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要不是
- 1 if it were not for
- 2 but for
需要是发明之母 | 需要是發明之母
- 1 Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
要是
- 1 (coll.) if
是不是
- 1 is or isn't
- 2 yes or no
- 3 whether or not
权利要求 | 權利要求
- 1 claim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
要言不烦 | 要言不煩
- 1 to explain in simple terms
- 2 succinct
- 3 concise
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
说话要算数 | 說話要算數
- 1 promises must be kept
要加牛奶
- 1 with milk
- 2 white (of tea, coffee etc)
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)
要死要活
- 1 terribly
- 2 awfully
- 3 desperately
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
实事求是 | 實事求是
- 1 to seek truth from facts (idiom)
- 2 to be practical and realistic
又要马儿跑,又要马儿不吃草 | 又要馬兒跑,又要馬兒不吃草
- 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
- 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
又要马儿好,又要马儿不吃草 | 又要馬兒好,又要馬兒不吃草
- 1 又要馬兒跑,又要馬兒不吃草|又要马儿跑,又要马儿不吃草[yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo
- 2 yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo]
不是鱼死就是网破 | 不是魚死就是網破
- 1 lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom)
- 2 fig. it's a life-and-death struggle
- 3 it's either him or me
一是一,二是二
- 1 lit. one is one, two is two (idiom)
- 2 fig. things are (or ought to be) perfectly clear-cut
- 3 unequivocal
事实求是 | 事實求是
- 1 to seek the truth from facts