哀鸿遍野
āi hóng biàn yě
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1 lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
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2 starving people fill the land
坚壁清野
jiān bì qīng yě
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1 to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader
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2 scorched earth policy
小菜一碟
xiǎo cài yī dié
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1 a small appetizer
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2 a piece of cake; very easy (idiom)
捡到篮里就是菜
jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài
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1 all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)
漫山遍野
màn shān biàn yě
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1 lit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom)
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2 fig. as far as the eye can see
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3 covering everything
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4 omnipresent
狼子野心
láng zǐ yě xīn
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1 ambition of wild wolves (idiom); rapacious designs
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r5
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1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
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2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
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1 to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
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2 to live within one's means
看菜吃饭,量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
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1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
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2 to act according to actual circumstances
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3 to live within one's means
空室清野
kōng shì qīng yě
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1 empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy
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2 scorched earth policy
萝卜白菜,各有所爱
luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài
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1 one man's meat is another man's poison (idiom)
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2 to each his own
饿莩遍野
è piǎo biàn yě
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1 starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine
黄花菜都凉了
huáng huā cài dōu liáng le
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1 lit. the dishes are cold (idiom)
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2 fig. to arrive late
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3 to take one's sweet time