一夕数惊
yī xī shù jīng
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1 one scare after another (idiom)
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2 in a constant state of tension
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
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1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
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2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
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3 to capture them all in one go
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
不计其数
bù jì qí shù
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1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
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2 innumerable
劫数难逃
jié shù nán táo
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1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
天网恢恢
tiān wǎng huī huī
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1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
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2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
天网恢恢,疏而不失
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī
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1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
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2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
天网恢恢,疏而不漏
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu
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1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
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2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
天罗地网
tiān luó dì wǎng
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1 inescapable net (idiom)
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2 trap
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3 dragnet
如数家珍
rú shǔ jiā zhēn
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1 lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom)
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2 fig. to be very familiar with a matter
寥寥可数
liáo liáo kě shǔ
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1 just a very few (idiom); tiny number
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2 just a handful
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3 not many at all
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4 You count them on your fingers.
屈指可数
qū zhǐ kě shǔ
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1 can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)
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2 very few
引经据典
yǐn jīng jù diǎn
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1 lit. to quote the classics
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2 to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
心里有数
xīn lǐ yǒu shù
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1 to know the score (idiom)
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2 to be well aware of the situation
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
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1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
撒网捕风
sā wǎng bǔ fēng
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1 lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net
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2 to waste one's effort (idiom)
据情办理
jù qíng bàn lǐ
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1 to handle a situation according to the circumstances (idiom)
擢发难数
zhuó fà nán shǔ
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1 lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom)
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2 fig. innumerable (crimes)
数一数二
shǔ yī shǔ èr
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1 reckoned to be first or second best (idiom)
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2 one of the very best
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3 to list one by one
数不胜数
shǔ bù shèng shǔ
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1 too many to count (idiom); innumerable