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dà h\u0103i l\u0101o zh\u0113n – wú chù xún
<\/em><\/font>\u5927\u6d77\u635e\u9488 – \u65e0\u5904\u5bfb<\/strong>
Fish for a needle in the ocean – one can find it nowhere; be next to impossible<\/p>\n

sh\u0101 j\u012b yòng niú d\u0101o – xi\u0103o tí dà zuò
<\/font><\/em>\u6740\u9e21\u7528\u725b\u5200 – \u5c0f\u9898\u5927\u505a
<\/strong>Use a butcher’s knife or cleaver to kill a chicken – break a butterfly on the wheel; use a hammer to swat a fly<\/p>\n

c\u0103o chuán jiè jiàn – m\u0103n zài ér gu\u012b
<\/font><\/em>\u8349\u8239\u501f\u7bad – \u6ee1\u8f7d\u800c\u5f52
<\/strong>To borrow arrows with thatched boats (It refers to an interesting story back to the Three Kingdoms period in ancient China.) – come back with fruitful results; have a rewarding experience<\/p>\n

mén fèng l\u012d kàn rén – b\u0103 rén kàn bi\u0103n le
<\/font><\/em>\u95e8\u7f1d\u91cc\u770b\u4eba – \u628a\u4eba\u770b\u6241\u4e86<\/strong>
Look at somebody through a door crack – belittle somebody<\/p>\n

wèng zh\u014dng zhu\u014d bi\u0113 – sh\u014fu dào ná lái<\/font><\/em>
\u74ee\u4e2d\u6349\u9cd6 – \u624b\u5230\u62ff\u6765<\/strong>
Catch a turtle in a jar – go after an easy prey; be sure of success; be a walkover<\/p>\n

d\u014dng gu\u014d xi\u0101n sheng jiù láng – h\u0103o x\u012bn bù dé h\u0103o bào<\/font><\/em>
\u4e1c\u90ed\u5148\u751f\u6551\u72fc – \u597d\u5fc3\u4e0d\u5f97\u597d\u62a5<\/strong>
Master Dongguo, the foolish, soft-hearted scholar, had helped to hide a wolf from a hunter, but then narrowly escaped being eaten by it. – One gets no thanks for his\/her good intentions; kind-heartedness may not be met with good recompense.<\/p>\n

l\u0103o tài tai de gu\u014f ji\u0103o bù – yòu chòu yòu cháng<\/font><\/em>
\u8001\u592a\u592a\u7684\u88f9\u811a\u5e03 – \u53c8\u81ed\u53c8\u957f<\/strong>
An old lady’s foot-bindings are long as well as smelly. (Foot binding was a custom practiced on young girls and women in feudal China.) – Something, written or said, is long-winded.<\/p>\n

xi\u0101 m\u0101o pèng shàng s\u012d hào zi – (pèng) qi\u0103o le<\/font><\/em>
\u778e\u732b\u78b0\u4e0a\u6b7b\u8017\u5b50 – \uff08\u78b0\uff09\u5de7\u4e86<\/strong>
A blind cat stumbled on a dead rat. – by sheer luck<\/p>\n<\/div>\n