一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
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1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一视同仁
yī shì tóng rén
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1 to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
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1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
三马同槽
sān mǎ tóng cáo
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1 three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Sī mǎ Yì] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof
上不了台面
shàng bù liǎo tái miàn
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1 better kept under the table (idiom)
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2 not to be disclosed
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3 too inferior to show in public
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
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1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
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2 unfit for a public role
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
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1 lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
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2 incomparable
不同凡响
bù tóng fán xiǎng
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1 lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding
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2 brilliant
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3 out of the common run
不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
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1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不敢苟同
bù gǎn gǒu tóng
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1 to beg to differ (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
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1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不约而同
bù yuē ér tóng
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1 to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
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1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
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1 self-explanatory
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2 self-evident (idiom)
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
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1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
以其人之道,还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
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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
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2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
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1 to let things take their course (idiom)
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2 to leave it to nature
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3 laissez-faire
任凭风浪起,稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
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1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
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2 a cool head in a crisis
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
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1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
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2 hoist by his own petard
便民利民
biàn mín lì mín
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1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)