like; similar to; same as
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
thus; in this way; like this
literally; self-explanatorily
like water; like it grows on trees
in swarms; in throngs; in droves; in hordes
time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short
the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more
in being immobile be like a mountain (from Sun Tzu); being imperturbable; immobile like a mountain (from laziness, etc.)
the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more
fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
like sweat cannot return inside the body, the word of an emperor cannot be unsaid
as always; the same as it always is
extremely indigent; extremely poor; in dire poverty; as poor as a church mouse
in crowds (of spectators); in great numbers
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; doing whatever one wants even though others may be watching
friendships between wise men are plain and hence rock solid
hide your true strength, and then later swiftly attack the unprepared enemy; (lit.) first be like a (meek) virgin, later like a running hare
time flies; (lit.) like watching a white horse run by through a gap in the wall (Zhuangzi)
water seeks its own level
like looking out on an abyss; like standing on the edge of an abyss