一个天南,一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
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1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng
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1 lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
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2 fig. each person has his own position
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3 each to his own
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4 horses for courses
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5 every kettle has its lid
一夕数惊
yī xī shù jīng
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1 one scare after another (idiom)
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2 in a constant state of tension
一步一个脚印
yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn
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1 one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress
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2 reliable
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
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1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
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1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
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2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
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3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
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1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
三个臭皮匠,合成一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
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1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
三个臭皮匠,赛过一个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè Zhū gě Liàng
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1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
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2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠,赛过诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò Zhū gě Liàng
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1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
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2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮
sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè Zhū gě Liàng
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1 lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom
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2 wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
不计其数
bù jì qí shù
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1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
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2 innumerable
劫数难逃
jié shù nán táo
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1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
多个朋友多条路
duō gè péng yǒu duō tiáo lù
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1 the more friends you have, the more options you have in life (idiom)
如数家珍
rú shǔ jiā zhēn
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1 lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom)
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2 fig. to be very familiar with a matter
寥寥可数
liáo liáo kě shǔ
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1 just a very few (idiom); tiny number
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2 just a handful
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3 not many at all
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4 You count them on your fingers.
屈指可数
qū zhǐ kě shǔ
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1 can be counted on one's fingers (idiom)
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2 very few
心里有数
xīn lǐ yǒu shù
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1 to know the score (idiom)
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2 to be well aware of the situation
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
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1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
擢发难数
zhuó fà nán shǔ
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1 lit. as difficult to count as hair pulled from sb's head (idiom)
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2 fig. innumerable (crimes)