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Chinese to English Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Translation Glossary

Chinese term	English translation
狐假虎威	a fox flaunting in the tuition of a tiger

狗洞	hole/spider hole

白手套	front; puppet; figurehead

隔皮看不见瓤	You can't judge a book by its cover

遑論	not to say, not to mention, let alone

跑马圈地	enclosing / claiming markets by making preemptive (/precocious) investments

齐心赚世界人民的钱	Let's be of one heart and mind to make the world pay!

达人	the fashionable and insightful

舍不得	loath to spend money

肉麻	sugary/syrupy	albertdeng
Entered by: albertdeng
若烹小鲜	be gentle	Denyce Seow
Entered by: Denyce Seow
雪中送炭	lend a hand in times of trouble	Gary Key
Entered by: Gary Key
把好钢用在刀刃上，集中力量攻其一点	Take the best steel for the blade, the advantage of its force lies in the edge.	Elizabeth Ruggiero
Entered by: Elizabeth Ruggiero
把柄	To have something on someone

投名状	proof of allegiance

抛头颅	sacrifice oneself

捉襟見肘	have too many problems to deal with / be out at elbows/be overwhelmed with problems

樹洞/做某人的树洞	be an ear/ lend an ear

武风鼎盛	greatly developped and properous trends of martial arts

武术世家	Family of martial art tradition

淡泊明志，宁静致远	Live simply with great ambition; fare serenely toward high goal

淹大头	sucker	Denyce Seow
Entered by: Denyce Seow
有探头	hidden video camera

是人吗	Is it with a human being?

无信不立	a man is only as good as his word

摸地很	dilly-dallying/slow

扩至全世界	extended to the whole world