Explore the meaning of "Huà Dì Wéi Láo" (画地为牢), a Chinese idiom about self-imposed limitations. Learn how to recognize and break free from your self-drawn prisons!
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Chinese proverbs are short, wise sayings that convey traditional values and life lessons.
- Learn the meaning, story, and usage of the Chinese idiom "Zuò Jiǎn Zì Fù" (作茧自缚), which warns against creating your own problems. Avoid self-inflicted trouble!
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- Having obtained Long (Gansu), one desires Shu (Sichuan); to be insatiably greedy; never satisfied.
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- One's hair bristles in anger and lifts one's hat; to be extremely angry.
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- To be in a towering rage; to be extremely angry; to fly into a violent rage.
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