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不是吃素的
- 1 not to be trifled with
- 2 to be reckoned with
钱不是万能的,没钱是万万不能的 | 錢不是萬能的,沒錢是萬萬不能的
- 1 money isn't everything, but without money you can do nothing (idiom)
为的是 | 為的是
- 1 for the sake of
- 2 for the purpose of
有的是
- 1 have plenty of
- 2 there's no lack of
真是的
- 1 Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration)
姜是老的辣 | 薑是老的辣
- 1 see also: 姜还是老的辣 jiāng hái shì lǎo de là
葫芦里卖的是什么药 | 葫蘆裡賣的是什麼藥
- 1 what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
- 2 what's going on?
姜还是老的辣 | 薑還是老的辣
- 1 ginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom)
- 2 the older, the wiser
身体是革命的本钱 | 身體是革命的本錢
- 1 lit. the body is the revolution's capital
- 2 fig. good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying)
实践是检验真理的唯一标准 | 實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準
- 1 Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
是的
- 1 yes, that's right
- 2 variant: 似的 shì de
是不是
- 1 is or isn't
- 2 yes or no
- 3 whether or not
是骡子是马,牵出来遛遛 | 是騾子是馬,牽出來遛遛
- 1 lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom)
- 2 fig. the proof of the pudding is in the eating
- 3 to show what one is made of
人是铁饭是钢 | 人是鐵飯是鋼
- 1 one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
- 2 an empty sack cannot stand upright
的的喀喀湖
- 1 Lake Titicaca
说是一回事,做又是另外一回事 | 說是一回事,做又是另外一回事
- 1 Saying is one thing, doing quite another (idiom)
有的没的 | 有的沒的
- 1 trivial (matters)
- 2 triviality
- 3 nonsense
- 4 rubbish
有的没有的 | 有的沒有的
- 1 see also: 有的没的 yǒu de méi de
是骡子是马,拉出来遛遛 | 是騾子是馬,拉出來遛遛
- 1 是騾子是馬,牽出來遛遛|是骡子是马,牵出来遛遛[shì luó zi shì mǎ
- 2 qiān chū lai liù liu]
唯命是从 | 唯命是從
- 1 to follow obediently