| 躲得过初一，躲不过十五 |
duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ |
lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom) / fig. you can't put it off forever / sooner or later you'll have to deal with it |
| 躲 |
duǒ |
to hide / to dodge / to avoid |
| 得 |
dé |
to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished |
| 得 |
de |
structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 得 |
děi |
to have to / must / ought to / to need to |
| 过 |
Guō |
surname Guo |
| 过 |
guò |
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- |
| 过 |
guo |
(experienced action marker) |
| 初 |
chū |
at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic |
| 初一 |
chū yī |
first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 躲 |
duǒ |
to hide / to dodge / to avoid |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不过 |
bù guò |
only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival) |
| 过 |
Guō |
surname Guo |
| 过 |
guò |
to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- |
| 过 |
guo |
(experienced action marker) |
| 十 |
shí |
ten / 10 |
| 十五 |
shí wǔ |
fifteen / 15 |
| 五 |
wǔ |
five / 5 |