一哄而散
yī hōng ér sàn
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1 to disperse in confusion (idiom)
一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn
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1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
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2 to separate
一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
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1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
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2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
不知所措
bù zhī suǒ cuò
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1 not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end
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2 embarrassed and at a complete loss
不见不散
bù jiàn bù sàn
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1 lit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom)
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2 fig. Be sure to wait!
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3 See you there!
仗义疏财
zhàng yì shū cái
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1 to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
付诸实施
fù zhū shí shī
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1 to put into practice
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2 to carry out (idiom)
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
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1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
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2 fig. to head off in various directions
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3 to flee helter-skelter
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
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1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
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2 to try to turn back history
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3 a perverse way of doing things
千里搭长棚,没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
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1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
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1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
天下没有不散的筵席
tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí
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1 all good things must come to an end (idiom)
天网恢恢,疏而不失
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī
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1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
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2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
天网恢恢,疏而不漏
tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu
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1 lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
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2 fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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3 you can't run from the long arm of the law
好聚好散
hǎo jù hǎo sàn
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1 to part without hard feelings (idiom)
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2 to cut the knot as smoothly as you tied it
如鸟兽散
rú niǎo shòu sàn
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1 to scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
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2 to flee in all directions
妻离子散
qī lí zǐ sàn
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1 a family wrenched apart (idiom)
己所不欲,勿施于人
jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén
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1 What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
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2 Do as you would be done by.
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3 Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
张皇失措
zhāng huáng shī cuò
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1 panic-stricken (idiom)
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2 to be in a flustered state
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3 also written 張惶失措|张惶失措[zhāng huáng shī cuò]
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
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1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)