人在江湖,身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
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1 you can't always do as you like
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2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
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1 things are very different now (idiom)
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2 times have changed
寿比南山
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
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1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
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2 Long may you live!
天涯若比邻
tiān yá ruò bǐ lín
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1 far-flung realms as next door (idiom)
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2 close in spirit although far away
将心比心
jiāng xīn bǐ xīn
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1 to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)
恩比天大
ēn bǐ tiān dà
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1 to be as kind and benevolent as heaven (idiom)
情比金坚
qíng bǐ jīn jiān
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1 love is more solid than gold (idiom)
方滋未艾
fāng zī wèi ài
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1 flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
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2 still growing strong
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3 on the up
方兴未艾
fāng xīng wèi ài
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1 flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom); rapidly expanding
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2 still growing strong
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3 on the up
比登天还难
bǐ dēng tiān hái nán
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1 lit. even harder than reaching the sky (idiom)
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2 fig. extremely difficult
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3 far from an easy task
比翼双飞
bǐ yì shuāng fēi
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1 lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom)
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2 fig. two hearts beating as one
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3 name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish
比翼齐飞
bǐ yì qí fēi
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1 to fly wing to wing (idiom)
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2 two hearts beating as one
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3 (of a couple) inseparable
湖光山色
hú guāng shān sè
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1 scenic lakes and mountain (idiom); beautiful lake and mountain landscape
瘦死的骆驼比马大
shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà
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1 lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom)
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2 fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people
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3 a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
笔胜于刀文比武强
bǐ shèng yú dāo wén bǐ wǔ qiáng
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1 the pen is mightier than the sword (idiom)
兰艾同焚
lán ài tóng fén
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1 lit. to burn both fragrant orchids and stinking weeds (idiom); fig. to destroy indiscriminately the noble and common
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2 the rain falls on the just and unjust alike
货比三家
huò bǐ sān jiā
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1 to comparison shop (idiom)
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2 comparison shopping
货比三家不吃亏
huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuī
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1 shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)