小菜一碟
xiǎo cài yī dié
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1 a small appetizer
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2 a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
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1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
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2 fig. to change the course of events
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3 to turn things around
捡到篮里就是菜
jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài
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1 all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
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1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
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2 a radical change
朝乾夕惕
zhāo qián xī tì
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1 cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r5
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1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
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2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
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1 to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
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2 to live within one's means
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
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1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
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2 to act according to actual circumstances
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3 to live within one's means
萝卜白菜，各有所爱
luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài
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1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
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2 to each his own
黄花菜都凉了
huáng huā cài dōu liáng le
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1 lit. the dishes are cold (idiom)
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2 fig. to arrive late
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3 to take one's sweet time