一是一,二是二
yī shì yī , èr shì èr
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1 lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)
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2 fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut
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3 unequivocal
一身是胆
yī shēn shì dǎn
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1 devoid of fear (idiom)
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2 intrepid
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
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1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
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2 to fire from the hip
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
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1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
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1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
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2 marriages are predestined
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3 people marry because they share common traits
不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
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1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
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2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
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1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
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2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
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3 it's either him or me
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
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1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
人是铁饭是钢
rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng
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1 one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
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2 an empty sack cannot stand upright
似是而非
sì shì ér fēi
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1 apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
俯拾皆是
fǔ shí jiē shì
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1 lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)
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2 fig. extremely common
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3 easily available
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
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1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
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1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
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1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
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2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
冷若冰霜
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
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1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
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2 frigid
判若云泥
pàn ruò yún ní
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1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
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2 worlds apart
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
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1 (idiom) half true and half false
危若朝露
wēi ruò zhāo lù
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1 precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day
口是心非
kǒu shì xīn fēi
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1 duplicity
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2 hypocrisy (idiom)
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
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1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
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2 eloquent
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3 glib
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4 voluble
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5 have the gift of the gab