就 要 jiù yào will / shall / to be going to 将 会 jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to) / will (cause) / should (enable) / going to 一 路 yī lù the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind 不 明 白 bù míng bái does not understand / fails to realize (intuitively) what is going on 过 度 guò dù excessive / over- / excess / going too far / extravagant / intemperate / overdue 将 要 jiāng yào will / shall / to be going to 怎 么 回 事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter? / what's going on? / how could that be? / how did that come about? / what's it all about? 时 事 shí shì current trends / the present situation / how things are going 懂 事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood / to be aware of what is going on in the world / (esp. of a child) sensible / thoughtful / intelligent 得 心 应 手 dé xīn yìng shǒu lit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job / entirely in one's element / going smoothly and easily 规 模 化 guī mó huà going to scale 坚 持 不 懈 jiān chí bù xiè to persevere unremittingly (idiom) / to keep going until the end 跨 越 式 kuà yuè shì breakthrough / going beyond / leap-forward / unusual new development 去 留 qù liú going or staying 心 中 有 数 xīn zhōng yǒu shù to know what's going on 入 园 rù yuán to enter a park or other place for public recreation (typically, one whose name ends in 園|园: a zoo 動物園|动物园[dong4 wu4 yuan2], amusement park 遊樂園|游乐园[you2 le4 yuan2] etc) / to enrol in a kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园[you4 er2 yuan2] / to start going to kindergarten 适 可 而 止 shì kě ér zhǐ (idiom) to refrain from going too far / to know when to stop 独 来 独 往 dú lái dú wǎng coming and going alone (idiom) / a lone operator / keeping to oneself / unsociable / maverick 执 迷 不 悟 zhí mí bú wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) 执 迷 不 悟 zhí mí bù wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) 拐 弯 抹 角 guǎi wān mò jiǎo lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom) / fig. to speak in a roundabout way / to equivocate / to beat about the bush 亨 通 hēng tōng to go smoothly / prosperous / going well 齐 头 并 进 qí tóu bìng jìn to go forward together (idiom) / to undertake simultaneous tasks / going hand in hand 漫 无 边 际 màn wú biān jì extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic 表 面 文 章 biǎo miàn wén zhāng superficial show / going through the motions 万 马 奔 腾 wàn mǎ bēn téng lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) / fig. going full steam ahead 安 份 ān fèn not going beyond one's bounds / also written 安分[an1 fen4] 探 看 tàn kàn to visit / to go to see what's going on 起 早 贪 黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late 河 姆 渡 Hé mǔ dù Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC 顺 遂 shùn suì everything is going smoothly / just as one wishes 随 大 流 suí dà liú to follow the crowd / going with the tide 一 问 三 不 知 yī wèn sān bù zhī lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom) / fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on / complete ignorance 守 业 shǒu yè to preserve one's heritage / to defend the accomplishments of previous generations / to carry on the good work / to keep one's business going 江 河 日 下 jiāng hé rì xià rivers pour away by the day (idiom) / going from bad to worse / deteriorating day by day 官 运 亨 通 guān yùn hēng tōng (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom) 临 阵 磨 枪 lín zhèn mó qiāng lit. to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom) / fig. to make preparations only at the last moment 反 掌 fǎn zhǎng lit. to turn over one's palm / fig. everything is going very well. 避 寒 bì hán to escape the cold by going on a winter holiday 知 法 犯 法 zhī fǎ fàn fǎ to know the law and break it (idiom) / consciously going against the rules 不 到 黄 河 心 不 死 bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom) / fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal / to keep going while some hope is left 待 to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to 等 而 下 之 děng ér xià zhī going from there to lower grades (idiom) 直 来 直 去 zhí lái zhí qù going directly (without detour) / (fig.) direct / straightforward (in one's manner or speech) 左 右 逢 源 zuǒ yòu féng yuán lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) / fig. to turn everything into gold / to have everything going one's way / to benefit from both sides 时 运 亨 通 shí yùn hēng tōng our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom) 粉 饰 太 平 fěn shì tài píng to pretend that everything is going well 迂 回 曲 折 yū huí qū zhé meandering and circuitous (idiom) / complicated developments that never get anywhere / going around in circles 盘 山 pán shān going around a mountain 百 无 一 失 bǎi wú yī shī no danger of anything going wrong / no risk at all 不 为 已 甚 bù wéi yǐ shèn refrain from going to extremes in meting out punishment / not be too hard on subject 棨 tally for going through a pass 破 茧 成 蝶 pò jiǎn chéng dié lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom) / fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle / to get to a better place after going through difficult period 持 续 经 营 chí xù jīng yíng going concern 甚 且 shèn qiě even / going as far as to / so much so that 几 欲 jī yù almost / nearly going to 河 姆 渡 遗 址 Hé mǔ dù yí zhǐ Hemudu neolithic archaeological site near Ningbo 長江|长江 / in Zhejiang, going back to c. 5000 BC 满 帆 mǎn fān under full sail / going as fast as possible 发 稿 时 fā gǎo shí time of publication / at the time of going to press 万 事 亨 通 wàn shì hēng tōng everything is going smoothly (idiom) 里 进 外 出 lǐ jìn wài chū too many people coming and going (idiom) 躲 年 duǒ nián to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve) 远 劳 yuǎn láo (courteous expression) you have made a long and exhausting journey / you will be making a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a faraway place) 顺 应 天 时 shùn yìng tiān shí going with nature and the seasons (TCM) 继 续 经 营 假 设 going concern assumption 十 一 路 shí yī lù (coll.) going on foot 打 千 dǎ qiān genuflection, a form of salutation in Qing times performed by men, going down on the right knee and reaching down with the right hand 葫 芦 里 卖 的 是 什 么 药 hú lu lǐ mài de shì shén me yào what has (he) got up (his) sleeve? / what's going on? 要 风 得 风 ， 要 雨 得 雨 yào fēng dé fēng , yào yǔ dé yǔ to get whatever one wants / to have everything going one's way 没 长 眼 睛 méi zhǎng yǎn jing (coll.) are you blind or something? / look where you're going 有 失 远 迎 yǒu shī yuǎn yíng (polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you 秀 才 不 出 门 ， 全 知 天 下 事 xiù cai bù chū mén , quán zhī tiān xià shì a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) 秀 才 不 出 门 ， 能 知 天 下 事 xiù cai bù chū mén , néng zhī tiān xià shì a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom) 知 其 不 可 而 为 之 zhī qí bù kě ér wéi zhī to keep going resolutely despite knowing the task is impossible (idiom) 带 上 门 dài shàng mén to close the door (when going through it) 长 眼 zhǎng yǎn to have eyes / (fig.) to look where one is going / to watch one's step / to be cautious 中 二 病 zhōng èr bìng (neologism) strange behavior characteristic of a teenager going through puberty (loanword from Japanese "chūnibyō") 随 大 溜 suí dà liù to follow the crowd / going with the tide 顶 盘 dǐng pán to buy a struggling business and keep it going / to take over a business 健 在 jiàn zài (of an elderly person) alive and in good health / (of a thing) intact / holding up OK / still going strong 吃 席 chī xí to attend a banquet (funeral, wedding etc) / (neologism c. 2020) (slang) (jocular) lit. to attend sb's funeral banquet (used to imply that things are going to go badly for sb) 坚 持 不 懈 jiān chí - bù xiè (idiom) to persevere unremittingly / to keep going until the end
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