To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
呼之欲出呼之欲出hu1 zhi1 yu4 chu1
lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom); fig. on the verge of coming out into the open; (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed; (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects); Do as you would be done by.; Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
禁欲禁慾jin4 yu4
to suppress desire; self-restraint; asceticism
禁欲主义禁慾主義jin4 yu4 zhu3 yi4
asceticism
口腹之欲口腹之慾kou3 fu4 zhi1 yu4
desire for good food
口欲期口欲期kou3 yu4 qi1
oral stage (psychology)
利欲利慾li4 yu4
cupidity
利欲心利慾心li4 yu4 xin1
cupidity
利欲熏心利慾薰心li4 yu4 xun1 xin1
blinded by greed (idiom)
喷薄欲出噴薄欲出pen1 bo2 yu4 chu1
to be on the verge of eruption (idiom); (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
情欲情慾qing2 yu4
lust; desire; sensual
穷奢极欲窮奢極欲qiong2 she1 ji2 yu4
to indulge in a life of luxury (idiom); extreme extravagance
求知欲求知慾qiu2 zhi1 yu4
desire for knowledge
权欲熏心權慾薰心quan2 yu4 xun1 xin1
obsessed by a craving for power; power hungry
肉欲肉慾rou4 yu4
carnal desire
色欲色慾se4 yu4
sexual desire; lust
食欲食慾shi2 yu4
appetite
嗜欲嗜慾shi4 yu4
lust
兽欲獸慾shou4 yu4
beastly desire
树欲静而风不止樹欲靜而風不止shu4 yu4 jing4 er2 feng1 bu4 zhi3
lit. the trees long for peace but the wind will never cease (idiom); fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not
私欲私欲si1 yu4
selfish desire
随心所欲隨心所欲sui2 xin1 suo3 yu4
to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases (idiom)
贪欲貪慾tan1 yu4
greed; avarice; rapacious; avid
痛不欲生痛不欲生tong4 bu4 yu4 sheng1
to be so in pain as to not want to live; to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
头痛欲裂頭痛欲裂tou2 tong4 yu4 lie4
to have a splitting headache (idiom)
暾欲谷暾欲穀tun1 yu4 gu3
Tonyukuk (died c. 724 AD)
望眼欲穿望眼欲穿wang4 yan3 yu4 chuan1
to anxiously await
为所欲为為所欲為wei2 suo3 yu4 wei2
to do whatever one pleases
我醉欲眠我醉欲眠wo3 zui4 yu4 mian2
lit. I'm drunk and would like to sleep (idiom); (used to indicate one's sincere and straightforward nature)
物欲物欲wu4 yu4
material desire; craving for material things
物欲世界物慾世界wu4 yu4 shi4 jie4
the world of material desires (Buddhism)
泄欲洩慾xie4 yu4
to sate one's lust
泄欲工具洩慾工具xie4 yu4 gong1 ju4
sexual object
性欲性慾xing4 yu4
sexual desire; lust
性欲高潮性慾高潮xing4 yu4 gao1 chao2
orgasm
摇摇欲坠搖搖欲墜yao2 yao2 yu4 zhui4
tottering; on the verge of collapse
一逞兽欲一逞獸欲yi1 cheng3 shou4 yu4
to give way to one's beastly lust
淫欲淫慾yin2 yu4
lust
欲罢不能欲罷不能yu4 ba4 bu4 neng2
want to stop but can't (idiom); to be unable to stop oneself; to feel an urge to continue
欲滴欲滴yu4 di1
(suffix) replete (with moisture); glistening; plump and tender; lovely; alluring
欲盖弥彰欲蓋彌彰yu4 gai4 mi2 zhang1
trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
欲海欲海yu4 hai3
ocean of lust (Buddhist term); worldly desires
欲壑难填慾壑難填yu4 he4 nan2 tian2
bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed; carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment
If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传); one can always trump up a charge against sb; Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
欲经欲經yu4 jing1
Kama Sutra
欲绝欲絕yu4 jue2
heartbroken; inconsolable
欲念欲念yu4 nian4
desire
欲女欲女yu4 nv3
sex-crazed woman
欲擒故纵欲擒故縱yu4 qin2 gu4 zong4
In order to capture, one must let loose.; to loosen the reins only to grasp them better
欲求欲求yu4 qiu2
to desire; wants; appetites
欲取姑予欲取姑予yu4 qu3 gu1 yu3
variant of 欲取姑與|欲取姑与; to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
欲取姑与欲取姑與yu4 qu3 gu1 yu3
to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)