一人得道,鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
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1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
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2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
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3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
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4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
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1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
一举两得
yī jǔ liǎng dé
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1 one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone
一蹴而得
yī cù ér dé
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1 to get there in one step (idiom); easily done
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2 success at a stroke
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3 to get results overnight
上不得台盘
shàng bù dé tái pán
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1 too uncouth to appear in public (idiom)
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2 unfit for a public role
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
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1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
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1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
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2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
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3 the place is deserted
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4 the birds have flown
来得容易,去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
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1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
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1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
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1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
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1 damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
动辄得咎
dòng zhé dé jiù
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1 faulted at every turn (idiom); can't get anything right
势在必得
shì zài bì dé
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1 to be determined to win (idiom)
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
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1 a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
千军易得,一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
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1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
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1 a common occurrence (idiom)
咎有应得
jiù yǒu yīng dé
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1 to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc) (idiom)
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
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1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
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2 both funny and extremely embarrassing
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3 between laughter and tears
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
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1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
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2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
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3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
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4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
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1 lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
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2 this world is an illusion