一分一毫
yī fēn yī háo
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1 a tiny bit (idiom)
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2 an iota
一分为二
yī fēn wéi èr
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1 one divides into two
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2 to be two-sided
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3 there are two sides to everything
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4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
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1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
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2 willful
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3 one's own way
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4 dogmatic
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
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1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
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2 to read very rapidly
一言一行
yī yán yī xíng
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1 every word and action (idiom)
三人行,必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
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1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
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2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
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1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
三思而后行
sān sī ér hòu xíng
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1 think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance
三思而行
sān sī ér xíng
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1 think three times then go (idiom); don't act before you've thought it through carefully
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
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1 all walks of life (idiom)
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2 every trade
上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
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1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
不分伯仲
bù fēn bó zhòng
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1 lit. unable to distinguish eldest brother from second brother (idiom); they are all equally excellent
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2 nothing to choose between them
不分胜负
bù fēn shèng fù
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1 unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched
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2 to come out even
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3 to tie
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4 to draw
不分彼此
bù fēn bǐ cǐ
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1 to make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's (idiom)
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2 to share everything
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3 to be on very intimate terms
不分皂白
bù fēn zào bái
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1 not distinguishing black or white (idiom); not to distinguish between right and wrong
不分青红皂白
bù fēn qīng hóng zào bái
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1 not distinguishing red-green or black-white (idiom)
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2 not to distinguish between right and wrong
事怕行家
shì pà háng jiā
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1 an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
仇人相见,分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
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1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
令行禁止
lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
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1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
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2 to ensure strictly obedience
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
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1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
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2 to try to turn back history
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3 a perverse way of doing things