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People look up to those in higher positions
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People look up to those in higher positions
Life is full of ups and downs
A change in weather is approaching
Something extremely rare or unlikely to happen
Everyone has their own superior
Too many things to deal with at once
Someone who is unparalleled and unmatched in the world
Loyal to the country and responsible to the family
To be under pressure from both sides
Abundance leads to laziness
Nothing is worthless, for even the humblest thing can become valuable in certain circumstances
To tease or provoke someone who is more powerful
To tease or provoke someone and suffer the consequences
Teasing others can lead to unpleasant consequences
To flirt or playfully tease someone
To tease or provoke someone and suffer the consequences
Tease someone and they will retaliate
To provoke someone and suffer the consequences
Intelligent people may still fail despite many attempts, while foolish ones may succeed once by chance
A person with some knowledge but lacking practical experience
Talented people can overcome poverty and become wealthy
Childish or immature behavior
A good student makes the teacher happy
Vietnamese proverb; English definition pending editorial review.
Different situations require different approaches
Magical or deceptive tricks
Youth is wasted on the young
Completely consistent or perfectly suitable
Completely or perfectly round
Completely or perfectly suited
To be unstable or insecure
To go around in circles without achieving anything
Easy to start, hard to finish
It's easy to be kind to good people, but hard to be kind to bad people
Talented people emerge in times of chaos
A small trial can reveal great inability
To overestimate the difficulty of a task
Something is extremely easy to do
To search for something thoroughly and carefully
To surrender or give up completely
Spare the rod and spoil the child
To lock up something valuable and leave something worthless unguarded
Praise someone for enduring hardship
Once involved in a complicated situation, it's hard to regain control or wisdom.
Once involved, make the most of it
Once started, something must be finished
Once a mistake is made, it's hard to fix or recover from it
Once you start something, you have to see it through to the end
Must see things through once started
To be overly ambitious or arrogant before achieving success
Someone who is extremely arrogant and proud
Small gold is weighed, but big jade is estimated by sight
Two things are equally bad or undesirable
Something is just as good or bad regardless of its appearance
Mistaking something insignificant for something important
Mistaking something for something else due to ignorance or lack of experience
Observe carefully before acting
Wait and observe to understand the situation clearly
To be overly concerned with formalities
Expecting one thing but getting something entirely different