| 缘分 | [yuán fèn, ㄩㄢˊ ㄈㄣˋ, 缘 分 / 緣 分] fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny #8,150 [Add to Longdo] |
| 画龙点睛 | [huà lóng diǎn jīng, ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥ, 画 龙 点 睛 / 畫 龍 點 睛] to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (成语 saw); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life; a few words to clinch the point #42,144 [Add to Longdo] |
| 沧海桑田 | [cāng hǎi sāng tián, ㄘㄤ ㄏㄞˇ ㄙㄤ ㄊㄧㄢˊ, 沧 海 桑 田 / 滄 海 桑 田] lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (成语 saw); time brings great changes; life's vicissitudes #42,797 [Add to Longdo] |
| 点睛 | [diǎn jīng, ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥ, 点 睛 / 點 睛] to dot in the eyes; fig. to add finishing touch; abbr. for 成语 saw 畫龍點睛|画龙点睛, to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes; the crucial point that brings the subject to life #44,529 [Add to Longdo] |
| 点睛之笔 | [diǎn jīng zhī bǐ, ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄓ ㄅㄧˇ, 点 睛 之 笔 / 點 睛 之 筆] the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (成语 saw); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life; a few words to clinch the point #48,520 [Add to Longdo] |
| 貔貅 | [pí xiū, ㄆㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄡ, 貔 貅] mythical animal that brings luck and wards off evil, having head of a dragon and lion's body, often with hoofs, wings and tail; also written 辟邪; fig. valiant soldier #51,343 [Add to Longdo] |
| 时势造英雄 | [shí shì zào yīng xióng, ㄕˊ ㄕˋ ㄗㄠˋ ㄧㄥ ㄒㄩㄥˊ, 时 势 造 英 雄 / 時 勢 造 英 雄] Time makes the man (成语 saw). The trend of events brings forth the hero. #91,665 [Add to Longdo] |
| 满招损，谦受益 | [mǎn zhāo sǔn, qiān shòu yì, ㄇㄢˇ ㄓㄠ ㄙㄨㄣˇ, ㄑㄧㄢ ㄕㄡˋ ㄧˋ, 满 招 损 ， 谦 受 益 / 滿 招 損 ， 謙 受 益] (成语 saw) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit; pride comes before a fall [Add to Longdo] |
| 缘份 | [yuán fèn, ㄩㄢˊ ㄈㄣˋ, 缘 份 / 緣 份] also written 緣分|缘分; fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny [Add to Longdo] |
| 蓬筚生光 | [péng bì shēng guāng, ㄆㄥˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄥ ㄍㄨㄤ, 蓬 筚 生 光 / 蓬 篳 生 光] Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling [Add to Longdo] |
| 蓬荜生光 | [péng bì shēng guāng, ㄆㄥˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄕㄥ ㄍㄨㄤ, 蓬 荜 生 光 / 蓬 蓽 生 光] Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling [Add to Longdo] |
| 芸は身を助く | [げいはみをたすく, geihamiwotasuku] (exp) (id) Art brings bread [Add to Longdo] |
| 言い出しっぺ;言い出しっ屁;言出しっ屁;言出しっぺ | [いいだしっぺ, iidashippe] (exp) the one who brought it up; the one who calls attention to a fart is in fact the farter; the one who brings up a subject must be the first to act upon it [Add to Longdo] |
| 策士策に溺れる | [さくしさくにおぼれる, sakushisakunioboreru] (exp) (id) craft brings nothing home (lit [Add to Longdo] |
| 出世作 | [しゅっせさく, shussesaku] (n) work of art or literature that brings fame [Add to Longdo] |
| 寝る子は育つ | [ねるこはそだつ, nerukohasodatsu] (exp) (id) Sleep brings up a child well [Add to Longdo] |
| 水魔 | [すいま, suima] (n) (1) disastrous flooding; (2) kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters [Add to Longdo] |
| 腿上げ;もも上げ | [ももあげ, momoage] (n) high knee (exercise drill where one brings one's knees up high while walking or running) [Add to Longdo] |
| 知恵熱 | [ちえねつ;ちえぼとり, chienetsu ; chiebotori] (n) (1) teething fever; (2) developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt [Add to Longdo] |
| 通り物;通物(io) | [とおりもの, toorimono] (n) (See 通り魔・2) demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by [Add to Longdo] |
| 通り魔 | [とおりま, toorima] (n) (1) random attacker, e.g. person who randomly attacks people on the street; slasher; (2) (original meaning) demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by [Add to Longdo] |
| 風花 | [かざばな;かざはな, kazabana ; kazahana] (n) (1) flurry of snow in a clear sky; (2) winter wind which brings scattered snowflakes or raindrops; (3) (See 風ほろし) skin eruptions cause by a cold or fever [Add to Longdo] |
