一夫当关,万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
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1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
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1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
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2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
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1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
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2 fig. one is helpless alone
一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
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1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
一言既出,驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
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1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
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1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
世上无难事,只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
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1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
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2 persistence will overcome
人心难测
rén xīn nán cè
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1 hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
介于两难
jiè yú liǎng nán
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1 to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
以一驭万
yǐ yī yù wàn
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1 to control a key point is to be master of the situation (idiom)
以防万一
yǐ fáng wàn yī
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1 to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case
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2 prepared for any eventualities
劫数难逃
jié shù nán táo
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1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
勉为其难
miǎn wéi qí nán
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1 to tackle a difficult job (idiom)
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2 to do sth reluctantly
千千万万
qiān qiān wàn wàn
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1 lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers
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2 innumerable
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3 thousands upon thousands
千真万确
qiān zhēn wàn què
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1 absolutely true (idiom)
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2 manifold
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3 true from many points of view
千言万语
qiān yán wàn yǔ
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1 thousands of words (idiom); having a lot of things to say
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2 talking nonstop
千变万轸
qiān biàn wàn zhěn
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1 constantly changing, ever-varying (idiom)
千军易得,一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
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1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
千军万马
qiān jūn wàn mǎ
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1 magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower
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2 all the King's horses and all the King's men