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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

如火如荼

rú huǒ rú tú

1 like wildfire (idiom)
2 unstoppable

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啊？拉入黑名单了？这，你俩前段时间不是才打得火热，这瞬间就冷却了啊，感情这事儿，真是让人百思不得其解啊。

ā ？lā rù hēimíngdān le ？zhè ，nǐ liǎ qiánduànshíjiān bùshì cái dǎ de huǒrè ，zhè shùnjiān jiù lěngquè le ā ，gǎnqíng zhè shìr ，zhēn shì ràngrén bǎisībùdéqíjiě ā 。

Huh? On your blacklist? Haven't you two been as thick as thieves recently? So your relationship has cooled all of a sudden. Relationships really are difficult things to figure out.

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是啊，没有他，我们现在还生活在水深火热之中呢。

shì a ，méiyǒu tā ，wǒmen xiànzài hái shēnghuó zài shuǐshēnhuǒrè zhīzhōng ne 。

That's right. If it weren't for him, right now our lives would be a lot worse off.

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哦，你说的是focusmedia吗？这可是最近刚刚兴起的一种着重于人们生活圈的媒体，我听说它开发出一个与传统媒体完全不同的市场。最近被炒得很火热。

o ，nǐ shuō de shì focus media ma ？zhè kěshì zuìjìn gānggang xīngqǐ de yīzhǒng zhuózhòngyú rénmen shēnghuó quān de méitǐ ，wǒ tīngshuō tā kāifāchū yī ge yǔ chuántǒng méitī wánquán bùtóng de shìchǎng 。zuìjìn bèi chǎo de hěn huǒrè 。

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