2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
1 all walks of life (idiom)
2 every trade
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
2 the pot calls the kettle black
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
信心百倍
xìn xīn bǎi bèi
1 brimming with confidence (idiom)
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
包在我身上
bāo zài wǒ shēn shang
1 leave it to me (idiom)
2 I'll take care of it
包子有肉不在褶上
bāo zi yǒu ròu bù zài zhě shàng
1 a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
包打天下
bāo dǎ tiān xià
1 to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business
2 not allow anyone else to have a look in
包揽词讼
bāo lǎn cí sòng
1 to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery
包藏祸心
bāo cáng huò xīn
1 to harbor evil intentions (idiom); concealing malice
包办代替
bāo bàn dài tì
1 to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act
十年树木，百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén
1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.