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1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities

各不相同

gè bù xiāng tóng

1 to have nothing in common with each other (idiom)

各人自扫门前雪，莫管他家瓦上霜

gè rén zì sǎo mén qián xuě , mò guǎn tā jiā wǎ shàng shuāng

1 sweep the snow from your own door step, don't worry about the frost on your neighbor's roof (idiom)

各取所需

gè qǔ suǒ xū

1 each takes what he needs (idiom)

各执一词

gè zhí yī cí

1 each sticks to his own version (idiom); a dialogue of the deaf

Sample Sentences

听好了，啤酒最基本的四个元素是麦芽、酵母、啤酒花、水，而精酿啤酒通常还会加入水果、咖啡、巧克力等各式各样的风味。

tīng hǎo le ，píjiǔ zuì jīběn de sì ge yuánsù shì màiyá 、jiàomǔ 、píjiǔhuā 、shuǐ ，ér jīngniàngpíjiǔ tōngcháng hái huì jiārù shuǐguǒ 、kāfēi 、qiǎokèlì děng gèshìgèyàng de fēngwèi 。

Listen carefully, the basic four components of beer are malt, yeast, hops and water, and with craft beer they normally also add all kinds of different flavours, such as fruit, coffee and chocolate.

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为了吃得健康、吃得心安，累一点也值得。更何况，现在有各式各样的机器帮忙，只是花点儿时间备料而已，也说不上累。

wèile chī de jiànkāng 、chī de xīnān ，lèi yīdiǎn yě zhídé 。gènghékuàng ，xiànzài yǒu gèshìgèyàng de jīqì bāngmáng ，zhǐshì huā diǎnr shíjiān bèiliào éryǐ ，yě shuōbùshàng lèi 。

It is worth a little effort to eat healthy and eat safely, not to mention that nowadays there are so many labor-saving devices to help out, you just have to spend a little time preparing the ingredients, it's not so tiring.

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