to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner)
favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates
敌众我寡
dí zhòng wǒ guǎ
multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers
仗义疏财
zhàng yì shū cái
to help the needy for justice (idiom) / to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
风流云散
fēng liú yún sàn
lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom) / fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom) / the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind / the place is deserted / the birds have flown
高朋满座
gāo péng mǎn zuò
surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom) / in company
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
don't fight, won't make friends (idiom) / an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
串亲访友
chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu
to call on friends and relations (idiom)
因人成事
yīn rén chéng shì
to get things done relying on others (idiom) / with a little help from his friends
孝悌忠信
xiào tì zhōng xìn
Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
拔毛连茹
bá máo lián rú
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
故旧不弃
gù jiù bù qì
do not neglect old friends
水清无鱼
shuǐ qīng wú yú
lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom) / fig. one who is too severe has no friends
水至清则无鱼
shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú
Water that is too clear has few fish, and one who is too critical has few friends (idiom) / You cannot expect everyone to be squeaky clean. / Don't be too picky!
访亲问友
fǎng qīn wèn yǒu
to visit friends and relations (idiom)
重修旧好
chóng xiū jiù hǎo
to make friends again / to renew old cordial relations
众叛亲离
zhòng pàn qīn lí
lit. people rebelling and friends deserting (idiom) / fig. to find oneself utterly isolated
lit. at first raw, later ripe (idiom) / unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers at first meeting, but soon friends / awkward at first but becoming skillful later / an acquired taste
一次生,两次熟
yī cì shēng , liǎng cì shú
unfamiliar at first but you get used to it / strangers are first meeting, but soon friends / an acquired taste
三亲六故
sān qīn liù gù
old friends and relatives
四德
sì dé
four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 / (for men), namely: piety 孝 / to one's parents, respect 悌 / to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 / to one's monarch, faith 信 / to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 / and efficiency in needlework 功
悌友
tì yǒu
to show brotherly love for friends
患难见真情
huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng
true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom) / you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together / you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
拔茅连茹
bá máo lián rú
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
the practice of favoring sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) culture of favoritism towards relatives, friends and associates