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1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee

酒池肉林

jiǔ chí ròu lín

1 lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery
2 sumptuous entertainment

高城深池

gāo chéng shēn chí

1 high walls and deep moat (idiom); impenetrable defense

Sample Sentences

池塘边的榕树上，知了在声声叫着夏天

chítáng biān de róngshù shàng ，zhīliǎo zài shēng shēng jiào zhe xiàtiān

High up the banyan trees along the side of the ponds, cicadas were calling the summer with every sound.

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小池

xiǎo chí

Small pond

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原来人性含有两面：其一是男性的，其一是女性的；其一如苍鹰，如飞瀑，如怒马；其一如夜莺，如静池，如驯羊。

yuánlái rénxìng hányǒu liǎngmiàn ：qíyī shì nánxìng de ，qíyī shì nǚxìng de ；qíyī rú cāngyīng ，rú fēipù ，rú nùmǎ ；qíyī rú yèyīng ，rú jìngchí ，rú xúnyáng 。

So it turns out that humanity has two sides: the first is masculine, the other is feminine; the first is like a goshawk, like a gushing waterfall, like a bucking bronco; the other is like a nightingale, like a placid lake, like a tame goat.

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北冥有鱼，其名为鲲。鲲之大，不知其几千里也；化而为鸟，其名为鹏。鹏之背，不知其几千里也；怒而飞，其翼若垂天之云。是鸟也，海运则将徙于南冥。南冥者，天池也。

Běimíng yǒu yú ，qí míng wèi kūn 。kūn zhī dà ，bùzhī qí jǐ qiān lǐ yě ；huà ér wèi niǎo ，qí míng wèi péng 。péng zhī bèi ，bùzhī qí jǐ qiān lǐ yě ；nù ér fēi ，qí yì ruò chuítiān zhī yún 。shì niǎo yě ，hǎi yùn zé jiāng xǐ yú Nánmíng 。Nánmíng zhě ，tiānchí yě 。

In the Northern Ocean there is a fish, the name of which is Kun - I do not know how many li in size. It changes into a bird with the name of Peng, the back of which is (also) - I do not know how many li in extent. When this bird rouses itself and flies, its wings are like clouds all round the sky. When the sea is moved (so as to bear it along), it prepares to remove to the Southern Ocean. The Southern Ocean is the Pool of Heaven.

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但是同样是锂电池高速度电瓶车，小牛的价格可是亲民多了。

dànshì tóngyàng shì lǐdiànchí gāo sùdù diànpíngchē ，xiǎoniú de jiàgé kě shì qīnmín duō le 。

But both of them are high-speed lithium battery-powered scooters. It's just that the pricing of the NIU scooter is a lot more consumer-friendly.

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你这什么名堂，我看它最挨骂的就是这不接地气的电池租用交换模式，你倒是赞不绝口，你这是讲真的还是讲假的？

nǐ zhè shénme míngtang ，wǒ kàn tā zuì ái mà de jiùshì zhè bù jiēdèqì de diànchí zū yòng jiāohuàn móshì ，nǐ dàoshì zànbùjuékǒu ，nǐ zhè shì jiǎng zhēnde háishì jiǎng jiǎde ？

What the heck are you talking about? I thought it was the impracticality of this battery-swapping network that was the source of criticism for the company, but you can't stop singing its praises. Are you being serious?

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那你看，现在大数据这么流行，但真正用大数据来改善普罗大众生活的技术有多少？这台狗肉的电池交换系统就是一个利用大数据来整合能源使用率的系统，比起以前个人花费大把时间和费用给车子充电，岂不是聪明多了？

nà nǐ kàn ，xiànzài dà shùjù zhème liúxíng ，dàn zhēnzhèng yòng dà shùjù lái gǎishàn pǔluódàzhòng shēnghuó de jìshù yǒu duōshao ？zhè tái gǒuròu de diànchí jiāohuàn xìtǒng jiùshì yī gè lìyòng dà shùjù lái zhěnghé néngyuán shǐyòng lǜ de xìtǒng ，bǐqǐ yǐqián gèrén huāfèi dàbǎ shíjiān hé fèiyòng gěi chēzi chōngdiàn ，qǐbùshì cōngming duō le ？

Then look. Big data is so popular now, but how much can big data really be used to improve the technology for the average man on the street? This Goo Row battery exchange network uses big data to integrate battery usage systems, compared to the previous vehicle charging systems which meant people had to shell out time and money. Isn't it smarter?

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小池百合子表示，她得知“香香”延期送还的消息非常高兴，希望大家喜爱的“香香”能够茁壮成长。

XiǎochíBǎihézi biǎoshì ，tā dézhī “xiāngxiāng ”yánqī sònghuán de xiāoxi fēicháng gāoxìng ，xīwàng dàjiā xǐài de “xiāngxiāng ”nénggòu zhuózhuàng chéngzhǎng 。

Yuko Koike said that she was very pleased to learn that Xiangxiang’s return has been postponed. I hope that Xiangxiang who is everyone’ favourite will grow healthy and strong.

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日本东京都知事小池百合子31日在东京召开记者会宣布，在东京上野动物园出生的大熊猫幼崽“香香”送还中国的时间将延迟一年半至2020年12月底。

Rìběn Dōngjīngdū zhīshì XiǎochíBǎihézi rì zài Dōngjīng zhàokāi jìzhěhuì xuānbù ，zài Dōngjīng Shàngyě dòngwùyuán chūshēng de dàxióngmāo yòuzǎi “xiāngxiāng ”sònghuán Zhōngguó de shíjiān jiāng yánchí yī nián bàn zhì nián yuèdǐ 。

Japan’s Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko held a press conference in Tokyo on the 31st to announce that the return of the giant panda cub “香香” born in the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo will be delayed by one and a half years until the end of December 2020.

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我也有一颗电池。

wǒ yě yǒu yī kē diànchí 。

I also have a battery.

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