item (in a program of entertainments) / trick (act of mischief) / worthwhile result / accomplishment / sth significant but not immediately apparent / sth more than meets the eye
适得其反
shì dé qí fǎn
to produce the opposite of the desired result
异曲同工
yì qǔ tóng gōng
different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
追尾
zhuī wěi
to tailgate / to hit the car in front as a result of tailgating
to strive for mastery (idiom) / aiming for the best result / to have high ambitions
居功自傲
jū gōng zì ào
satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom) / resting on one's laurels and despising others
海纳百川
hǎi nà bǎi chuān
all rivers run into the sea / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
刻鹄类鹜
kè hú lèi wù
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
五劳七伤
wǔ láo qī shāng
(TCM) "five strains and seven impairments", five referring to the five viscera 五臟|五脏[wu3 zang4], and seven to adverse effects on one's body as a result of: overeating (spleen), anger (liver), moisture (kidney), cold (lung), worry (heart), wind and rain (outer appearance) and fear (mind)
Fried Rice with Egg Festival, informally observed annually on November 25 as the anniversary of the death in 1950 of Mao Zedong's son Mao Anying, by people who are grateful that Mao's grip on China did not extend to a second generation (The younger Mao died in an American air raid in Korea, and, according to a popular account, his death was the result of cooking fried rice with egg, which produced smoke detected by US forces.)
复阳
fù yáng
to test positive again (for COVID-19) after previously testing positive and then later, negative / to have a rebound positive test result
事倍功半
shì bèi - gōng bàn
(idiom) to expend twice the effort for half the result
事半功倍
shì bàn - gōng bèi
(idiom) to achieve twice the result with half the effort
脑满肠肥
nǎo mǎn - cháng féi
(idiom) overweight as a result of living a life of privilege
踩雷
cǎi léi
to step on a mine / (fig.) to inadvertently do sth that has an unpleasant result / (fig.) to be accidentally exposed to a spoiler