一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng
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1 lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
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2 fig. each person has his own position
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3 each to his own
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4 horses for courses
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5 every kettle has its lid
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
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1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
做一天和尚撞一天钟
zuò yī tiān hé shang zhuàng yī tiān zhōng
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1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
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2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
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3 to hold a position passively
横冲直撞
héng chōng zhí zhuàng
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1 lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); to push through shoving and bumping
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2 to barge
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3 to charge around violently
满坑满谷
mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ
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1 (idiom) all over the place
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2 in every nook and cranny
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3 packed to the rafters
跳出火坑
tiào chū huǒ kēng
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1 lit. to jump out of a fire pit (idiom); to escape from a living hell
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2 to free oneself from a life of torture
跳出釜底进火坑
tiào chū fǔ dǐ jìn huǒ kēng
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1 out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)
避坑落井
bì kēng luò jǐng
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1 to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom)
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2 out of the frying pan into the fire