Containing Synonyms & Antonyms

to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom)/to be well pleased with oneself/to have a lighthearted air

to recover one's youthful vigor/to feel rejuvenated (idiom)

delighted/with great joy/in high spirits

lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip

lit. dark sky and black earth (idiom)/fig. pitch dark/to black out/disorderly/troubled times

to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth

top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city

frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule

lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom)/fig. each tries to outwit the other/deceit and treachery

(idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing; to charge around; to rampage

great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city

(idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events

inescapable net (idiom)/trap/dragnet

long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain

(idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly

to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily/to bustle about

lit. to move one's hands and feet about (idiom)/fig. to dance about/to express one's feelings in body language/to gesture animatedly/(TCM) involuntary movements of the limbs

separated in life and death/to part for ever

the traces of a person's movements/(fig.) sb's history/the ins and out of a matter

demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation/curious coincidence