to make a copy / to plagiarize / to search and seize / to raid / to grab / to go off with / to take a shortcut / to make a turning move / to fold one's arms
峰回路转
fēng huí lù zhuǎn
the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn
逐客令
zhú kè lìng
the First Emperor's order to expel foreigners / (fig.) notice to leave / words or behavior intended at turning visitors out
以子之矛，攻子之盾
yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn
lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子) / turning a weapon against its owner / fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices / hoist with his own petard
刹把
shā bǎ
brake lever / crank handle for stopping or turning off machinery
懒驴上磨屎尿多
lǎn lu:2 shàng mò shǐ niào duō
(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working / lit. When a lazy donkey is turning a grindstone, it takes a lot of time off for peeing and pooing
lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom) / fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back / to have to finish what one started / to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks
乍青乍白
zhà qīng zhà bái
(of sb's face) turning alternately green and white
背着
bèi zhe
turning one's back to (sth or sb) / keeping sth secret from (sb) / keeping (one's hands) behind one's back
七弯八拐
qī wān - bā guǎi
(idiom) twisting and turning / (idiom) tricky and complicated
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