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1 lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Hán Xìn] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[dà jiāng jūn]
2 fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor

空空如也

kōng kōng rú yě

1 as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft
2 to have nothing
3 vacuous
4 hollow
5 empty (argument, head etc)

丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆

chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó

1 lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom)
2 fig. it's not something you can avoid forever

Sample Sentences

老板，这个计划太赶了，我们也许没办法在下个月前组好一个团队。

lǎobǎn ，zhège jìhuà tài gǎn le ，wǒmen yěxǔ méi bànfǎ zài xiàgèyuè qián zǔ hǎo yīgē tuánduì 。

Boss, the deadline for this project is too tight. I'm afraid that we might not be able to build a team by next month.

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也许大家需要好好休息一下。

yěxǔ dàjiā xūyào hǎohǎo xiūxi yīxià 。

Maybe everyone should have a rest.

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不如说，与人类相比，他也许更愿意和机器打交道，

bùrú shuō ，yǔ rénlèi xiāngbǐ ，tā yěxǔ gèng yuànyì hé jīqì dǎjiāodào ，

it's more appropriate to say that he would rather befriend his machines than his fellow humans.

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也许还有第四种情况，也就是，天下最极品的前台办事人员都已经被我们机构网罗殆尽了，

yěxǔ háiyǒu dìsìzhǒng qíngkuàng ，yě jiùshì ，tiānxià zuì jípǐn de qiántái bànshì rényuán dōu yǐjīng bèi wǒmen jīgòu wǎngluódànjìn le ，

Perhaps there is a fourth situation, that is, we have already enlisted the weirdest office staff in the world,

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什么？告诉我这不是真的！那…他写了什么，搞不好只是很好的朋友，男人有几个红粉知己很正常！也许是你想多了？

shénme ？gàosu wǒ zhè bùshì zhēnde ！nà …tā xiě le shénme ，gǎobuhǎo zhǐshì hěn hǎo de péngyou ，nánrén yǒu jǐ ge hóngfěnzhījǐ hěn zhèngcháng ！yěxǔ shì nǐ xiǎng duō le ？

What! Tell me that's not ture! Then...what exactly did he say? They might just be close friends. It's quite normal for a guy to have a couple of close girl-friends. Maybe you're over thinking it?

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难讲喔，也许二十年后。你们等着瞧！

nán jiǎng ō ，yěxǔ èrshí nián hòu 。nǐmen děng zhe qiáo ！

You never know, maybe in 20 years. You can both wait and see!

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你说的没错，欧美电影对恐怖的定义跟我们东方人还是有区别的，也许对欧美人来说坟墓、僵尸就代表恐怖，但对我们来说这些还不算是恐怖。

nǐshuōde méicuò ，Ōuměi diànyǐng duì kǒngbù de dìngyì gēn wǒmen dōngfāngrén háishì yǒu qūbié de ，yěxǔ duì Ōu - Měi rén láishuō fénmù 、jiāngshī jiù dàibiǎo kǒngbù ，dàn duì wǒmen láishuō zhèxiē hái bù suàn shì kǒngbù 。

You're totally right, the European and American definition of horror is different from us Easterners. Maybe for European and Americans graves and zombies represent horror, but for us, these don't count as scary.

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所以我们就会想，也许该换辆车，换条狗？

suǒyǐ wǒmen jiù huì xiǎng ，yěxǔ gāi huàn liàng chē ，huàn tiáo gǒu ？

So we'll think, perhaps we should trade up our cars and dogs?

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我先报警，尽量不要动到地上的东西，也许警察来可以查到什么蛛丝马迹。

wǒ xiān bàojǐng ，jǐnliàng bú yào dòng dào dìshang de dōngxi ，yěxǔ jǐngchá lái kěyǐ chá dào shénme zhūsīmǎjì 。

I'll call the police first, try your best not to touch anything on the ground. Maybe the police will be able to find some clues.

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别急，也许抓到了犯人，东西还有机会找回来。

bié jí ，yěxǔ zhuādào le fànrén ，dōngxi háiyǒu jīhuì zhǎo huílai 。

Don't get ahead of yourself. Maybe when they catch the guy, we might be able to get them back.

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