Instructions, System Requirements and Credits
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Pulling on the plant shoots to help them grow --
spoil things through impatience
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Plug one's ears while stealing a bell --
deceive oneself
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Repair the pen after a sheep is lost --
fix the barndoor after the horses have run away
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Stand by a stump and wait for rabbits to come --
waiting for money to fall from the sky
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Three in the morning and four in the evening --
befool others with tricks
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Play the lute to a cow --
to have the wrong audience
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The man of Qi who fears that the sky might fall --
entertain imaginary or groundless fears
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Draw a snake and add feet to it --
ruin the effect by adding what is superfluous
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Dongshi imitates --
blind imitation leads to the opposite effect
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The Foolish Old Man removes the mountains --
where there's a will, there's a way
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The same person has both a spear and a shield --
beat oneself with one's own staff
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Look at flowers while riding on horseback --
gain a superficial understanding through cursory observation
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The old frontiersman loses his horse --
misfortune may be a blessing in disguise
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Shoot two hawks with one arrow --
kill two birds with one stone
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Flowers cascade from the sky --
give an extravagant description of something
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