MDBG Mobile Chinese English Dictionary (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone)

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保留	bǎo liú	to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later
本来	běn lái	original / originally / at first / it goes without saying / of course
成语	chéng yǔ	Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage / CL:条,本,句
俗语	sú yǔ	common saying / proverb / colloquial speech
名言	míng yán	saying / famous remark
可想而知	kě xiǎng ér zhī	(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
俗话	sú huà	common saying / proverb
不辞而别	bù cí ér bié	to leave without saying good-bye
显而易见	xiǎn ér yì jiàn	clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously / clearly / it goes without saying
不用说	bù yòng shuō	needless to say; it goes without saying
井水不犯河水	jǐng shuǐ bù fàn hé shuǐ	(saying) everyone minds their own business
一寸光阴一寸金	yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn	(saying) time is precious
冤冤相报何时了	yuān yuān xiāng bào hé shí liǎo	if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)
理所应当	lǐ suǒ yīng dāng	(idiom) it's only right and proper; it goes without saying
习语	xí yǔ	common saying / idiom
畅所欲言	chàng suǒ yù yán	lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic / to hold forth to one's heart's content
口头禅	kǒu tóu chán	Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase
表里不一	biǎo lǐ bù yī	outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom); not what it seems / saying one thing but meaning sth different
老话	lǎo huà	an old saying
歇后语	xiē hòu yǔ	anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part)