一唱一和
yī chàng yī hè
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1 to echo one another (idiom)
一团和气
yī tuán hé qì
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1 to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom)
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2 warm and affable
一文不值
yī wén bù zhí
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1 worthless (idiom)
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2 no use whatsoever
一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
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1 lit. one object bests another object
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2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
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3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
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1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
丈二和尚,摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
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1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
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2 fig. at a total loss
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
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1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
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2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
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3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不值一文
bù zhí yī wén
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1 worthless (idiom)
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2 no use whatsoever
不怕神一样的对手,就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
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1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
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1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
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1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
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1 self-explanatory
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2 self-evident (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
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1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
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1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
以资证明
yǐ zī zhèng míng
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1 in support or witness hereof (idiom)
做一天和尚撞一天钟
zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng
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1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
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2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
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3 to hold a position passively
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
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1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
凶神恶煞
xiōng shén è shà
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1 fiends (idiom); devils and monsters
光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò
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1 open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
全神贯注
quán shén guàn zhù
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1 to concentrate one's attention completely (idiom)
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2 with rapt attention