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| 保留 | bǎo liú | to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later |
| 本来 | běn lái | original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course |
| 成语 | chéng yǔ | Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4] |
| 俗语 | sú yǔ | common saying / proverb / colloquial speech |
| 名言 | míng yán | saying / famous remark |
| 可想而知 | kě xiǎng ér zhī | (idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined |
| 俗话 | sú huà | common saying / proverb |
| 不辞而别 | bù cí ér bié | to leave without saying good-bye |
| 显而易见 | xiǎn ér yì jiàn | clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously / clearly / it goes without saying |
| 不用说 | bù yòng shuō | needless to say; it goes without saying |
| 冤冤相报何时了 | yuān yuān xiāng bào hé shí liǎo | if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying) |
| 理所应当 | lǐ suǒ yīng dāng | (idiom) it's only right and proper; it goes without saying |
| 畅所欲言 | chàng suǒ yù yán | lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content |
| 习语 | xí yǔ | common saying / idiom |
| 口头禅 | kǒu tóu chán | Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase |
| 表里不一 | biǎo lǐ bù yī | outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems / saying one thing but meaning sth different |
| 老话 | lǎo huà | an old saying |
| 歇后语 | xiē hòu yǔ | anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part) |
| 口口声声 | kǒu kou shēng shēng | to keep on saying (idiom); to repeat over and over again |
| 言不由衷 | yán bù yóu zhōng | to say sth without meaning it (idiom); to speak tongue in cheek / saying one thing but meaning sth different |
| 至理名言 | zhì lǐ míng yán | wise saying; words of wisdom |
| 鸡犬升天 | jī quǎn - shēng tiān | lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道，雞犬升天|一人得道，鸡犬升天[yi1ren2-de2dao4, ji1quan3-sheng1tian1]) |
| 道高一尺，魔高一丈 | dào gāo - yī chǐ , mó gāo - yī zhàng | (saying) as one climbs higher on the path of righteousness, one faces ever greater challenges from evil; no sooner does one overcome one obstacle than another arises |
| 民谚 | mín yàn | folk saying / proverb |
| 二话不说 | èr huà - bù shuō | (idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur |