1) Chu pa chieh hsiang chih tien eh jou (a despicable man has designs on a lovely lady) 2) Lang pei wei chien ( Two evil forces united symbiotically can cause extreme damage ) 3) Wan hou tou li (Unruly monkies steal heavenly peaches; 4) Wen chi chi wu (rising to practice martial arts upon hearing a rooster crow; i.e., rising and exercising vigorously at an early hour is beneficial) 5) San yang kai tai (a propitious expression)www.ddhw.com 6) Lao chi fu li (aged but still ambitious) 7) Hua she tien tsu (adding feet to the drawing of a snake; therefore, superfluous or unnecessary) 8) Hua lung tien ching (adding eyes to the drawing of a dragon; hence, true to life or realistic) 9) Kuei tu sai pao (race between a turtle and a rabbit)www.ddhw.com 10) Chi hu nan hsia (it's hard to get off the back of a tiger; i.e., it's easier to put yourself into a dangerous situation than to remove yourself from it. The U.S. predicament in Iraq comes to mind here.)
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