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bie jii liaam [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

beautiful and cheap

美而廉

bong jii seng'uix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be awe-stricken by merely looking at it

望而生畏

bucit jii ciofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

die without any apparent ailment or disease

無疾而終

chiongkhao-jii-zhud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

衝口而出

ciong'id jii ciofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be faithful to one husband all her life even after she is divorced or in widowhood

從一而終

cioong thiefn jii kaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

descend from heaven (literally) very unexpectedly; deus ex machina

從天而降

cixnhoafn jii saxn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

leave only after each has enjoyed himself to the utmost

盡歡而散

cixnlek jii uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

execute or perform with efforts; do one's best

盡力而為

erngsviaf jii khie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

raise as soon as the voice was heard

應聲而起

erngsviaf jii tør [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

dead on the spot at the first shot

應聲而倒

gieen jii iuo sixn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be as good as one's word

言而有信

goangoaan jii laai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

come in an endless flow

源源而來

hux jii putjiin^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

rich but inhuman towards others

富而不仁

iongtioong jii khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

stride away without looking back; take leave rudely; proudly hold one's head high while striding away

揚長而去

itbong-jii-ty [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

fully understand at a single glance

一望而知

iuu thiefn jii kaxng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

come down from heaven

由天而降

jii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

and; also; but; yet; accordingly; otherwise (used in literary expression)

而; 兒

Liogsip jii nysun [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

an obedient ear for the reception of truth ─ used to express 60 years of age, (Confucius said "At sixty my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth.")

耳順 (六十而耳順)

lioxnglek jii uii [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

estimate one's strength or resources before doing something

量力而為

lok jii bonghoarn [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

be a slave of pleasure

樂而忘返

lok jii put'iim [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

pleasure without licentiousness; pleasant but not obscene

樂而不淫

løo jii buu kofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

toil in vain; fruitless attempt

勞而無功

løo-jii-bukofng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

work hard but no reward

勞而無功

perngkiefn jii heeng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

walk abreast

並肩而行

putkøx jii khix [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

left without announcing his departure

不告而去

putkøx jii piet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

depart without saying goodbye

不告而別

putsii jii piet [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

leave without bidding goodbye; take French leave

不辭而別

samsip jii lip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

thirty years of age; when a man should stand on his own two feet

三十而立

senghy jii jip [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

gain an advantage over somebody through his inattention; to catch someone napping

乘虛而入

sid jii hogteg [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

lost and found again

失而復得

sof jii putlau^† [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

is loose but never misses ─ (justice) is slow but inexorable; The mills of the gods grind exceedingly slow but they grind exceedingly fine

疏而不漏

su si jii huy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

seemingly correct but really incorrect; like the reality; but not so

似是而非

suo jii buu hoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

die without regrets

死而無悔

suo jii hogsefng [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

wake up from death

死而復生

suo jii hoxie [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

stop only at death

死而後已

thengsyn jii zhud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

thrust oneself out to face a challenge

挺身而出

thoat'erng jii zhud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

overshadow others by showing one's ability and talents; overtake others; outscore rival teams (in a race; competition)

脫穎而出

thoatkhao jii zhud [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

speak without thinking of the consequences; have a slip of lip

脫口而出

tuietab jii liuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

give answers fluently

對答如流

zaan jii put'hoex [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

disabled but useful; crippled but leading an active life

殘而不廢

zorng-jii-gieen`cy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

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