三人行,必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
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1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
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2 you have sth to learn from everyone
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
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1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
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2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
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3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
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1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
人为刀俎,我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu
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1 lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom)
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2 fig. to be at sb's mercy
以小人之心,度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
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1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
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1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
你死我活
nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
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1 lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries
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2 two parties cannot coexist
你争我夺
nǐ zhēng wǒ duó
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1 lit. you fight, I snatch (idiom); to compete fiercely offering no quarter
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2 fierce rivalry
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3 tug-of-war
你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
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1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
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2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
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3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
依然故我
yī rán gù wǒ
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1 to be one's old self (idiom)
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2 to be unchanged
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3 (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
包在我身上
bāo zài wǒ shēn shang
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1 leave it to me (idiom)
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2 I'll take care of it
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
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1 poor people (idiom)
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2 those who live from hand to mouth
卿卿我我
qīng qīng wǒ wǒ
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1 to bill and coo (idiom)
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2 to whisper sweet nothings to one another
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3 to be very much in love
因小失大
yīn xiǎo shī dà
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1 to save a little only to lose a lot (idiom)
大事化小,小事化了
dà shì huà xiǎo , xiǎo shì huà liǎo
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1 to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng
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1 using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
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2 a sledgehammer to crack a nut
大处着眼,小处着手
dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒu
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1 think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)
大街小巷
dà jiē xiǎo xiàng
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1 great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
大惊小怪
dà jīng xiǎo guài
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1 to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)
如是我闻
rú shì wǒ wén
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1 so I have heard (idiom)
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2 the beginning clause of Buddha's quotations as recorded by his disciple, Ananda (Buddhism)