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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
不用说	bù yòng shuō	needless to say; it goes without saying
俗语	sú yǔ	common saying / proverb / colloquial speech
狮子大开口	shī zi dà kāi kǒu	(saying) (fig.) to make an exorbitant demand; to ask for an outrageously high price
好心当成驴肝肺	hǎo xīn dàng chéng lǘ gān fèi	(saying) to mistake good intentions for ill will
天要下雨，娘要嫁人	tiān yào xià yǔ , niáng yào jià rén	(lit.) the heavens will rain, and widowed mothers will remarry (saying) / (fig.) some things are inevitable
一寸光阴一寸金	yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn	(saying) time is precious
名言	míng yán	saying / famous remark
积阴德必有阳报	jī yīn dé bì yǒu yáng bào	(saying) doing good deeds in secret will eventually bring rewards
鸡犬升天	jī quǎn shēng tiān	(lit.) (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / (fig.) (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道，鸡犬升天)
显而易见	xiǎn ér yì jiàn	clearly and easy to see (idiom); obviously / clearly / it goes without saying
不辞而别	bù cí ér bié	to leave without saying good-bye
二话不说	èr huà bù shuō	(idiom) not saying anything further; not raising any objection; without demur
可想而知	kě xiǎng ér zhī	(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
一分耕耘，一分收获	yī fēn gēng yún , yī fēn shōu huò	(saying) you reap what you sow
年年有余	nián nián yǒu yú	lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
涌泉相报	yǒng quán xiāng bào	to repay a kindness many times over (from the saying 滴水之恩，当涌泉相报)
习语	xí yǔ	common saying / idiom