to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) / to win every fight
百思不解
bǎi sī bù jiě
to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom) / to remain perplexed despite much thought
戊戌变法
Wù xū Biàn fǎ
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
诸子百家
zhū zǐ bǎi jiā
the Hundred Schools of Thought, the various schools of thought and their exponents during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC)
惩一儆百
chéng yī jǐng bǎi
lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb
It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom) / fig. a good education program takes a long time to develop / cf. 十年樹木,百年樹人|十年树木,百年树人
百日维新
Bǎi rì Wéi xīn
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
秤砣虽小压千斤
chèng tuó suī xiǎo yā qiān jīn
although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost
行百里者半九十
xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí
lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom) / fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets / a task is not done until it's done
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
百团大战
Bǎi tuán Dà zhàn
Hundred Regiments offensive of August-December 1940, a large scale offensive against the Japanese by the communists
十年树木,百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
十万位
shí wàn wèi
the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system
反右派斗争
Fǎn yòu pài Dòu zhēng
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
反右运动
Fǎn yòu Yùn dòng
Anti-Rightist Movement, Mao's purge of "rightists" after the Hundred Flowers Campaign ended in 1957
吕氏春秋
Lu:3 shì Chūn qiū
lit. “Mr. Lü's Spring and Autumn (Annals)”, compendium of the philosophies of the Hundred Schools of Thought 諸子百家|诸子百家[zhu1 zi3 bai3 jia1], compiled around 239 BC under the patronage of Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor Lü / Buwei 呂不韋|吕不韦[Lu:3 Bu4 wei2]
好故事百听不厌
hǎo gù shi bǎi tīng bù yàn
The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times. / One never tires of hearing good new.
孙诛
Sūn Zhū
Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3] / also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士[Heng2 tang2 Tui4 shi4]
惩一警百
chéng yī jǐng bǎi
lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom) / fig. to make an example of sb / also written 懲一儆百|惩一儆百[cheng2 yi1 jing3 bai3]
戊戌维新
Wù xū Wéi xīn
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
独尊儒术
dú zūn rú shù
dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty)
留芳百世
liú fāng bǎi shì
a good reputation to last a hundred generations
百胜难虑敌,三折乃良医
bǎi shèng nán lu:4 dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
百尺竿头,更尽一步
bǎi chǐ gān tóu , gèng jìn yī bù
lit. hundred foot pole, progress still further (idiom) / fig. much accomplished, still some work to do / to continue to further successes / not to rest on one's laurels
a hundred flowers bloom, a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom) / refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC, but adopted for Mao's campaign of 1956
知彼知己,百战不殆
zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài
knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")