ChinesePod

1 lit. one object bests another object
2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock

仁民爱物

rén mín ài wù

1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence

价廉物美

jià lián wù měi

1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)

博物洽闻

bó wù qià wén

1 to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)

厚德载物

hòu dé zài wù

1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)

Sample Sentences

小尤在做完笔录后，向李探长报告说：“马戏团的老板叫鲁富。他早上起床后清点财物，之间上了趟厕所，大概5分钟后回到房间。可回来之后，便发现桌子上的一颗一克拉的裸钻不见了。”

XiǎoYóu zài zuò wán bǐlù hòu ，xiàng Lǐ tànzhǎng bàogào shuō ：“mǎxìtuán de lǎobǎn jiào LǔFù 。tā zǎoshang qǐchuáng hòu qīngdiǎn cáiwù ，zhījiān shàng le tàng cèsuǒ ，dàgài wǔ fēnzhōng hòu huí dào fángjiān 。kě huílai zhīhòu ，biàn fāxiàn zhuōzi shàng de yī kē yīkèlā de luǒzuàn bùjiànle 。”

Xiao You, after taking notes on the situation, reported to Detective Li: “The circus troupe’s boss is named Lu Fu. He got up this morning to tally the budget. During this time he went to use the bathroom and returned to his room about five minutes later. When he came back, he discovered the one-carat diamond that was sitting on his desk was gone.”

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