一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
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1 one word says it all (idiom)
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2 to hit the nail on the head
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3 to be pithy and correct
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
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1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
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2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
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3 it's either him or me
乘风破浪
chéng fēng pò làng
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1 to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
势如破竹
shì rú pò zhú
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1 like a hot knife through butter (idiom)
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2 with irresistible force
国破家亡
guó pò jiā wáng
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1 the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)
大破大立
dà pò dà lì
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1 to destroy the old and establish the new (idiom)
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2 radical transformation
家破人亡
jiā pò rén wáng
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1 family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned
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2 destitute and homeless
打破砂锅问到底
dǎ pò shā guō wèn dào dǐ
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1 to go to the bottom of things (idiom)
搬石头砸自己的脚
bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
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1 to move a stone and stub one's toe
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2 to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬砖砸脚
bān zhuān zá jiǎo
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1 to hurt oneself by one's own doing
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2 to boomerang
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3 to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
搬起石头砸自己的脚
bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo
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1 to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
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2 hoisted by one's own petard
支离破碎
zhī lí pò suì
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1 scattered and smashed (idiom)
看破红尘
kān pò hóng chén
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1 to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk)
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2 disillusioned with human society
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3 to reject the world for a monastic life
破涕为笑
pò tì wéi xiào
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1 to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
破竹之势
pò zhú zhī shì
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1 lit. a force to smash bamboo (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破竹建瓴
pò zhú jiàn líng
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1 lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force
破绽百出
pò zhàn bǎi chū
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1 lit. one hundred splits (idiom); fig. full of mistakes (of speech or written article)
破茧成蝶
pò jiǎn chéng dié
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1 lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom)
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2 fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle
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3 to get to a better place after going through difficult period
破罐破摔
pò guàn pò shuāi
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1 lit. to smash a cracked pot (idiom); crazy despair in the face of a blemish, defect, error or setback
破旧立新
pò jiù lì xīn
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1 to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate