This entry explains the Chinese idiom 安家立业(ān jiā lì yè) from the Qing‑era novel Lüye Xianzong. It describes settling home and building a career, covering its traditional‑modern cultural shifts, life lesson and matching English expressions.
This entry explains the Chinese idiom 安邦治国(ān bāng zhì guó) from a Ming‑era play. It covers complete statesmanship: pacifying the realm plus sound administration, its distinction from 安邦定国(ān bāng dìng guó), cultural meaning and English counterparts.
This entry explains the Chinese idiom 安邦定国(ān bāng dìng guó) from Yuan‑Ming dramas. It praises statesmen for pacifying chaotic nations, covering its origin, Confucian‑tinged lesson, cultural connotations and matching English phrases.
This entry explains the Chinese idiom 爱莫能助(ài mò néng zhù) originating from The Book of Songs. It means sympathizing yet powerless to assist, serving as a polite refusal, with its lesson and comparable English expressions.
This entry explains the Chinese idiom 爱日惜力(ài rì xī lì) from Records of the Three Kingdoms. It urges treasuring both time and energy wisely, covering its origin, key lesson, modern usage and corresponding English expressions.
This entry explains the colloquial idiom 碍手碍脚 (ài shǒu ài jiǎo), seen in Ming‑Qing novels including Dream of the Red Chamber. It means getting in others’ way, with its social lesson, modern‑life usage and matching English phrases.
This entry explains the Chinese idiom 爱屋及乌 (ài wū jí wū) from Han‑dynasty Shangshu Dazhuan. Affection for one person spreads to related things; it includes its caution about love‑induced bias and matching English proverb.
This entry explains the Chinese idiom 唉声叹气(āi shēng tàn qì) from Ming‑era Erke Pai’an Jingqi. It depicts repeated sighs from distress, offers its lesson, modern‑day usage and corresponding English expressions.
This entry explains the Chinese idiom 爱不释手(ài bù shì shǒu), originating from Prince Zhaoming’s preface to Tao Yuanming’s works. It describes great fondness for an item one hates to set down, plus modern‑day usage and matching English phrases.