以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
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1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
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2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
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1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
单丝不成线，独木不成林
dān sī bù chéng xiàn , dú mù bù chéng lín
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1 one strand does not make a thread, one tree does not make a forest (idiom)
威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ
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1 to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
威震天下
wēi zhèn tiān xià
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1 to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
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1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
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1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
文治武功
wén zhì wǔ gōng
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1 political and military achievements (idiom)
杞梓之林
Qǐ zǐ zhī lín
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1 forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent
林子大了，什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
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1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
格格不入
gé gé bù rù
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1 (idiom) inharmonious
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2 incompatible
格物致知
gé wù zhì zhī
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1 to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
治丧从俭
zhì sàng cóng jiǎn
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1 to be frugal in attending to funeral rites (idiom)
治大国若烹小鲜
zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān
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1 ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom)
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2 effective government requires minimal intervention
狐假虎威
hú jiǎ hǔ wēi
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1 lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
独木不成林
dú mù bù chéng lín
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1 a lone tree does not make a forest (idiom)
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2 one cannot accomplish much on one's own
独树一格
dú shù yī gé
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1 to have a unique style of one's own (idiom)
耀武扬威
yào wǔ yáng wēi
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1 to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around
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2 to bluff
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3 to bluster
臻于郅治
zhēn yú zhì zhì
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1 to attain a state of perfect governance (idiom)
言谈林薮
yán tán lín sǒu
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1 articulate in speech (idiom)
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2 eloquent