一条绳上的蚂蚱
yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha
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1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
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2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
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3 people who will sink or swim together
一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
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1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
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2 fig. to stick to one's ways
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3 to cling to one's course
不以词害志
bù yǐ cí hài zhì
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1 don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
井井有条
jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáo
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1 everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
包揽词讼
bāo lǎn cí sòng
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1 to canvas for lawsuits (idiom); to practice chicanery
各执一词
gè zhí yī cí
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1 each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf
含糊其词
hán hú qí cí
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1 to equivocate
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2 to talk evasively (idiom)
多个朋友多条路
duō gè péng yǒu duō tiáo lù
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1 the more friends you have, the more options you have in life (idiom)
强词夺理
qiǎng cí duó lǐ
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1 to twist words and force logic (idiom)
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2 sophistry
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3 loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument
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4 shoving false arguments down people's throats
拙于言词
zhuō yú yán cí
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1 to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom)
振振有词
zhèn zhèn yǒu cí
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1 to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
支吾其词
zhī wú qí cí
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1 (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
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2 evasive
有条不紊
yǒu tiáo bù wěn
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1 regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged
有条有理
yǒu tiáo yǒu lǐ
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1 everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
条分缕析
tiáo fēn lu:3 xī
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1 to analyze thoroughly, point by point (idiom)
条条大路通罗马
tiáo tiáo dà lù tōng Luó mǎ
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1 all roads lead to Rome
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2 use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
条条框框
tiáo tiáo kuàng kuàng
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1 fixed framework (idiom); restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory)
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2 regulations and restrictions
死路一条
sǐ lù yī tiáo
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1 (idiom) dead end
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2 road to ruin
理屈词穷
lǐ qū cí qióng
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1 faulty argument and poor rhetoric (idiom); unable to put forward any convincing arguments
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2 without a leg to stand on
砌词捏控
qì cí niē kòng
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1 to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)