Face to face
In Chinese, Pinyin is g à it ó Uhu à NMI à n, which means to change only appearance and form, but not content. It comes from Tang Shunzhi's answer to Wang Nanjiang.
interpretation
You've changed your face.
source
Tang Shunzhi's answer to Wang Nanjiang's book of learning in Ming Dynasty: "my servant recited my brother's two books before and after Jianhui. He knew that my brother had punished me for his past regret. He wanted to wash his stomach and refused to be a good man like the rest of the world."
Face to face
thousands and thousands of words - qiān yán wàn shuō
mistaking the reflection of a bow in the cup for a snake - shé yǐng bēi gōng
look ahead into the future and back into the past - zhān qián gù hòu
give the matter further thought and discuss it later - cóng cháng jì yì