| 现量相违 | xian4 liang4 xiang1 wei2 | to not fit one's perception of sth (idiom) |
| 着劲儿 | zhuo2 jin4 er5 | to try really hard |
| 硬著头皮 | ying4 zhe5 tou2 pi2 | to force onself to |
| 管不着 | guan3 bu5 zhao2 | it's none of your business |
| 紧随其后 | jin3 sui2 qi2 hou4 | to follow closely behind sb or sth (idiom) |
| 耳闻不如目见 | er3 wen2 bu4 ru2 mu4 jian4 | seeing sth for oneself is better than hearing about it from others |
| 自己动手 | zi4 ji3 dong4 shou3 | to help oneself to |
| 花钱找罪受 | hua1 qian2 zhao3 zui4 shou4 | to spend money on sth that turns out to be unsatisfactory or even disastrous |
| 蓄须明志 | xu4 xu1 ming2 zhi4 | to be resolutely opposed to doing sth (idiom) |
| 褶子了 | zhe3 zi5 le5 | to bungle |
| 谆谆告诫 | zhun1 zhun1 gao4 jie4 | to sincerely caution sb not to do sth (idiom) |
| 赶不及 | gan3 bu4 ji2 | too late (to do sth) |
| 赶得及 | gan3 de2 ji2 | to be able to make it |