一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
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1 to win instant success (idiom)
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2 to start off successfully
一炮而红
yī pào ér hóng
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1 to win instant success (idiom)
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2 to become an instant hit
一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
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1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
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2 fig. to cross swords with
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3 to lock horns
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
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1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
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1 lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
人往高处走,水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
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1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
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2 one should constantly strive to make progress
低声细语
dī shēng xì yǔ
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1 in a whisper
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2 in a low voice (idiom)
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
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1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
天低吴楚,眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
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1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
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1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
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2 fig. to follow a set pattern
扒高踩低
pá gāo cǎi dī
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1 crawl high, step low (idiom); unprincipled crawling, flattering one's superiors and trampling on one's juniors
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2 toadying and bullying
放马后炮
fàng mǎ hòu pào
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1 to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective
眼高手低
yǎn gāo shǒu dī
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1 to have high standards but little ability
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2 to be fastidious but incompetent (idiom)
炮火连天
pào huǒ lián tiān
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1 cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn
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1 the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)
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2 sth hard to come by
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3 sth wonderful and rare
听话听声,锣鼓听音
tīng huà tīng shēng , luó gǔ tīng yīn
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1 to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)
余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng
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1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
高不成低不就
gāo bù chéng dī bù jiù
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1 can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
高不凑低不就
gāo bù còu dī bù jiù
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1 can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one
高低不就
gāo dī bù jiù
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1 can't reach the high or accept the low (idiom); not good enough for a high post, but too proud to take a low one