一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
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1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
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2 to hit it off
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3 to click together
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4 to chime in easily
一是一,二是二
yī shì yī , èr shì èr
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1 lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)
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2 fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut
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3 unequivocal
一蹴即至
yī cù jí zhì
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1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
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2 success at a stroke
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3 to get results overnight
一身是胆
yī shēn shì dǎn
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1 devoid of fear (idiom)
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2 intrepid
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
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1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
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2 marriages are predestined
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3 people marry because they share common traits
不是冤家不聚头
bù shì yuān jiā bù jù tóu
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1 destiny will make enemies meet (idiom)
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2 (often said about lovers who have a disagreement)
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
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1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
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2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
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3 it's either him or me
五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
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1 five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
人是铁饭是钢
rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng
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1 one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
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2 an empty sack cannot stand upright
似是而非
sì shì ér fēi
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1 apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
俯拾皆是
fǔ shí jiē shì
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1 lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)
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2 fig. extremely common
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3 easily available
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
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1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
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2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
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1 to bow before (idiom)
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2 to capitulate
口是心非
kǒu shì xīn fēi
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1 duplicity
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2 hypocrisy (idiom)
可望而不可即
kě wàng ér bù kě jí
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1 in sight but unattainable (idiom)
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2 inaccessible
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3 also written 可望而不可及[kě wàng ér bù kě jí]
各行其是
gè xíng qí shì
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1 each one does what he thinks is right (idiom)
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2 each goes his own way
呼之即来
hū zhī jí lái
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1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
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2 always at sb's beck and call
呼之即来,挥之即去
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù
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1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
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2 always at sb's beck and call
唯利是图
wéi lì shì tú
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1 to seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything
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2 self-seeking
女子无才便是德
nu:3 zǐ wú cái biàn shì dé
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1 a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)