Chinese idioms starting with O

Four-character idioms (chengyu) from CC-CEDICT, sorted by pinyin.

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• 藕断丝连 ǒu duàn sī lián lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined ; l
• 呕心沥血 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood
• 偶一为之 ǒu yī wéi zhī to do sth once in a while
• 偶语弃市 ǒu yǔ qì shì chance remarks can lead to public execution

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