ChinesePod

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

刀山火海

dāo shān huǒ hǎi

1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)

功德无量

gōng dé wú liàng

1 no end of virtuous achievements (idiom); boundless beneficence

Sample Sentences

像这样海量的信息在网上迅速交换、更新，已经完全改变了时间的意义了，过去要花上好几年才能更新进步的程序，现在恐怕只要一半的时间了，这已经是种奇迹了，往后更不知道会发展成怎么样呢。

xiàng zhèyàng hǎiliáng de xìnxī zàiwǎngshàng xùnsù jiāohuàn 、gēngxīn ，yǐjīng wánquán gǎibiàn le shíjiān de yìyì le ，guòqù yào huāshàng hǎojǐnián cáinéng gēngxīn jìnbù de chéngxù ，xiànzài kǒngpà zhǐyào yībàn de shíjiān le ，zhè yǐjīng shì zhǒng qíjì le ，wǎnghòu gèng bù zhīdào huì fāzhǎn chéng zěnmeyàng ne 。

With the huge volume of data that is exchanged and is updated on the internet, it's already changed the meaning of time. In the past you had to spend several years updating processes, now it only takes half that time. That is a miracle in itself. In the future we don't even know how it will develop.

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主任我们是什么交情？我可是看过你一口一杯高粱的，我杯子拿得手都痠了，就是要跟你这酒仙干一杯，叫这些后辈看看我们陈主任的海量。

zhǔrèn wǒmen shì shénme jiāoqíng ？wǒ kě shì kàn guò nǐ yìkǒu yì bēi gāoliáng de ，wǒ bēizi ná de shǒu dōu suān le ，jiùshì yào gēn nǐ zhè jiǔxiān gān yì bēi ，jiào zhèxiē hòubèi kàn kan wǒmen Chén zhǔrèn de hǎiliàng 。

Do you take me for a stranger? I've seen you down glasses of Gaoliang one after another. My hand is getting tired from holding my glass, but I insist on having a drink with the god of alcohol, to show these young ones the strength of Director Chen's alcohol tolerance.

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