一哄而散
yī hōng ér sàn
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1 to disperse in confusion (idiom)
一唱一和
yī chàng yī hè
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1 to echo one another (idiom)
一团和气
yī tuán hé qì
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1 to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom)
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2 warm and affable
一拥而入
yī yōng ér rù
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1 to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom)
一望而知
yī wàng ér zhī
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1 to be evident at a glance (idiom)
一概而论
yī gài ér lùn
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1 to lump different matters together (idiom)
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
一蹴而就
yī cù ér jiù
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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
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
一饮而尽
yī yǐn ér jìn
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1 to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)
丈二和尚,摸不着头脑
zhàng èr hé shang , mō bu zháo tóu nǎo
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1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
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2 fig. at a total loss
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.)
三十而立
sān shí ér lì
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1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
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
不劳而获
bù láo ér huò
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1 to reap without sowing (idiom)
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
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1 lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
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2 incomparable
不患寡而患不均
bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn
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1 do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
不约而同
bù yuē ér tóng
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1 to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation
乘虚而入
chéng xū ér rù
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1 to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse