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搪 | táng | to keep out / to hold off / to ward off / to evade / to spread / to coat / to smear / to daub |
糖衣炮弹 | táng yī pào dàn | sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences |
糖弹 | táng dàn | sugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting bourgeois influences (abbr. for 糖衣炮彈|糖衣炮弹[tang2 yi1 pao4 dan4]) |
集腋成裘 | jí yè chéng qiú | many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big / many a mickle makes a muckle |
搋 | chuāi | to knead / to rub / to clear a drain with a pump / to conceal sth in one's bosom / to carry sth under one's coat |
反裘负刍 | fǎn qiú fù chú | lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly |
涂盖 | tú gài | to coat / to mask / to plaster over |
貂裘换酒 | diāo qiú huàn jiǔ | lit. to trade a fur coat for wine (idiom) / fig. (of wealthy people) to lead a dissolute and extravagant life |
量力而为 | liàng lì ér wéi | to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly / to act according to one's means / to cut one's coat according to one's cloth |