一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
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1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
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1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
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2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
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3 to capture them all in one go
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
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1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
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2 you have sth to learn from everyone
不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
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1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
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2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
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3 it's either him or me
前事不忘，后事之师
qián shì bù wàng , hòu shì zhī shī
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1 don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
名师出高徒
míng shī chū gāo tú
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1 A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
天网恢恢
tiān wǎng huī huī
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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
天罗地网
tiān luó dì wǎng
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1 inescapable net (idiom)
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2 trap
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3 dragnet
好为人师
hào wéi rén shī
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1 to like to lecture others (idiom)
师出有名
shī chū yǒu míng
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1 lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom)
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2 to do something with good reason
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3 to have just cause
师出无名
shī chū wú míng
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1 lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom)
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2 to act without justification
撒网捕风
sā wǎng bǔ fēng
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1 lit. the wind cannot be caught in a net
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2 to waste one's effort (idiom)
有其师，必有其徒
yǒu qí shī , bì yǒu qí tú
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1 As the teacher, so the pupil. (idiom)
桃园结义
táo yuán jié yì
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1 to make a pact of brotherhood (from “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” 三國演義|三国演义[Sān guó Yǎn yì]) (idiom)
法网难逃
fǎ wǎng nán táo
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1 it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
漏网之鱼
lòu wǎng zhī yú
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1 a fish that escaped the net (idiom)
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2 (fig.) sb or sth that slips through the net
为人师表
wéi rén shī biǎo
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1 to serve as a model for others (idiom)
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2 to be a worthy teacher
无师自通
wú shī zì tōng
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1 self-taught
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2 to learn without a teacher (idiom)