一步一个脚印
yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn
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1 one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress
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2 reliable
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
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1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
二虎相斗,必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
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1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
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2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
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1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
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2 the pot calls the kettle black
亦步亦趋
yì bù yì qū
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1 to blindly follow suit (idiom)
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2 to imitate slavishly
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3 to do what everyone else is doing
人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
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1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
两虎相斗
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu
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1 two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries
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2 a battle of the giants
两虎相斗,必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
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1 when two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
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2 if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt.
勾心斗角
gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
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1 to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
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2 (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
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1 poor people (idiom)
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2 those who live from hand to mouth
南箕北斗
nán jī běi dǒu
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1 the Winnowing Basket in the southern sky, and the Big Dipper in the north (idiom); sth which, despite its name, is of no practical use
困兽犹斗
kùn shòu yóu dòu
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1 a cornered beast will still fight (idiom)
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2 to fight like an animal at bay
坐山观虎斗
zuò shān guān hǔ dòu
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1 sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight
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2 watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)
好男不跟女斗
hǎo nán bù gēn nu:3 dòu
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1 a real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
安步当车
ān bù dàng chē
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1 to go on foot (idiom)
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2 to do things at a leisurely pace
寸步不让
cùn bù bù ràng
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1 (idiom) not to yield an inch
寸步不离
cùn bù bù lí
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1 to follow sb closely (idiom)
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2 to keep close to
寸步难行
cùn bù nán xíng
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1 unable to move a single step (idiom)
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2 to be in an (extremely) difficult situation
才高八斗
cái gāo bā dǒu
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1 of great talent (idiom)