躲得過初一，躲不過十五

lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom) / fig. you can't put it off forever / sooner or later you'll have to deal with it

to hide / to dodge / to avoid

to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

to have to / must / ought to / to need to

surname Guo

to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

(experienced action marker)

at first / (at the) beginning / first / junior / basic

first day of lunar month / New Year's Day / first year in junior middle school

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

only / merely / no more than / but / however / anyway (to get back to a previous topic) / cannot be more (after adjectival)

ten / 10

fifteen / 15

five / 5