单丝不成线,独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
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1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
天网恢恢
tiān wǎng huī huī
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1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
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2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
天网恢恢,疏而不失
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī
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1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
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2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
天网恢恢,疏而不漏
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu
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1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
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2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
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1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
恢恢有余
huī huī yǒu yú
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1 lit. to have an abundance of space
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2 room to maneuver (idiom)
杞梓之林
Qǐ zǐ zhī lín
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1 forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent
林子大了,什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
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1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
独木不成林
dú mù bù chéng lín
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1 a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
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2 one cannot accomplish much on one's own
言谈林薮
yán tán lín sǒu
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1 articulate in speech (idiom)
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2 eloquent
酒池肉林
jiǔ chí ròu lín
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1 lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery
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2 sumptuous entertainment