也有今天
yě yǒu jīn tiān
Pinyin
Definition
也有今天
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- (coll.) to get one's just deserts
- to serve sb right
- to get one's share of (good or bad things)
- every dog has its day
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一柱擎天
- 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
- 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
- 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
一无所有
- 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
- 2 without two sticks to rub together