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1 lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb)

2 fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute

3 it takes two to tango

4 it's difficult to achieve anything without support

1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)

2 to separate

1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)

2 to hit it off

3 to click together

4 to chime in easily

1 ping-pong paddle

1 variant: Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part II), second of two books of vernacular stories by Ming dynasty novelist Ling Mengchu 凌濛初 Líng Méng Chū

1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge

1 in time with (i.e. same rhythm)

2 to keep in step with

3 fig. to cooperate

1 to boast and flatter

1 to resort to bragging and flattering

2 variant: abbr. for 吹牛拍馬 Chuī Niú Pāi Mǎ