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1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
2 many twists and turns to a story
3 one thing after another

一碗水端平

yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng

1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
2 fig. to be impartial

一马平川

yī mǎ píng chuān

1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

胜者王侯败者寇

shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu

1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
2 history is written by the victors

四平八稳

sì píng bā wěn

1 everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary

Sample Sentences

我叫王平。你呢？

wǒ jiào Wáng Píng 。Nǐ ne ？

My name is Wang Ping. How about you?

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没错，我就记得以前读书的时候，班上同时会有好几个李丽，王平。因为这些姓和名都太常见了。特别是百家姓中的几个大姓，更加容易重名，同姓的人实在太多。

méicuò ，wǒ jiù jìde yǐqián dúshū de shíhou ，bān shàng tóngshí huì yǒu hǎo jǐ ge Lǐ lì ，Wáng Píng 。yīnwèi zhèxiē xìng hé míng dōu tài chángjiàn le 。tèbiéshì bǎijiāxìng zhōng de jǐ ge dà xìng ，gèngjiā róngyì chóngmíng ，tóngxìng de rén shízài tài duō 。

That's right. I remember when I was in school, I had quite a few classmates named Li Li, Wang Ping...Because these names are so common. That's especially true for the hundred most common names. It's even easier to see the same name. There are so many people with the same surname.

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我叫王平。

wǒ jiào Wáng Píng 。

My name is Wang Ping.

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他叫王平。

tā jiào Wáng Píng 。

His name is Wang Ping.

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