一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
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1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
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1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
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2 a crushing defeat
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3 beaten and in a hopeless position
一体两面
yī tǐ liǎng miàn
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1 lit. one body two sides (idiom)
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2 fig. a situation with two sides to it
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
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
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1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
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2 fig. to go to great lengths
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3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路,入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
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1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
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2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
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3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
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1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
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2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
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1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
人杰地灵
rén jié dì líng
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1 illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son
人间地狱
rén jiān dì yù
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1 hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
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2 fig. having an uncomfortable time
人面兽心
rén miàn shòu xīn
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1 human face, beast's heart (idiom); two-faced
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2 malicious and duplicitous
以泪洗面
yǐ lèi xǐ miàn
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1 to bathe one's face in tears (idiom)
两面三刀
liǎng miàn sān dāo
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1 two-faced, three knives (idiom); double-cross
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2 double dealing and back stabbing
出人头地
chū rén tóu dì
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1 to stand out among one's peers (idiom)
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2 to excel
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
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1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
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2 to break fresh ground
唾面自干
tuò miàn zì gān
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1 to be spat on in the face and let it dry by itself, not wiping it off (idiom); to turn the other cheek
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2 to drain the cup of humiliation
四面楚歌
sì miàn Chǔ gē
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1 lit. on all sides, the songs of Chu (idiom)
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2 fig. surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help
因地制宜
yīn dì zhì yí
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1 (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
地久天长
dì jiǔ tiān cháng
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1 enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal
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2 for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc)
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3 also written 天長地久|天长地久
地利人和
dì lì rén hé
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1 favorable geographical and social conditions (idiom); good location and the people satisfied