一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
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1 one word says it all (idiom)
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2 to hit the nail on the head
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3 to be pithy and correct
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
不当家不知柴米贵
bù dāng jiā bù zhī chái mǐ guì
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1 a person who doesn't manage a household would not be aware how expensive it is (idiom)
乘风破浪
chéng fēng pò làng
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1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
事怕行家
shì pà háng jiā
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1 an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
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)
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
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1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
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2 fugitive
亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng
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1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
亡羊补牢
wáng yáng bǔ láo
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1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
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2 fig. to act belatedly
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3 better late than never
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4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
人为财死,鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
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1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
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2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
人琴俱亡
rén qín jù wàng
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1 person and lute have both vanished (idiom)
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2 death of a close friend
人给家足
rén jǐ jiā zú
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1 lit. each household provided for, enough for the individual (idiom); comfortably off
保家卫国
bǎo jiā wèi guó
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1 guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
倾家荡产
qīng jiā dàng chǎn
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1 to lose a family fortune (idiom)
兵家常事
bīng jiā cháng shì
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1 commonplace in military operations (idiom)
冤家对头
yuān jiā duì tóu
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1 enemy (idiom); opponent
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2 arch-enemy
冤家路窄
yuān jiā lù zhǎi
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1 lit. enemies on a narrow road (idiom); fig. an inevitable clash between opposing factions
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
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1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
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2 with irresistible force