一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
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1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
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1 to come to nothing (idiom)
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
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1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
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2 to follow the same plan
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)
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
终成泡影
zhōng chéng pào yǐng
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1 to come to nothing (idiom)
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
软磨硬泡
ruǎn mó yìng pào
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1 to coax and pester (idiom)
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2 to wheedle
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3 to cajole
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