative)
むぜば (conditional)
muzeba (conditional)
むじき (past)
muziki (past)
むじけり (past)
muzikeri (past)
むじつ (perfect)
muzitu (perfect)
むじぬ (perfect)
muzinu (perfect)
むぜり (continuative perfect)
むじたり (continuative perfect)
muzeri (continuative perfect)
muzitari (continuative perfect)
むぜむ (volitional)
muzemu (volitional)

(archaic) Alternative form of んとする (n to suru)


んず

nzu (romanization)
んぜ (irrealis stem)
nze (irrealis stem)
んじ (continuative stem)
nzi (continuative stem)
んず (stem terminative)
nzu (stem terminative)
んずる (attributive stem)
nzuru (attributive stem)
んずれ (realis stem)
nzure (realis stem)
んぜよ (imperative stem)
nzeyo (imperative stem)
んぜず (negative)
nzezu (negative)
んずれど (contrastive)
nzuredo (contrastive)
んずれば (causative)
nzureba (causative)
んぜば (conditional)
nzeba (conditional)
んじき (past)
nziki (past)
んじけり (past)
nzikeri (past)
んじつ (perfect)
nzitu (perfect)
んじぬ (perfect)
nzinu (perfect)
んぜり (continuative perfect)
んじたり (continuative perfect)
nzeri (continuative perfect)
nzitari (continuative perfect)
んぜむ (volitional)
nzemu (volitional)

From むず (muzu), contraction of むとす (mu to su).


the lights are on but no one's home

the lights are on but nobody's home#English

Alternative form of the lights are on but nobody's home


むとす

mu to su (romanization)
むとせ (irrealis stem)
mu to se (irrealis)
むとし (continuative stem)
mu to si (continuative)
むとす (stem terminative)
mu to su (terminative)
むとする (attributive stem)
mu to suru (attributive)
むとすれ (realis stem)
mu to sure (realis)
むとせよ (imperative stem)
mu to seyo (imperative)
むとせず (negative)
mu to sezu (negative)
むとすれど (contrastive)
mu to suredo (contrastive)
むとすれば (causative)
mu to sureba (causative)
むとせば (conditional)
mu to seba (conditional)
むとしき (past)
mu to siki (past)
むとしけり (past)
mu to sikeri (past)
むとしつ (perfect)
mu to situ (perfect)
むとしぬ (perfect)
mu to sinu (perfect)
むとせり (continuative perfect)
むとしたり (continuative perfect)
mu to seri (continuative perfect)
mu to sitari (continuative perfect)
むとせむ (volitional)
mu to semu (volitional)

Original form of んとする (n to suru). Compound of classical volitional auxiliary む (mu), quotation particle と (to), and verb す (su, “to do”), original form of する (suru, “to do”). む (mu) regularly contracted into ん (n) and is read as n in the modern language in Classical Japanese texts.
In Heian era speech, this would also sometimes contract into むず (muzu) or うず (uzu).


神仙打架

ㄕㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄢ ㄉㄚˇ ㄐㄧㄚˋ

шэньсянь дацзя

/ʂən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

/ʂən³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

(neologism) very strong players (e.g. in gaming, sports, etc.) playing against one another


force est

force est de constater que...

one cannot but conclude that... it must be concluded that... it is clear that...


parle pour toi

(informal) speak for yourself! (expressing disagreement with an opinion expressed by another)


off record

No train operating company bosses were prepared to criticise the confusion publicly. But off-record, some are exasperated by a perceived lack of leadership.

2021 July 28, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Confusion and dissent over face mask requirements”, in RAIL, number 936, page 8:


play a double game

to be two-faced or to engage in double-dealing


云何

The term has been started to detach from its literal meaning since the times of the Classic of Poetry. Cf. 如何, which has undergone a similar route.

None of the disciples has understood it yet. How could my friend Mí have done so? What is the understanding that he obtained?

Liu Yiqing (editor), A New Account of the Tales of the World, 5ᵗʰ century CE

Dìzǐ dōu wèi jiě, Ā Mí nǎ dé yǐ jiě? Suǒdé yúnhé?

弟子都未解，阿彌那得已解？所得云何？

弟子都未解，阿弥那得已解？所得云何？

Zi Zhang asked, "What does Zi Xia say on the subject?" They replied, "Zi Xia says: 'Associate with those who can advantage you. Put away from you those who cannot do so.'"

The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐzhāng yuē: “Zǐxià yúnhé?” Duì yuē: “Zǐxià yuē: ‘Kě zhě yǔ zhī, qí bùkě zhě jù zhī.’”

子張曰：「子夏云何？」對曰：「子夏曰：『可者與之，其不可者拒之。』」

子张曰：「子夏云何？」对曰：「子夏曰：『可者与之，其不可者拒之。』」


kejadian ikutan pascaimunisasi

kejadian (“event”) + ikutan (“following”) + pascaimunisasi (“post-immunisation”), literally “events following post-immunisation”.

com

(medicine) adverse event following immunization: any untoward medical occurrence which follows immunization and which does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the usage of the vaccine.


со кротце, со благо и со малко кютек

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со кро́тце, со бла́го и со ма́лко кюте́к • (so krótce, so blágo i so málko kjuték)

со кро́тце (canonical)
со бла́го и со ма́лко кюте́к (canonical)
so krótce (romanization)
so blágo i so málko kjuték (romanization)

Catch-phrase of the early 20th-century Bulgarian Prime Minister Andrej Ljapčev in his native West Macedonian dialect (nowadays, part of Macedonian).

→ (in politics and interpersonal relations) [to conduct oneself] with tact and consideration but [when that does not work] to fight for your beliefs

(literally) with calmness, with gentleness, and with a little brawling

en-со_кротце,_со_благо_и_со_малко_кютек-bg-phrase-~RW6oR3F


the heat is on

A situation has reached a point of great commotion, energy, or activity.


人窮志短

ㄖㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄓˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ

жэньцюнчжидуань

/ʐən³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/jɐn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³³ tyːn³⁵/

/jɐn²¹ kʰʊŋ²¹ t͡siː³³ tyːn³⁵/

one's aspirations are stifled because of poverty


稗官小說

ㄅㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛ

байгуаньсяошо

/paɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/paɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/


不可同年而語

ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄦˊ ㄩˇ

букэ тунняньэрюй

/pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

incomparable; too different to compare; cannot be mentioned in the same breath; there is no comparison between them


倚馬可待

ㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄞˋ

/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/

/i²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/

During the Jin Dynasty, General Huan Wen ordered his record-keeper, Yuan Hong, to write an official document. Yuan, while propped against the front of his horse, managed to fill seven pages with remarkable speed.

a writer's ability to write an article very quickly


急不可待

ㄐㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄞˋ

/t͡ɕi³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/

/kɐp̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ tɔːi̯²²/

/t͡ɕi³⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/

/kɐp̚⁵ pɐt̚⁵ hɔː³⁵ tɔːi̯²²/


往者不可及，來者猶可待

ㄨㄤˇ ㄓㄜˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄞˊ ㄓㄜˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄞˋ ㄉㄞˋ

wǎngzhě bùkějí láizhě yóu kědài dài [Phonetic:wángzhěbùkějíláizhěyóukědàidài]

wang³-chê³ pu⁴-kʻo³-chi² lai²-chê³ yu² kʻo³-tai⁴ tai⁴

ванчжэ букэцзи лайчжэ ю кэдай дай

/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ laɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹/

From a phrase in the Analects, Book 18 (《論語·微子》) with slightly different wording

The madman of Chu, Jie Yu (接輿), passed by Confucius, singing and saying, "O Feng! O Feng! How is your virtue degenerated! As to the past, reproof is useless; but the future may still be provided against. Give up your vain pursuit. Give up your vain pursuit. Peril awaits those who now engage in affairs of government."

楚狂接輿歌而過孔子曰：「鳳兮！鳳兮！何德之衰？往者不可諫，來者猶可追。[[已而#Chinese|]]已而

One cannot change the past, only the future.


街談巷說

ㄐㄧㄝ ㄊㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄛ

цзетаньсяншо

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ tʰän³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ tʰän³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

街談巷議 街談巷議#Chinese

街谈巷议 街谈巷议#Chinese

Synonym of 街談巷議／街谈巷议 (jiētánxiàngyì, “town talk; street gossip”)


jeg er norsk

/ˈjæɪ̯ æːɾ nɔʂk/

/ˈjæɪ̯ æːɾ nɔʁsk/

I am Norwegian (Indicates that the speaker is Norwegian; from Norway)


кога ќе роди врба грозје

кога ќе роди врба грозје • (koga ḱe rodi vrba grozje)

when hell freezes over
when hell freezes over

en-кога_ќе_роди_врба_грозје-mk-phrase-dLH9aXDS


око за око, заб за заб

око за око, заб за заб • (oko za oko, zab za zab)

oko za oko (romanization)
zab za zab (romanization)

an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth


bách niên hảo hợp

[ʔɓajk̟̚˧˦ niən˧˧ haːw˧˩ həːp̚˧˨ʔ]

[ʔɓat̚˦˧˥ niəŋ˧˧ haːw˧˨ həːp̚˨˩ʔ]

[ʔɓat̚˦˥ niəŋ˧˧ haːw˨˩˦ həːp̚˨˩˨]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 百年好合 (“a lifetime of matrimony”).

vi-etym-sino

(archaic, before a wedding) may your marriage last a lifetime


na miejsca, gotowi, start

on your marks, get set, go!
on your marks, get set, go!

(idiomatic) ready, set, go, on your marks, get set, go!


指日高陞

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐ̩⁵¹ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/


老王賣瓜——自賣自誇

Old Wang selling melons - he sells and boasts about them himself

ㄌㄠˇ ㄨㄤˊ ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄚ

ㄗˋ ㄇㄞˋ ㄗˋ ㄎㄨㄚ

Лао Ван май гуа

цзы май цзы куа

/lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ä⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ maɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹ kʰu̯ä⁵⁵/

/lou̯¹³ wɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵ maːi̯²² kʷaː⁵⁵ t͡siː²² maːi̯²² t͡siː²² kʷʰaː⁵⁵/

to boast about one's own products or works


腰酸骨疼

/io⁴⁴⁻²² sŋ̍⁴⁴ kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰiã²¹/

/io⁴⁴⁻²² sŋ̍⁴⁴ kut̚³²⁻⁴ tʰiã²¹/

(Hokkien, medicine) to have a pain in the back, especially the lower back


魂不守舍

ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄜˋ

/xu̯ən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ⁵¹/

/wɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ sɛː³³/

/xu̯ən³⁵ pu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ⁵¹/

/wɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ sɛː³³/

to be inattentive; to have lost one's concentration


what's in the bag

(slang) What's going on? How are you doing? What's new with you?


what's the deal

(slang) What happened, is happening, or is going to happen? Why did something happen or is someone acting a certain way?


an und für sich

»Ein schöner Name! Ich liebe, wenn ich das aussprechen darf« – und Herr Grünlich wandte sich wieder an den Hausherrn – »die Namen, welche schon an und für sich erkennen lassen, daß ihr Träger ein Christ ist.

1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks […] , Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, page 94:


what's the scam

(slang) What's going on? What are you trying to pull? (Said when one is suspicious of someone else).


thing is

One of the better jokes arrives late into the movie, when Guy is forced to take on a brawny he-man doppelgänger—a planned addition to the game’s sequel—who the programmers haven’t finished scripting, and his unfinished dialogue is all placeholders. Thing is, that could describe a lot of Free Guy. Both its humor and CGI bumper-car set pieces have an “insert fun here” quality.

2021 August 6, A. A. Dowd, “The Ryan Reynolds action-comedy Free Guy is a Truman Show for the Fortnite age”, in The A.V. Club:


que sais-je encore

/kə sɛ.ʒ‿ɑ̃.kɔʁ/

(informal) what have you, and all that jazz


et tout le tintouin

(informal) and all that jazz, and the whole kit and caboodle, and the whole caboodle


la faute à qui

(informal) who's to blame? whose fault is it?


and company

(law) Used as part of the name of a company with multiple owners.


et compagnie

(informal) and company; and whatnot, and the like


how goes the war

how goes the battle
how goes the battle#English

(colloquial, humorous) Synonym of how goes the battle (“how are things? how's life?”)


how goes the battle

(colloquial, humorous) how are things? how's life?


if it had teeth, it'd bite one

ALICE. Where's the sugar, Mother?
JENNIE. Right under your nose. If it had teeth, it'd bite you.

1942, Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Western Union, Please: A Comedy in Three Acts, page 5:

Maybe there was a gross flaw, so obvious that they were all missing it, just as Mario sometimes said, "Where's the dried oregano?" when the jar was in plain view on the countertop. Then Dora would say, "If it had teeth, it'd bite you."

1994, Lawrence Sanders, Three Complete Novels, page 354:

LETTY (Quite suddenly younger, timid.) Ma says to pass the salt, Pa.
CAP (Deep voiced, strong, harsh.) You can tell her it's over there.
LETTY She says where, Pa?
CAP If it had teeth, it'd bite her.

2008, Barbara Parisi, The Best American Short Plays, 2004-2005, page 270:

(US, colloquial, humorous) It is in plain sight; one should be able to see it for oneself.


and don't you forget it

(generally in an angry tone) bear in mind, remember


la pièce est tombée

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-la pièce est tombée.wav

the penny has dropped
the penny has dropped


le franc est tombé

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-le franc est tombé.wav


and another thing

(colloquial) Used to introduce a new topic of conversation; by the way.


et tout le tralala

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-et tout le tralala.wav


不言自明

ㄅㄨˋ ㄧㄢˊ ㄗˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

/pu⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ t͡siː²² mɪŋ²¹/

/pu⁵¹ jɛn³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ miŋ³⁵/

/pɐt̚⁵ jiːn²¹ t͡siː²² mɪŋ²¹/

to be self-evident; to go without saying


前方高能

ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄈㄤ ㄍㄠ ㄋㄥˊ

цяньфангаонэн

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ nɤŋ³⁵/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ nɤŋ³⁵/

From commonly spoken lines by detectors of space fleets in mecha anime. For example

High-level energy reaction ahead detected!

偵測到前方高能反應！

侦测到前方高能反应！

(slang, neologism) something violent will follow


lumos sa sabaw

Nalumos sa sabaw ang amahan niining bataa.

This child's father abandoned his family.

(usually humorous) for a father to abandon his family


hà cớ gì

[haː˨˩ kəː˧˦ zi˨˩]

[haː˦˩ kəː˨˩˦ jɪj˦˩]

[haː˨˩ kəː˦˥ jɪj˨˩]

Chinese 何故 (hà cố, “why”, literally “what reason”) + gì or chi (“what”).

der

Hà cớ gì mà cứ chạy ra chạy vô hoài ?!

Why the hell do you keep running around constantly like a maniac?!

(colloquial) why the hell; why in the world; why in God's name


sharing is caring

Yet for a growing faction in the domain of culture, to complain about the pathetically low standard of the art on view is irrelevant at best, oppressive at worst. Artists matter, not art. Sharing is caring. Pass the beer.

2022 September 23, Jason Farago, “The World’s Most Prestigious Art Exhibition Is Over. Maybe Forever.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

It is important to share one's things with other people.

(sex, humorous, informal) One should let other people have sex with one's partner / one's spouse.

Sharing is Caring [title]

2012, Dan Bull (lyrics and music), “Sharing is Caring”:

There are also hundreds of books and papers written by hundreds of very smart people debating whether or not it is right to prevent the sharing of protected digital works and whether it would instead be better if we all just lived in a utopian society where creative industry capitalism is banished and sharing is caring.

2014, Emma Sadleir, Tamsyn de Beer, Don't Film Yourself Having Sex, Penguin Random House South Africa, →ISBN:


減るもんじゃない

減るもんじゃない (canonical)
heru mon ja nai (romanization)

減る + もん + じゃない, literally "It would not get fewer/less/smaller (even if you do that)"

com

減る + もん + じゃない

not the end of the world
not the end of the world

(idiomatic) it's no big deal, it's not the end of the world (if you do it)


c'est du propre

(informal) that's just great! lovely! what a mess!


千秋萬古

ㄑㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ

цяньцюваньгу

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ wän⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

for eternity; generation after generation


千秋萬世

ㄑㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ ㄨㄢˋ ㄕˋ

цяньцюваньши

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

for eternity; forever; generation after generation


萬載千秋

ㄨㄢˋ ㄗㄞˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ

ваньцзайцяньцю

/wän⁵¹ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/


萬古千秋

ㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ

ваньгуцяньцю

/wän⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/maːn²² kuː³⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

/wän⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/maːn²² kuː³⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

On Mount Mang the graves are lined, generation after generation facing Luoyang. In the city songs and bells chime day and night, but on the mountain one hears but the wind through the pines and cypresses.

《北邙山》 ("Mount Mang") by Shen Quanqi, circa 700

Běimángshān shàng liè fényíng, wàngǔqiānqiū duì Luòchéng. Chéngzhōng rìxī gē zhōng qǐ, shānshàng wéi wén sōngbǎi shēng.

北邙山上列墳塋，萬古千秋對洛城。城中日夕歌鐘起，山上唯聞松柏聲。

北邙山上列坟茔，万古千秋对洛城。城中日夕歌钟起，山上唯闻松柏声。


閉月羞花

ㄅㄧˋ ㄩㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄡ ㄏㄨㄚ

/pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/

/pɐi̯³³ jyːt̚² sɐu̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/

/pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɥɛ⁵¹ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵/

/pɐi̯³³ jyːt̚² sɐu̯⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵/

Refers to two of the Four Beauties of Chinese legends, Diao Chan (whose beauty obstructed the moon) and Yang Guifei (whose beauty caused the flowers to feel ashamed).

(of women) extremely beautiful; drop dead gorgeous


que dis-je

nay, hell, or should I say (introducing a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one)


萬代千秋

ㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄡ

ваньдайцяньцю

/wän⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

/maːn²² tɔːi̯²² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

/maːn²² tɔːi̯²² t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

generation after generation; for generations to come


il y a de ça

(informal) that's partly right, that's part of it, that's kind of the idea, sort of, that's sort of it


il y a de ça

il y avait de ça 2 ans, …

il y a de ça 15 ans, …


co ty nie powiesz

/t͡sɔ tɘ ɲɛ ˈpɔ.vjɛʂ/


buyer beware

Used as a warning to a potential buyer of a product about its defects.

(figurative, by extension, often humorous) Exhortation for the listener to exercise caution.


talarðu ensku

Contraction of talar þú ensku (“do you speak English?”).


Q.E.F.

Alternative form of QEF ("quod erat faciendum").


在天之靈

ㄗㄞˋ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

цзайтяньчжилин

/t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/

/t͡sɔːi̯²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/

/t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/

/t͡sɔːi̯²² tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/


szó szerint

literally (word for word; not figuratively; not as an idiom or metaphor)


凶神附體

ㄒㄩㄥ ㄕㄣˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄊㄧˇ

/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵ fu⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵ fu⁵¹ tʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


凶神惡煞

ㄒㄩㄥ ㄕㄜˊ ㄋㄜˋ ㄕㄚˋ

/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ nɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂä⁵¹/

/hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹ ɔːk̚³ saːt̚³/

/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤ³⁵ nɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂä⁵¹/

/hʊŋ⁵⁵ sɐn²¹ ɔːk̚³ saːt̚³/

(figuratively) fierce person; ferocious person


如夢方醒

ㄖㄨˊ ㄇㄥˋ ㄈㄤ ㄒㄧㄥˇ

/ʐu³⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/d͡zu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ maŋ¹¹ huaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰẽ⁵²/

/ʐu³⁵ mɤŋ⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/d͡zu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ maŋ¹¹ huaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰẽ⁵²/

(figuratively) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light; to wake up to reality


have you eaten

Depending on the speaker's language/culture, may be a greeting roughly equivalent to "how are you"

汝食未？

lí chia̍h bē? / lír chia̍h bēr? / lí chia̍h bōe? / lú chia̍h bōe? / lír chia̍h běr?

Jadliście państwo już? The word 'już' - 'already' is put here to overcome ambiguity.


愛答不理

ㄞˋ ㄉㄚ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇ

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ tä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ tä⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


愛理兒不理兒

ㄞˋ ㄌㄧˇㄦ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧˇㄦ

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ liə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ liə̯ɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

愛理不理 愛理不理#Chinese

爱理不理 爱理不理#Chinese

(Mandarin) Erhua form of 愛理不理／爱理不理 (àilǐbùlǐ, “standoffish; indifferent”).


愛財如命

ㄞˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʐu³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

/ɔːi̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ jyː²¹ mɪŋ²²/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʐu³⁵ miŋ⁵¹/

/ɔːi̯³³ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ jyː²¹ mɪŋ²²/

to love money as if it were one's life; to be extremely stingy or greedy for money


自縛手腳

ㄗˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄕㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

цзыфушоуцзяо

/t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡siː²² pɔːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ kœːk̚³/

/t͡siː²² pɔːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ kœːk̚³/


愛惜羽毛

ㄞˋ ㄒㄧ ㄩˇ ㄇㄠˊ

ㄞˋ ㄒㄧˊ ㄩˇ ㄇㄠˊ

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/

/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ ɕi³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵/


од играчка плачка

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од играчка плачка • (od igračka plačka)

lit. from playing to crying; used to comment on a situation where people are amusing themselves and suddenly it goes wrong, especially because they were too carefree or irresponsible


鞍前馬後

ㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄏㄡˋ

аньцяньмахоу

/ˀän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

/ɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹ maː¹³ hɐu̯²²/

/ˀän⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

/ɔːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiːn²¹ maː¹³ hɐu̯²²/


天道酬勤

ㄊㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

тяньдаочоуцинь

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ tou̯²² t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ kʰɐn²¹/

/tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/

/tʰiːn⁵⁵ tou̯²² t͡sʰɐu̯²¹ kʰɐn²¹/

God helps those who help themselves
God helps those who help themselves

God rewards those who work hard; God helps those who help themselves


I've got news for you

(humorous) Used to highlight a fact which the speaker believes is obvious but the listener seems to minimize or disregard.


από δήμαρχος κλητήρας

από δήμαρχος κλητήρας • (apó dímarchos klitíras)

από (apó, “from”) δήμαρχος (dímarchos, “mayor”) κλητήρας (klitíras, “errand boy”)

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巴山蜀水

ㄅㄚ ㄕㄢ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

/pä⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paː⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ sʊk̚² sɵy̯³⁵/

/pä⁵⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paː⁵⁵ saːn⁵⁵ sʊk̚² sɵy̯³⁵/

mountains and rivers of Sichuan (including modern-day Chongqing)


巴頭探腦

ㄅㄚ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇ

батоутаньнао

/pä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰän⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

ㄅㄚ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄢˋ ㄋㄠˇㄦ

батоутаньнаор

/pä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰän⁵¹ naʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paː⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰaːm³³ nou̯¹³/

/pä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰän⁵¹ nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pä⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰän⁵¹ naʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paː⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰaːm³³ nou̯¹³/

(regional) to pop one's head in and look about


文武雙全

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (文武雙全):
* → Korean: 문무쌍전(文武雙全) (munmussangjeon)
* → Vietnamese: văn võ song toàn (文武雙全)

ㄨㄣˊ ㄨˇ ㄕㄨㄤ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

вэньушуанцюань

/wən³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/mɐn²¹ mou̯¹³ sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/

/wən³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/

/mɐn²¹ mou̯¹³ sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰyːn²¹/

A man from Nan'an said: "This man is surnamed Jiang, named Wei, styled Boyue, from Ji [district] in Tianshui [commandery]. He serves his mother very filially; he is talented in both civil and military matters; he has ample intellect and courage. Truly, he is a hero nowadays."

Yǒu Nán'ān rén gào yuē: “Cǐrén xìng Jiāng, míng Wéi, zì Bóyuē, Tiānshuǐ Jì rén yě: shì mǔ zhìxiào, wénwǔshuāngquán, zhìyǒngzúbèi, zhēn dāng yě zhī yīngjié yě.”

有南安人告曰：「此人姓姜，名維，字伯約，天水冀人也：事母至孝，文武雙全，智勇足備，真當也之英傑也。」

有南安人告曰：「此人姓姜，名维，字伯约，天水冀人也：事母至孝，文武双全，智勇足备，真当也之英杰也。」

to be good at both the arts of writing and fighting/warring; to be adept with both the pen and the sword; to be well-versed in both letters and martial arts


tu sais quoi

you know what? (a phrase used to get someone's attention before announcing something)


重中之重

ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

чжунчжунчжичжун

čžunčžunčžičžun

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

/t͡sʊŋ²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ²²/

/ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

/t͡sʊŋ²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sʊŋ²²/

top priority; the most important out of all important matters


拔地而起

ㄅㄚˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄦˊ ㄑㄧˇ

/pä³⁵ ti⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐt̚² tei̯²² jiː²¹ hei̯³⁵/

/pä³⁵ ti⁵¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pɐt̚² tei̯²² jiː²¹ hei̯³⁵/

(of a mountain peak, building, etc.) to rise steeply from the ground


一毛一樣

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ jɑŋ⁵¹/

/i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ mɑʊ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ jɑŋ⁵¹/

From 一模一樣／一模一样 (yīmúyīyàng).

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一模一樣／一模一样 (yīmúyīyàng)

一模一樣 一模一樣#Chinese

一模一样 一模一样#Chinese

(eye dialect) Synonym of 一模一樣／一模一样 (yīmúyīyàng, “exactly the same; identical”)


to be precise

We have over 400 school-age children in our camp; it looks like 422 to be precise.

Used to correct or modify an earlier statement.


per meglio dire

Quindi gli Ismay, i Chrystie (o per meglio dire Hubert Auerbach e la moglie di Chrystie) ed Edgar Beaver, i cui capelli si dice divennero bianchi come il cotone improvvisamente in un pomeriggio d'inverno senza alcuna ragione.

2013, chapter 4, in F. Scott Fitzgerald, translated by Ferruccio Russo, Il Grande Gatsby [The Great Gatsby], Edizioni Scientifiche e Artistiche, page 91:

And the Ismays and the Chrysties (or rather Hubert Auerbach and Mr. Chrystie’s wife) and Edgar Beaver, whose hair they say turned cotton-white one winter afternoon for no good reason at all.


whither away

(archaic) Synonym of where away (“where are you going”)


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the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

A phrase containing every letter of the English alphabet (a pangram), used to demonstrate typographical fonts etc.

naṣṣun ḥakīmun lahu sirrun qāṭiʕun waḏū šaʔnin ʕaẓīmin maktūbun ʕalā ṯawbin ʔaḵḍara wamuḡallafun bijildin ʔazraqa

نَصٌّ حَكِيمٌ لَهُ سِرٌّ قَاطِعٌ وَذُو شَأْنٍ عَظِيمٍ مَكْتُوبٌ عَلَى ثَوْبٍ أَخْضَرَ وَمُغَلَّفٌ بِجِلْدٍ أَزْرَقَ

příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy

missing some basic Latin letters but including all specific to the Czech orthography

nechť již hříšné saxofony ďáblů rozezvučí síň úděsnými tóny waltzu, tanga a quickstepu

Laŭ Ludoviko Zamenhof, bongustas freŝa ĉeĥa manĝaĵo kun spicoj

on sangen hauskaa, että polkupyörä on maanteiden jokapäiväinen ilmiö

wieniläinen siouxia puhuva ökyzombi diggaa Åsan roquefort-tacoja (all letters except š and ž which are part of the Finnish orthography but not the Finnish alphabet)

portez ce vieux whisky au juge blond qui fume

Franz jagt im komplett verwahrlosten Auto quer durch Bayern

zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich

a gyors barna róka átugrik a lusta kutyán

stróż pchnął kość w quiz gędźb vel fax myjń

bancos fúteis pagavam-lhe queijo, whisky e xadrez

um pequeno jabuti xereta viu dez cegonhas felizes

muzicologă în bej, vând whisky și tequila, preț fix

sʺješʹ že ješčó etix mjaxkix francuzskix bulok, da vypej čaju

съешь же ещё этих мягких французских булок, да выпей чаю

el veloz murciélago hindu comía feliz cardillo y kiwi

pijamalı hasta Yağız şoföre çabucak güvendi


kekuatan lunak

Compound of kekuatan (“power”) + lunak (“soft”), calque of English soft power.

(politics) soft power: political influence that is extended by means of diplomacy, media, international assistance, cultural exchanges, etc., rather than by such "hard" means as military intervention or punitive economic measures.


kerah biru

Compound of kerah (“collar”) + biru (“blue”), calque of English blue-collar.


kerah putih

Compound of kerah (“collar”) + putih (“white”), calque of English white-collar.


the world is too much with someone

In reference to The World Is Too Much with Us, a sonnet by William Wordsworth, written circa 1802.

Aided by Alistair Fuchs-Forbes, a British lecturer and healer whom More derides mercilessly as a fag reciting "I Ching in a BBC accent" (64), Doris begins to see that the world is too much with her, that the physical is the lowest denominator of human experience. She points out to More than his abandonment of the spiritual dimension has made their marriage a burned-out star, one collapsed into itself, unable to give light, just "heavy heavy heavy" (64).

1990, Joseph Dewey, In a Dark Time: The Apocalyptic Temper in the American Novel of the Nuclear Age, page 130:

The resident of London was in the center of the world; yet whenever he felt that the world was too much with him, he had only to step back out of the street to find himself inside his own house, his castle "in perfect safety from intrusion."

1996, Christa Jungnickel, Russell K. McCormmach, Cavendish, page 68:

From Monday to Saturday, the world was too much with him, and he was still too much in the world.

Someone is excessively materialistic and distanced from nature.

The World Is Too Much with Us
William Wordsworth


da cosa nasce cosa

one thing leads to another
one thing leads to another


one thing leads to another

one thing led to another
one thing led to another#English

Present tense form of one thing led to another.


signore e signori

ladies and gentlemen
ladies and gentlemen


y aquí paz y después gloria

Aflojé los cuartos a condición de que se habían de ir inmediatamente. Y aquí paz y después gloria. Y se acabó mi cuento, niña de mi vida, porque no he vuelto a saber una palabra de aquel respetable tronco, lo que me llena de contento.

1887, Benito Pérez Galdós, Fortunata y Jacinta:

Montaigne dejó escrito que el tal Cocceyo Nerva, ante el estado en que veía Roma, no se lo pensó dos veces y se quitó la vida. Y aquí paz y después gloria.

2023 July 11, Javier Sebastián, “Salvapatrias”, in Heraldo de Aragón:


因循苟且

ㄧㄣ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄡˇ ㄑㄧㄝˇ

иньсюньгоуце

/in⁵⁵ ɕyn³⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

go through the motions
go through the motions

to stick to the same old way and go through the motions


灰頭土臉

to have one's entire head a face covered in dirt

ㄏㄨㄟ ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄧㄢˇ

хуэйтоутулянь

/xu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ tʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/fuːi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰou̯³⁵ liːm¹³/

/fuːi̯⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ tʰou̯³⁵ liːm¹³/


敷衍塞責

ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄗㄜˊ

/fu⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵/

/fuː⁵⁵ hiːn³⁵ sɐk̚⁵ t͡saːk̚³/

/fu⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵/

/fuː⁵⁵ hiːn³⁵ sɐk̚⁵ t͡saːk̚³/

to work halfheartedly; to go through the motions; to perform one's duty in a perfunctory manner


ganz und gar

/ˈɡant͡s ʊnt ˈɡaːɐ̯/

Es fiel ihm auf, daß sie sich ganz und gar nicht als Dame gab, ganz und gar nicht als Stern für eine entzückte Menge, aber er vergaß nicht, wie schlank und fein sie dastand, spärlich in Gesten und wachsam hinter ihren besonderen Verschleierungen.

1913, Jakob Wassermann, Der Mann von vierzig Jahren:

Worauf ich mich bewogen fühlte, zu sagen: »Ich bin vor einiger Zeit in diese Gegend aus kalten, traurigen, engen Verhältnissen, krank im Innern, ganz und gar ohne Glauben, ohne Zuversicht und Zutrauen, ohne jegliche schönere Hoffnung hergekommen, mit der Welt und mit mir selber entfremdet und verfeindet.

1917, Robert Walser, Der Spaziergang, page 24:


白晝見鬼

ㄅㄞˊ ㄓㄡˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

байчжоуцзяньгуй

/paɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


白日見鬼

ㄅㄞˊ ㄖˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

байжицзяньгуй

/paɪ̯³⁵ ʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


борьба с ветряными мельницами

борьба́ с ветряны́ми ме́льницами

борьба́ с ветряны́ми ме́льницами • (borʹbá s vetrjanými mélʹnicami)

борьба́ с ветряны́ми ме́льницами (canonical)
borʹbá s vetrjanými mélʹnicami (romanization)

[bɐrʲˈba s‿vʲɪtrʲɪˈnɨmʲɪ ˈmʲelʲnʲɪt͡səmʲɪ]

Literally, “a struggle against windmills”.

lit

en-борьба_с_ветряными_мельницами-ru-phrase-a8i31Sr~


bien lui en prit

From the turn of phrase prendre à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose.

Coordinate term: mal lui en prit

Bien lui en prit, car Nicolas se trouvait justement là, assis à sa table de travail.

1993, Jane Donnelly, translated by Marie May, Le labyrinthe des passions, page 115:

That was a good decision, since Nicolas was just there, sitting at his desk.

good for him/her, it was the right choice (to)


三軍可奪帥，匹夫不可奪志

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三軍可奪帥，匹夫不可奪志

ㄙㄢ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄨㄞˋ

ㄆㄧˇ ㄈㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄓˋ

саньцзюнь кэ до шуай

пифу букэ дочжи

/sän⁵⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ pʰi²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

The Master said, "The commander of the forces of a large state may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him."

The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐyuē: “Sānjūn kě duó shuài yě, pǐfū bùkě duó zhì yě.”

子曰：「三軍可奪帥也，匹夫不可奪志也。」

子曰：「三军可夺帅也，匹夫不可夺志也。」

三军可夺帅，匹夫不可夺志

One's will and aspirations will remain persistent and not waver


白衣蒼狗

ㄅㄞˊ ㄧ ㄘㄤ ㄍㄡˇ

/paɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paːk̚² jiː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

/paɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ⁵⁵ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/paːk̚² jiː⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ kɐu̯³⁵/

freakishness; changeable and strange; changes in human affairs often take freakish forms


할 것 없다

[ha̠ɭk͈ʌ̹dʌ̹p̚t͈a̠]

남녀노소 할 것 없이 모두 지지하고 있습니다.

Whether men or woman, young or old, they are all in support.

Namnyeonoso hal geot eopsi modu jiji-hago itseumnida.

풍수지탄(風樹之嘆)은 동서고금 할 것 없다.

When it comes to sadness at a parent's death, no distinction is found in the East and the West, nor in ancient times and nowadays.

Pungsujitan-eun dongseogogeum hal geot eopda.

할 것 없이
할 것 없이#Korean

(especially as 할 것 없이) to have no need to distinguish; to be without distinction


百無一是

/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/paːk̚³ mou̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ siː²²/

/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/

/paːk̚³ mou̯²¹ jɐt̚⁵ siː²²/


百折不回

ㄅㄞˇ ㄓㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ

байчжэбухуэй

/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

/paːk̚³ t͡siːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ wuːi̯²¹/

/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ pu⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

/paːk̚³ t͡siːt̚³ pɐt̚⁵ wuːi̯²¹/

indomitable; unfazed by difficulties or challenges; (slightly derogatory) stubborn; persistent


百廢俱舉

ㄅㄞˇ ㄈㄟˋ ㄐㄩˋ ㄐㄩˇ

байфэйцзюйцзюй

/paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕy⁵¹ t͡ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

all neglected tasks are being undertaken; all that was left undone is now being undertaken


大開殺戒

ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄞ ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧㄝˋ

/tä⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯⁵⁵ saːt̚³ kaːi̯³³/

/tä⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/

/taːi̯²² hɔːi̯⁵⁵ saːt̚³ kaːi̯³³/

to massacre a lot people; to slaughter many people


おなかがゆるい

[o̞na̠ka̠ ɡa̠ jɯ̟ɾɯ̟i]

"one's belly is loose": (euphemistic) one has diarrhea


I know, right

[aɪ˧ ˈnəʊ˨˩ | ˈɹaɪt˦˥]

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-I know, right.wav

(rhetorical) Indicates strong agreement with a preceding statement.


炎炎夏日

ㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄖˋ

/jɛn³⁵ jɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/

/jiːm²¹ jiːm²¹ haː²² jɐt̚²/

/jɛn³⁵ jɛn³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐ̩⁵¹/

/jiːm²¹ jiːm²¹ haː²² jɐt̚²/


puolensa ja puolensa

Autoilussakin on puolensa ja puolensa.

Motoring has its upsides and downsides too.

– Ala on kyllä hyvin mielenkiintoinen mutta palkat matalia. – Puolensa ja puolensa.
– The field is certainly very interesting, but the wages are low. – It has its upsides and downsides.

(idiomatic) there are positive and negative sides to everything; mixed bag


nomen omen

Learned borrowing from Latin nōmen est ōmen.

lbor

(idiomatic) as the name suggests (the name of the object or person is a clue as to their character)


штокче на рокче

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штокче на рокче

штокче на рокче • (štokče na rokče)

[ˈʃtɔkt͡ʃɛ na ˈrɔkt͡ʃɛ]

Ironic, meaningless reply to the question "Што?" ("What?"), used to suggest that one's interlocutor is silly to ask it or to indicate that one is cross with one's interlocutor and does not wish to explain anything further to him.


冤冤相報

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (冤冤相報):
* → Vietnamese: oan oan tương báo (冤冤相報)

ㄩㄢ ㄩㄢ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄅㄠˋ

юаньюаньсянбао

/ɥɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/jyːn⁵⁵ jyːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ pou̯³³/

/ɥɛn⁵⁵ ɥɛn⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/

/jyːn⁵⁵ jyːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ pou̯³³/

冤冤相報永無完了

冤冤相报永无完了


取り返しがつかない

ja-adj

とりかえし が つかない

取(と)り返(かえ)しがつかない • (torikaeshi ga tsukanai) -i (adverbial 取(と)り返(かえ)しがつかなく (torikaeshi ga tsukanaku))

取り返しがつかない (canonical)
torikaeshi ga tsukanai (romanization)
取り返しがつかなく (adverbial)
取り返しがつかなかろ (imperfective stem)
とりかえしがつかなかろ (imperfective stem)
torikaeshi ga tsukanakaro (imperfective)
取り返しがつかなく (continuative stem)
とりかえしがつかなく (continuative stem)
torikaeshi ga tsukanaku (continuative)
取り返しがつかない (stem terminative)
とりかえしがつかない (stem terminative)
torikaeshi ga tsukanai (terminative)
取り返しがつかない (attributive stem)
とりかえしがつかない (attributive stem)
torikaeshi ga tsukanai (attributive)
取り返しがつかなけれ (hypothetical stem)
とりかえしがつかなけれ (hypothetical stem)
torikaeshi ga tsukanakere (hypothetical)
取り返しがつかなかれ (imperative stem)
とりかえしがつかなかれ (imperative stem)
torikaeshi ga tsukanakare (imperative)
取り返しがつかなくない (informal negative)
とりかえしがつかなくない (informal negative)
torikaeshi ga tsukanaku nai (informal negative)
取り返しがつかなかった (informal past)
とりかえしがつかなかった (informal past)
torikaeshi ga tsukanakatta (informal past)
取り返しがつかなくなかった (informal negative past)
とりかえしがつかなくなかった (informal negative past)
torikaeshi ga tsukanaku nakatta (informal negative past)
取り返しがつかないです (formal)
とりかえしがつかないです (formal)
torikaeshi ga tsukanai desu (formal)
取り返しがつかなくないです (formal negative)
とりかえしがつかなくないです (formal negative)
torikaeshi ga tsukanaku nai desu (formal negative)
取り返しがつかなかったです (formal past)
とりかえしがつかなかったです (formal past)
torikaeshi ga tsukanakatta desu (formal past)
取り返しがつかなくなかったです (formal negative past)
とりかえしがつかなくなかったです (formal negative past)
torikaeshi ga tsukanaku nakatta desu (formal negative past)
取り返しがつかなくて (conjunctive)
とりかえしがつかなくて (conjunctive)
torikaeshi ga tsukanakute (conjunctive)
取り返しがつかなければ (conditional)
とりかえしがつかなければ (conditional)
torikaeshi ga tsukanakereba (conditional)
取り返しがつかなかったら (conditional past)
とりかえしがつかなかったら (conditional past)
torikaeshi ga tsukanakattara (conditional past)
取り返しがつかなかろう (volitional)
とりかえしがつかなかろう (volitional)
torikaeshi ga tsukanakarō (volitional)
取り返しがつかなく (adverbial)
とりかえしがつかなく (adverbial)
torikaeshi ga tsukanaku (adverbial)
取り返しがつかなさ (noun-from-adj)
とりかえしがつかなさ (noun-from-adj)
torikaeshi ga tsukanasa (noun-from-adj)

取り返し + が + つかない

com

取り返し + が + つかない

(idiomatic) be irrevocable; cannot be undone; unable to recover


... lıyım

A combination of two suffixes: -lı (“of, from”) and -yım (“I am”).

Ankaralıyım.


si vede

Dalla montagna si vede bene il lago.

From the mountain, you can see the lake well.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see si, vede.

Non chiedergli ulteriori domande, si vede che è molto stressato.

Do not ask him any more questions; it looks like he's very stressed out.

(with che + ind.) it is likely or obvious (that); it looks (like); it appears (that)


參差不齊

ㄘㄣ ㄘ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧˊ

/t͡sʰən⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯²¹/

/t͡sʰən⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

/t͡sʰaːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɐi̯²¹/

(literally or figuratively) uneven; not uniform


先聲奪人

ㄒㄧㄢ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄨㄛˊ ㄖㄣˊ

сяньшэндожэнь

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/siːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ tyːt̚² jɐn²¹/

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

/siːn⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵ tyːt̚² jɐn²¹/

to overawe one's opponent first by a show of strength


雲譎波詭

ㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄛ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

юньцзюэбогуй

/yn³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɐn²¹ kʰyːt̚³ pɔː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

/yn³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wɐn²¹ kʰyːt̚³ pɔː⁵⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

to be unpredictable and ever-changing; to be highly changeable


it's not every day

It's not every day you see a black swan.

(followed by a complement) it is not very common (that)


詭譎多變

ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

гуйцзюэдобянь

/ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/


波詭雲譎

ㄅㄛ ㄍㄨㄟˇ ㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

богуйюньцзюэ

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ yn³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ yn³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

雲譎波詭 雲譎波詭#Chinese

云谲波诡 云谲波诡#Chinese


波譎雲詭

ㄅㄛ ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

боцзюэюньгуй

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ yn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ yn³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

雲譎波詭 雲譎波詭#Chinese

云谲波诡 云谲波诡#Chinese


紋風不動

ㄨㄣˊ ㄈㄥ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

вэньфэнбудун

/wən³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/

/mɐn²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tʊŋ²²/

/wən³⁵ fɤŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/

/mɐn²¹ fʊŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tʊŋ²²/

to be completely motionless; to be absolutely still


南橘北枳

ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄩˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄓˇ

наньцзюйбэйчжи

/nän³⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵ peɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Yan Ying heard that tangerines grown south of the Huai River become mandarin oranges, while those grown in the north become trifoliate oranges. Their leaves are similar, but their flavors are not. So why does this happen? It is because of different environments.

Annals of Master Yan, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE

Yīng wén zhī, jú shēng huáinán zé wéi jú, shēng yú huái běi zé wéi zhǐ, yè tú xiàngsì, qí shí wèi bùtóng. Suǒyǐ rán zhě hé? Shuǐtǔ yì yě.

嬰聞之，橘生淮南則為橘，生于淮北則為枳，葉徒相似，其實味不同。所以然者何？水土異也。

婴闻之，橘生淮南则为橘，生于淮北则为枳，叶徒相似，其实味不同。所以然者何？水土异也。

the same thing will change when in different environments


kuuluu vastaus

From kuuluu (“is heard”) + vastaus (“answer”).

Ja mitä asian eteen on tehty? Ei mitään, kuuluu vastaus.

And what has been done to achieve this? The answer is nothing.

is the answer; used to narrate an answer to a question


文不對題

ㄨㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄧˊ

/wən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰi³⁵/

/mɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ tɵy̯³³ tʰɐi̯²¹/

/wən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ tʰi³⁵/

/mɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ tɵy̯³³ tʰɐi̯²¹/

(of writing or speech) to be beside the point; to be off-topic; to be irrelevant to the subject


ähläm sähläm

Imitating the greeting Arabic أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا (ʔahlan wa-sahlan, “welcome”), especially spoken in some Arabic dialects like Egyptian Arabic. Compare English durka durka and ching chong.

bor

أَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا

Imitation of the Arabic (or any other Middle Eastern or North African, e.g. Turkish) language.


không thầy đố mày làm nên

(literal) without a teacher, I dare you to do or make anything of note

Có câu "không thầy đố mày làm nên". Vậy nên nhân ngày 20 tháng 11, chúng em về thăm cô, bởi vì nhờ cô mà chúng em mới nên người.

They say, "without your teacher, you're not likely to succeed". That's why we pay you a visit today on November 20th, because thanks to you, we succeed.

(figurative) teachers play an important role in your success, so appreciate them and show them the respect they deserve


淮橘為枳

ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄐㄩˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄓˇ

хуайцзюйвэйчжи

/xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

a person or thing changes when in a different environment


趨利避害

ㄑㄩ ㄌㄧˋ ㄅㄧˋ ㄏㄞˋ

/t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ lei̯²² pei̯²² hɔːi̯²²/

/t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵ li⁵¹⁻⁵³ pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xaɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵ lei̯²² pei̯²² hɔːi̯²²/

to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages


oma lehmä ojassa

oma 'own' + lehmä 'cow' + ojassa 'in the ditch' (inessive singular of oja)

(idiomatic) dog in the hunt, vested interest; interest in campaigning or cheering for a cause so as to gain something or avoid losses


臥病在床

ㄨㄛˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄔㄨㄤˊ

вобинцзайчуан

/wɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ piŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/ŋɔː²² pɛːŋ²² t͡sɔːi̯²² t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/

/wɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ piŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/ŋɔː²² pɛːŋ²² t͡sɔːi̯²² t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/


取り返しのつかない

ja-pos

とりかえし の つかない

取(と)り返(かえ)しのつかない • (torikaeshi no tsukanai)

取り返しのつかない (canonical)
torikaeshi no tsukanai (romanization)

取り返しがつかない 取り返しがつかない#Japanese


気の遠くなる

気の遠くなる (canonical)
ki no tōku naru (romanization)

気が遠くなる 気が遠くなる#Japanese


زوبعة في فنجان

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زوبعة في فنجان

زوبعة في فنجان • (zōbaʕa fi finjān)

(idiomatic) tempest in a teapot, storm in a teacup


секое добро

[ˈsɛkɔɛ ˈdɔbrɔ]


ابن الحلال عند ذكره ببان

ابن الحلال عند ذكره ببان

ابن الحلال عند ذكره ببان • (ʔibn il-ḥalāl ʕind zikro bibān)

ʔibn il-ḥalāl ʕind zikro bibān (romanization)

Literally: “the decent man appears with the mention (of his name)”.

en-ابن_الحلال_عند_ذكره_ببان-ajp-phrase-RgXemKLs


bortom all ära och redlighet

Literally translates as "beyond all honor and honesty", the notion being that remote places were uncivilized.

beyond the black stump
beyond the black stump

beyond the black stump, in the middle of nowhere


and such

(idiomatic) and other like things; and so forth


唯我獨尊

ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄉㄨˊ ㄗㄨㄣ

вэйводуцзунь

/weɪ̯³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/

/wɐi̯²¹ ŋɔː¹³ tʊk̚² t͡syːn⁵⁵/

/weɪ̯³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu³⁵ t͡su̯ən⁵⁵/

/wɐi̯²¹ ŋɔː¹³ tʊk̚² t͡syːn⁵⁵/

From the first words the Buddha is supposed to have uttered upon his birth: "In the heavens above and below, I alone am honored."

to be extremely conceited; to be very egotistical, holier-than-thou

Having been born, the Bodhisattva walked seven steps towards each of the four directions without assistance, and said: "In the heavens above and below, I alone am honored."

Great Tang Records on the Western Regions)

Púsà shēng yǐ, bù fú ér xíng, yú sìfāng gè qī bù, ér zì yán yuē: “Tiānshàng, tiānxià, wéiwǒdúzūn.”

菩薩生已，不扶而行，於四方各七步，而自言曰：「天上、天下，唯我獨尊。」

菩萨生已，不扶而行，于四方各七步，而自言曰：「天上、天下，唯我独尊。」

(Buddhism) "I alone am honored"; the first words of the Buddha


天上天下

ja-pos

天(てん)上(じょう)天(てん)下(げ) • (tenjō tenge) ^(←てんじやうてんげ (tenzyau tenge)?)

天上天下 (canonical)
tenjō tenge (romanization)
tenzyau tenge (romanization)
てんじやうてんげ (hiragana historical)

[tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː tẽ̞ŋɡe̞]

(figurative) the whole world or universe


剛直不阿

/kɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹ ˀɤ⁵⁵/

/kaŋ³³⁻²³ tik̚⁴⁻² puk̚²⁻⁴ o³³/

/kɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵ pu⁵¹ ˀɤ⁵⁵/

/kaŋ³³⁻²³ tik̚⁴⁻² puk̚²⁻⁴ o³³/

to be upright and not flatter; to be righteous and not curry favor with others


志窮力竭

ㄓˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

智窮力竭 智窮力竭#Chinese

智穷力竭 智穷力竭#Chinese

Misspelling of 智窮力竭／智穷力竭 (zhìqiónglìjié).


唯我独尊

唯我独尊 (canonical)
yui ga dokuson (romanization)

[jɯ̟i ɡa̠ do̞kɯ̟̊sõ̞ɴ]

天上天下唯我独尊 天上天下唯我独尊#Japanese

Short for 天上天下唯我独尊 (tenjō tenge yui ga dokuson, “only I reign supreme”).


jos tädillä olisi munat, se olisi setä

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jos tädillä olisi munat, se olisi setä (If the aunt had balls, she would be an uncle)

Jos en olisi saanut potkuja, en olisi veloissa sinulle. – Jos tädillä olisi munat, se olisi setä.
If I had not been fired from my job, I would not be indebted to you. – If the aunt had balls, she would be an uncle.

if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle
if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle

if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle (a retort to useless hypotheticals, as well as conclusions drawn from hindsight)


形格勢禁

ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄜˊ ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

сингэшицзинь

/ɕiŋ³⁵ kɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹/

/ɕiŋ³⁵ kɤ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹/

to be restricted or hampered by circumstances


半大不小

ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˇ

/pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/pän⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


半老徐娘

ㄅㄢˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄩˊ ㄋㄧㄤˊ

баньлаосюйнян

/pän⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/puːn³³ lou̯¹³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ nœːŋ²¹/

/pän⁵¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕy³⁵ ni̯ɑŋ³⁵/

/puːn³³ lou̯¹³ t͡sʰɵy̯²¹ nœːŋ²¹/


智窮力竭

ㄓˋ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ li⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/

the end of one's rope
the end of one's rope

at a loss as to what to do; at one's wits' end; at the end of one's rope (both mentally and physically)


trời đánh tránh bữa ăn

[t͡ɕəːj˨˩ ʔɗajŋ̟˧˦ t͡ɕajŋ̟˧˦ ʔɓɨə˦ˀ˥ ʔan˧˧]

[ʈəːj˦˩ ʔɗɛɲ˦˧˥ ʈɛɲ˦˧˥ ʔɓɨə˧˨ ʔaŋ˧˧]

[ʈəːj˨˩ ʔɗan˦˥ ʈan˦˥ ʔɓɨə˨˩˦ ʔaŋ˧˧]

(literal) even the Heavenly Lord knows better not to strike at mealtime

(figurative) don't make a fuss a mealtime; don't argue or fight while we're eating


trời đánh thánh vật

(literal) the Heavenly Lord strikes, the sages wrestle


trời đánh

[t͡ɕəːj˨˩ ʔɗajŋ̟˧˦]

[ʈəːj˦˩ ʔɗɛɲ˦˧˥]

[ʈəːj˨˩ ʔɗan˦˥]

trời đánh tránh bữa ăn


tầm tã

[təm˨˩ taː˦ˀ˥]

[təm˦˩ taː˧˨]

[təm˨˩ taː˨˩˦]


thay vào đó

[tʰaj˧˧ vaːw˨˩ ʔɗɔ˧˦]

[tʰaj˧˧ vaːw˦˩ ʔɗɔ˨˩˦]

[tʰa(ː)j˧˧ vaːw˨˩ ʔɗɔ˦˥]

[tʰa(ː)j˧˧ jaːw˨˩ ʔɗɔ˦˥]


による

[ɲ̟i jo̞ɾɯ̟]

人民の人民による人民のための政治

jinmin no jinmin ni yoru jinmin no tame no seiji

government of the people, by the people, for the people (quote by American president Abraham Lincoln, also a snowclone in Japanese culture)

https://www.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~fkr/小倉進平『朝鮮語方言の研究』所載資料による言語地図とその解釈―第１集.pdf
各項目の名称は原則として小倉進平による日本語による表記に従う。
Kaku-kōmoku no meishō wa gensoku to shite Ogura Shinpei ni yoru Nihongo ni yoru hyōki ni shitagau.


管鮑之交

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (管鮑之交):
* → Korean: 관포지교(管鮑之交) (gwanpojigyo)

→ Japanese: (calque) 管鮑(かんぽう)の交(まじ)わり (kanpō no majiwari)

ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄠˋ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄠ

гуаньбаочжицзяо

/ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

/ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Guan Zhong [a chancellor of the seventh-century B.C.E.] once sighed, saying: "When I was young and poor, I once did business with Bao Shu[ya] and gave the majority of the profits for myself, but Bao Shu did not think I was greedy; he understood that I was poor. I once planned for some affair with Bao Shu which ended in great disaster, but Bao Shu did not think that I was foolish; he understood that destiny can be favorable or unfavorable. I served thrice in the court and was exiled by my monarch thrice, but Bao Shu did not think that I was unworthy; he understood that I had not met with the times that were right for me. I fought in three battles and ran away thrice, but Bao Shu did not think that I was cowardly; he understood that I had an aged mother to care for. When Lord Jiu was defeated, Zhaohu died there while I suffered the disgrace of being imprisoned, but Bao Shu did not think that I was shameless; he understood that I was not ashamed over trifling matters, but was ashamed that my name might not be known to the world. It is my parents who have given birth to me, but it is Bao Shu who has understood me.

Guǎn Zhòng cháng tàn yuē: “Wú shào qióngkùn shí, cháng yǔ Bào Shū gǔ, fēncái duō zì yǔ; Bào Shū bù yǐ wǒ wèi tān zhī wǒ pín yě. Wú cháng wèi Bào Shū móushì ér dà qióngkùn, Bào Shū bù yǐ wǒ wèi yú, zhī shí yǒulì bùlì yě. Wú cháng sān shì, sān jiànzhú yú jūn, Bào Shū bù yǐ wǒ wèi bùxiào, zhī wǒ bù zāo shí yě. Wú cháng sān zhàn sān bèi, Bào Shū bù yǐ wǒ wèi qiè, zhī wǒ yǒu lǎomǔ yě. Gōngzǐ Jiū bài, Zhàohū sǐ zhī, wú yōuqiú shòurǔ; Bào Shū bù yǐ wǒ wèi wúchǐ, zhī wǒ bù xiū xiǎojié, ér chǐ míng bù xiǎn yú tiānxià yě. Shēng wǒ zhě fùmǔ, zhī wǒ zhě Bào Shū yě!”

管仲嘗歎曰：「吾少窮困時，嘗與鮑叔賈，分財多自與；鮑叔不以我為貪知我貧也。吾嘗為鮑叔謀事而大窮困，鮑叔不以我為愚，知時有利不利也。吾嘗三仕，三見逐於君，鮑叔不以我為不肖，知我不遭時也。吾嘗三戰三北，鮑叔不以我為怯，知我有老母也。公子糾敗，召忽死之，吾幽囚受辱；鮑叔不以我為无恥，知我不羞小節，而恥名不顯於天下也。生我者父母，知我者鮑叔也！」

管仲尝叹曰：「吾少穷困时，尝与鲍叔贾，分财多自与；鲍叔不以我为贪知我贫也。吾尝为鲍叔谋事而大穷困，鲍叔不以我为愚，知时有利不利也。吾尝三仕，三见逐于君，鲍叔不以我为不肖，知我不遭时也。吾尝三战三北，鲍叔不以我为怯，知我有老母也。公子纠败，召忽死之，吾幽囚受辱；鲍叔不以我为无耻，知我不羞小节，而耻名不显于天下也。生我者父母，知我者鲍叔也！」


нема на што

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нема на што • (nema na što)


鎮靜自若

ㄓㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄗˋ ㄖㄨㄛˋ

чжэньцзин цзыжо

/ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯ɔ⁵¹/

possessed; self-possessed; to remain calm


this is not a drill

Used to distinguish emergency procedures from those which are just rehearsed.

(informal, often humorous, by extension) Used to make an announcement or draw attention to a fact.


兩不相欠

ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄢˋ

лянбусянцянь

/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/lœːŋ¹³ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ hiːm³³/

/li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/lœːŋ¹³ pɐt̚⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ hiːm³³/


市井無賴

ㄕˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄨˊ ㄌㄞˋ

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹/

/ʂʐ̩⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹/

(derogatory) hooligan in the city; unscrupulous person in the city; scoundrel


buka kemas

Compound of buka (“open”) + kemas (“wrapper”).


bunga tetap

Compound of bunga (“interest; rate”, literally “flower”) + tetap (“fixed”).


bunga mengambang

Compound of bunga (“interest; rate”, literally “flower”) + mengambang (“floating”).

(economics) floating rate: an rate, usually interest or exchange values,that moves up and down with the rest of the market or along with an index - sometimes called a variable interest rate because it can vary over the duration of the term.


通權達變

ㄊㄨㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄚˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

тунцюаньдабянь

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ tä³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹ taːt̚² piːn³³/

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ tä³⁵ pi̯ɛn⁵¹/

/tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹ taːt̚² piːn³³/

to adapt to circumstances; to be adaptable to changing circumstances to act as the occasion requires