The House with a Clock in Its Walls
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- 歃血为盟 swear; pledge each other in wine in which blood has been mixed; smear one's lips with its blood in token
- 趁火打劫chèn huǒ dǎ jié
loot a burning house; fish in troubled waters; go on the scamp; play hell with
- 章回小说zhāng huí xiǎo shuō
type of Chinese novel with each chapter headed by a couplet giving the gist
- 济济一堂jì jì yī táng
a gathering of many people; The house is packed with guests
- 夺门而出duó mén ér chū
hasten out of the house in a great rush; force open the door and rush out; force
- 顺其自然shùn qí zì rán
let nature take its course; in accordance with its natural tendency
- 骄兵必败jiāo bīng bì bài
The self-conceited troops are destined to fail [failure].; An army puffed up
- 挂钟guà zhōng
wall clock
- 困兽犹斗地kùn shòu yóu dòu dì
with one's back to the wall
- 绝无仅有jué wú jǐn yǒu
one and the only one; Not one like... can be found in ten thousand.; the only one
- 杀鸡取蛋shā jī qǔ dàn
kill the hen to get the eggs [all its eggs]; be after only immediate interests; eat
- 梧鼠技穷wú shǔ jì qióng
at one's wits' end; can do nothing more; The flying squirrel has exhausted its
- 鸦知反哺yā zhī fǎn bǔ
The crow knows to disgorge its food in order to feed its parents.
- 碰壁pèng bì
run up against a stone wall; run into a brick [blank] wall; meet with a refusal; run one
- 涂饰tú shì
cover with paint, lacquer, colour wash, etc.; daub on a wall; whitewash
- 秉烛待旦bǐng zhú dài dàn
sit with the light in one's hand till morning; holding a candle and waiting for
- 秉烛夜游bǐng zhú yè yóu
have night outings with candles in hand -- make merry while one can; enjoying the
- 聪明伶俐cōng míng líng lì
be clever and sensible; be quick in [on] the uptake with a ready tongue; clever
- 刁钻古怪diāo zuàn gǔ guài
cunning; an eccentric person with a streak of the fox in him; queer; sly and
- 桴鼓相应fú gǔ xiàng yīng
noise of war drums around; cooperated very well; echo in close coordination; The
- 覆雨翻云fù yǔ fān yún
produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another; act in a
- 躬身下拜gōng shēn xià bài
bend the knee in obeisance; bow with the body slightly bent, as a sign of
- 口渴kǒu kě
thirst; thirstily; have a cobweb in the throat; with one's tongue hanging out
- 脸色发紫liǎn sè fā zǐ
One's face turns purple with anger [rage].; with a frightened face; black in the
- 戎马仓猝róng mǎ cāng cù
in the urgent moment of fighting; burdened with pressing military duties; have a
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