一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
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1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
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1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
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1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
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1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
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2 to read very rapidly
一叶障目
yī yè zhàng mù
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1 lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom)
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2 fig. not seeing the wider picture
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3 can't see the wood for the trees
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
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
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1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
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
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
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)
伤心惨目
shāng xīn cǎn mù
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1 (idiom) too appalling to look at
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
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
勤俭为服务之本
qín jiǎn wéi fú wù zhī běn
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1 hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)
厉目而视
lì mù ér shì
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1 to cut sb a severe look (idiom)
反目成仇
fǎn mù chéng chóu
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1 to become enemies (idiom); to fall out with sb
名目繁多
míng mù fán duō
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1 names of many kinds (idiom); items of every description
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