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1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
2 to use this in place of that
3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts

各取所需

gè qǔ suǒ xū

1 each takes what he needs (idiom)

咎由自取

jiù yóu zì qǔ

1 to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
2 to bring trouble through one's own actions

囊中取物

náng zhōng qǔ wù

1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
2 in the bag
3 (as good as) in one's possession

Sample Sentences

那些曾经立下赫赫战功的英雄部队，轮流来到这个练兵场，带着不进则退的危机感在实战化训练中揣摩现代战争的精髓，以锐意进取的自我更新，锤炼现代战争制胜之道。

nàxiē céngjīng lìxià hèhè zhàngōng de yīngxióng bùduì ，lúnliú láidào zhège liànbīngchǎng ，dài zhe bù jìn zé tuì de wēijīgǎn zài shízhàn huà xùnliàn zhōng chuǎimó xiàndài zhànzhēng de jīngsuǐ ，yǐ ruìyì jìnqǔ de zìwǒ gēngxīn ，chuíliàn xiàndài zhànzhēng zhìshèng zhī dào 。

Heroic troops with an impressive record on the battlefield have come in turns to this training ground, with a sense of crisis in that not making progress itself is falling behind, trying their hardest to figure out the essence of modern warfare in live fire exercises, making determined efforts to improve themselves, and refining the path to victory in the era of modern warfare.

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我的工作态度努力进取、乐于学习。

wǒ de gōngzuò tàidu nǔlì jìnqǔ 、lè yú xuéxí 。

I am diligent, ambitious and eager to learn new things when it comes to work.

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那你逛街干吗非要拉着我？你知不知道我当年看完《星际迷航》电影小说，第一次知道了进取号、柯克船长、斯波克，那真叫兴奋啊！

nà nǐ guàng jiē gànmá fēi yào lā zhe wǒ ？nǐ zhī bu zhīdào wǒ dāngnián kàn wán 《Xīngjìmíháng 》diànyǐng xiǎoshuō ，dì yī cì zhīdao le Jìnqǔhào 、Kēkè chuánzhǎng 、Sībōkè ，nà zhēn jiào xīngfèn a ！

Well, why do you always have to take me along when you go window-shopping? Do you know how excited I was back in the days when I saw the Star Trek movies and read the novels, when I first learned about the Enterprise, and Captain Kirk and Spock?

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太空，最后的前线，这是进取号的一次航行。它在五年内的任务是探索陌生的世界，寻找新的生命和新的文明，前往人们从未探索过的地方。

tàikōng ，zuìhòu de qiánxiàn ，zhè shì Jìnqǔhào de yī cì hángxíng 。tā zài wǔ nián nèi de rènwu shì tànsuǒ mòshēng de shìjiè ，xúnzhǎo xīn de shēngmìng hé xīn de wénmíng ，qiánwǎng rénmen cóngwèi tànsuǒ guo de dìfang 。

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to seek out new worlds, new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before.

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啊呀，这你就不懂了。《星际迷航》的精髓不是科幻场面，而是宽容和理解。它设置在乌托邦式的未来世界，进取号要探索银河系，寻找新的世界、新的文明，散播和平与理解。

āyā ，zhè nǐ jiù bù dǒng le 。《Xīngjìmíháng 》de jīngsuǐ bùshì kēhuàn chǎngmiàn ，érshì kuānróng hé lǐjiě 。tā shèzhì zài wūtuōbāng shì de wèilái shìjiè ，Jìnqǔhào yào tànsuǒ yínhéxì ，xúnzhǎo xīn de shìjiè 、xīn de wénmíng ，sànbō hépíng yǔ lǐjiě 。

Aw, you just don't understand. The essence of Star Trek isn't the sci-fi setting, it's tolerance and understanding. It's set in a utopian future, where the Enterprise has to explore the Milky Way galaxy, looking for new worlds and new civilizations, spreading peace and understanding.

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你听我说完。进取号上的船员都是什么人？有白人、黑人、亚洲人、苏联人，他们本身就是种族融合的象征！还有，电视史上第一次白人和黑人接吻就是在《星际迷航》里！

nǐ tīng wǒ shuōwán 。Jìnqǔhào shàng de chuányuán dōu shì shénme rén ？yǒu báirén 、hēirén 、Yàzhōu rén 、Sūlián rén ，tāmen běnshēn jiùshì zhǒngzú rónghé de xiàngzhēng ！háiyǒu ，diànshì shǐ shàng dì yī cì báirén hé hēirén jiēwěn jiùshì zài 《Xīngjìmíháng 》lǐ ！

Let me finish. What kind of people do they have on the Enterprise? There are whites, blacks, Asians, Russians-- they're inherently a symbol of racial blending. And plus, the first televised kiss between a white and a black was on Star Trek!

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