一分一毫
yī fēn yī háo
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1 a tiny bit (idiom)
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2 an iota
一分为二
yī fēn wéi èr
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1 one divides into two
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2 to be two-sided
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3 there are two sides to everything
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4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
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1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
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2 entirely outside the norm
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3 out of character
不分伯仲
bù fēn bó zhòng
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1 lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent
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2 nothing to choose between them
不分胜负
bù fēn shèng fù
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1 unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched
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2 to come out even
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3 to tie
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4 to draw
不分彼此
bù fēn bǐ cǐ
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1 to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)
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2 to share everything
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3 to be on very intimate terms
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
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1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
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1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
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2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
仇人相见,分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
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1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
以言代法
yǐ yán dài fǎ
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1 to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
以言代法,以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
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1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
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2 Might makes right.
以身试法
yǐ shēn shì fǎ
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1 to challenge the law (idiom)
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2 to knowingly violate the law
出尔反尔
chū ěr fǎn ěr
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1 old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word
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2 to blow hot and cold
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3 to contradict oneself
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4 inconsistent
分久必合,合久必分
fēn jiǔ bì hé , hé jiǔ bì fēn
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1 lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[Sān guó Yǎn yì])
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2 fig. things are constantly changing
分崩离析
fēn bēng lí xī
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1 to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up
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2 falling to pieces
分秒必争
fēn miǎo bì zhēng
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1 seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose
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2 every moment counts
分身乏术
fēn shēn fá shù
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1 to be up to one's ears in work (idiom)
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2 to be unable to attend to other things at the same time
分道扬镳
fēn dào yáng biāo
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1 lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)
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2 fig. to part ways
劳燕分飞
láo yàn fēn fēi
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1 the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom)
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2 (usually of a couple) to part from each other
反唇相讥
fǎn chún xiāng jī
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1 to answer back sarcastically (idiom)
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2 to retort