一箭之仇
yī jiàn zhī chóu
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1 a wrong suffered (idiom)
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2 old grievance
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3 previous defeat
一箭双雕
yī jiàn shuāng diāo
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1 lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom)
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2 to kill two birds with one stone
不为左右袒
bù wèi zuǒ yòu tǎn
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1 to remain neutral in a quarrel (idiom)
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
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1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
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2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
光阴似箭
guāng yīn sì jiàn
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1 time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
宁左勿右
nìng zuǒ wù yòu
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1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
左券在握
zuǒ quàn zài wò
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1 to be assured of success (idiom)
左右两难
zuǒ yòu liǎng nán
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1 dilemma
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2 quandary
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3 Scylla and Charybdis
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4 between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiom)
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
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1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
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2 fig. to turn everything into gold
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3 to have everything going one's way
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4 to benefit from both sides
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
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1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
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2 fig. to display ambidexterity
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3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
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4 to use both feet equally (football)
左思右想
zuǒ sī yòu xiǎng
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1 to turn over in one's mind (idiom); to think through from different angles
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2 to ponder
左道惑众
zuǒ dào huò zhòng
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1 to delude the masses with heretical doctrines (idiom)
左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn
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1 glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
拿着鸡毛当令箭
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
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1 to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
旁门左道
páng mén zuǒ dào
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1 dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
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2 dissident group
明枪好躲,暗箭难防
míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
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1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
明枪易躲,暗箭难防
míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
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1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
归心似箭
guī xīn sì jiàn
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1 with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)
王顾左右而言他
wáng gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā
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1 the king looked left and right and then talked of other things
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2 to digress from the topic of discussion (idiom)
草船借箭
cǎo chuán jiè jiàn
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1 lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[Sān guó Yǎn yì])
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2 fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends