一夫当关,万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
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1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ
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1 One key opens one lock.
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2 There is a different solution for each problem. (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
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
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1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
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2 to blurt sth out
伤风败俗
shāng fēng bài sú
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1 offending public morals (idiom)
两败俱伤
liǎng bài jù shāng
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1 both sides suffer (idiom)
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2 neither side wins
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
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1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
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
功败垂成
gōng bài chuí chéng
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1 to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure
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2 to fall at the last hurdle
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3 snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
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1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
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2 history is written by the victors
反败为胜
fǎn bài wéi shèng
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1 to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
哪壶不开提哪壶
nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú
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1 lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot
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2 to talk about sb's weak point
喜笑颜开
xǐ xiào yán kāi
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1 grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
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2 beaming with happiness
坐观成败
zuò guān chéng bài
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1 to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides
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2 to sit on the fence
壹败涂地
yī bài tú dì
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1 beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
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2 a crushing defeat
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3 failed and in a hopeless position
屡战屡败
lu:3 zhàn lu:3 bài
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1 to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
屡败屡战
lu:3 bài lu:3 zhàn
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1 to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
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)
广开言路
guǎng kāi yán lù
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1 to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
情窦初开
qíng dòu chū kāi
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1 first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)