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empty vessels make the most sound (proverb)
phrase

滿瓶水不響,半瓶水晃蕩 /mǎn píng shuǐ bù xiǎngphrase

face without makeup noun

素面 /sùmiàn/noun

素顏noun

素颜 /sùyán/noun

filmmaker (producer or director of films / movies)
noun
[UK: ˈfɪl.ˌmekə(r)]
[US: ˈfɪl.ˌmekər]

制片人 /zhìpiànrén/noun

製片人noun

haste makes waste (being too hasty leads to wasteful mistakes)
phrase
[UK: heɪst ˈmeɪks weɪst]
[US: ˈheɪst ˈmeɪks ˈweɪst]

欲速则不达 /yù sù zé bù dá/phrase

欲速則不達phrase

holiday-maker (somebody on holiday)
noun
[UK: ˈhɒl.ə.deɪ.ˌmeɪk.ə(r)]
[US: ˈhɑːl.ə.deɪ.ˌmeɪk.ər]

度假者 /dùjiàzhě/noun

避暑客 /bìshǔkè/noun

ice cream maker (machine used to make homemade ice cream)
noun

冰淇淋机 /bīngqílínjī/noun

冰淇淋機noun

雪糕机 /xuěgāojī/noun

雪糕機noun

it takes all kinds to make a world (Diversity is essential)
phrase
[UK: ɪt teɪks ɔːl kaɪndz tuː ˈmeɪk ə wɜːld]
[US: ˈɪt ˈteɪks ɔːl ˈkaɪndz ˈtuː ˈmeɪk ə ˈwɝːld]

构成世界需要各种各样的人phrase

kingmaker [kingmakers] (someone who has strong influence over the choice of a leader)
noun
[UK: ˈkɪŋ.ˌmekə(r)]
[US: ˈkɪŋ.ˌmekər]

yǒnglìguówángzhě/noun

拥立国王者 /yōnglìguówángzhěnoun

擁立國王者noun

many a mickle makes a muckle (lot of small amounts, put together, become a large amount)
phrase

聚沙成塔 /jùshāchéngtǎ/phrase

many hands make light work (a large number of people cooperating can perform tasks easily)
phrase

Tàishān yí/phrase

人多好办事 /rénduō hǎobànshì/phrase

人多好辦事phrase

人心齊,泰山移 /rénxīn qíphrase

matchmake (to do matchmaking: to set up a date between two people or to arrange a marriage)
verb

保媒 /bǎoméi/verb

做媒 /zuòméi/verb

matchmaker [matchmakers] (someone who finds suitable marriage partners)
noun
[UK: ˈmæt.ʃmeɪkə(r)]
[US: ˈmæʧ.ˌmekər]

伐柯人 /:fákērén/noun

媒人 /méirén/noun

媒妁 /méishuò/noun

媒婆 /méipó/noun

might makes right (morality cannot question the powerful)
phrase

成王敗寇phrase

成王败寇 /chéngwángbàikòu/phrase

one swallow does not a summer make (one instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend)
phrase
[UK: wʌn ˈswɒ.ləʊ dʌz nɒt ə ˈsʌ.mə(r) ˈmeɪk]
[US: wʌn ˈswɑːlo.ʊ ˈdəz ˈnɑːt ə ˈsʌ.mər ˈmeɪk]

一燕不成夏 /yīyànbùchéngxià/phrase

孤燕不成夏 /gūyànbùchéngxià/phrase

獨燕不成夏 /dúyānbùchéngxià/phrase

pacemaker [pacemakers] (anatomy: set of nerves)
noun
[UK: ˈpeɪ.smeɪkə(r)]
[US: ˈpeɪ.ˌsmekər]

窦房结 /dòufángjié/noun

竇房結noun

pacemaker [pacemakers] (medical implement)
noun
[UK: ˈpeɪ.smeɪkə(r)]
[US: ˈpeɪ.ˌsmekər]

起搏器 /qǐbóqì/noun

pacemaker [pacemakers] (one who sets the pace in a race)
noun
[UK: ˈpeɪ.smeɪkə(r)]
[US: ˈpeɪ.ˌsmekər]

带步人 /dàibùrén/noun

帶步人noun

peacemaker [peacemakers] (someone who restores peace, especially by settling disputes)
noun
[UK: ˈpiː.smeɪkə(r)]
[US: ˈpiː.ˌsmekər]

和事佬 /héshìlǎo/noun

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