一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
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1 to win instant success (idiom)
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2 to start off successfully
一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
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1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
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2 I don't understand a word (idiom)
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3 it's all Greek to me
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
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1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
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2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
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3 to capture them all in one go
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
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1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
三天不打,上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
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1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
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2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
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1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
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1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
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1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
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1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
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2 no discord, no concord
串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì
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1 to act in collusion (idiom)
干打雷,不下雨
gān dǎ léi , bù xià yǔ
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1 all thunder but no rain (idiom)
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2 a lot of noise but no action
互通有无
hù tōng yǒu wú
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1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
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2 to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls
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3 to reciprocate with material assistance
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4 scratch each other's back
倒打一耙
dào dǎ yī pá
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1 lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack
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2 to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
八仙过海,各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
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1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
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2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities
前门打虎,后门打狼
qián mén dǎ hǔ , hòu mén dǎ láng
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1 to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another
包打天下
bāo dǎ tiān xià
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1 to run everything (idiom); to monopolize the whole business
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2 not allow anyone else to have a look in
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
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1 to not fully understand (idiom)
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
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1 knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
和尚打伞,无法无天
hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān
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1 lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fà] vs 法[fǎ])
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2 fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven
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3 lawless
乔装打扮
qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn
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1 to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit