一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
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1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
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2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
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1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
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1 to die (idiom)
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2 to breathe one's last
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3 to give up the ghost
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.)
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
来去无踪
lái qù wú zōng
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1 come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
来得容易,去得快
lái de róng yì , qù de kuài
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1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
来无影,去无踪
lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng
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1 lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
来鸿去燕
lái hóng qù yàn
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1 lit. the goose comes, the swallow goes (idiom); fig. always on the move
来龙去脉
lái lóng qù mài
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1 the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
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2 (fig.) the whole sequence of events
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3 causes and effects
去芜存菁
qù wú cún jīng
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1 lit. to get rid of the weeds and keep the flowers
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2 to separate the wheat from the chaff (idiom)
吃喝玩乐
chī hē wán lè
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1 to eat, drink and be merry (idiom)
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2 to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
吃香喝辣
chī xiāng hē là
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1 lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
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2 fig. to live well
呼之即来
hū zhī jí lái
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1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
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2 always at sb's beck and call
呼之即来,挥之即去
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù
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1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
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2 always at sb's beck and call
呼之欲出
hū zhī yù chū
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1 lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)
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2 fig. on the verge of coming out into the open
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3 (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed
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4 (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù
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1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
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2 always bossing people around
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
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1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
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2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼牛呼马
hū niú hū mǎ
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1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
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2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼风唤雨
hū fēng huàn yǔ
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1 to call the wind and summon the rain (idiom); to exercise magical powers
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2 fig. to stir up troubles