二虎相斗,必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
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1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
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2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
伤及无辜
shāng jí wú gū
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1 to harm the innocent (idiom)
伤天害理
shāng tiān hài lǐ
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1 to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven
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2 outrageous acts
伤心惨目
shāng xīn cǎn mù
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1 (idiom) too appalling to look at
伤筋动骨
shāng jīn dòng gǔ
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1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
伤筋断骨
shāng jīn duàn gǔ
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1 to suffer serious injury (idiom)
伤风败俗
shāng fēng bài sú
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1 offending public morals (idiom)
两败俱伤
liǎng bài jù shāng
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1 both sides suffer (idiom)
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2 neither side wins
两虎相争,必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng
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1 if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
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2 if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
两虎相斗,必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
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1 when two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
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2 if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt.
哀而不伤
āi ér bù shāng
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1 deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)
好了伤疤忘了疼
hǎo le shāng bā wàng le téng
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1 to forget past pains once the wound has healed (idiom)
小作怡情,大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
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1 a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
平时不烧香,临时抱佛脚
píng shí bù shāo xiāng , lín shí bào fó jiǎo
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1 lit. to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble
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2 doing things at the last minute
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3 to make a hasty last-minute effort (often refers to cramming for exams)
惹火烧身
rě huǒ shāo shēn
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1 stir up the fire and you get burnt (idiom); to get one's fingers burnt
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2 fig. to suffer on account of one's own meddling
拣佛烧香
jiǎn fó shāo xiāng
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1 to choose which Buddha to burn incense to (idiom); fig. to curry favor from the right person
火烧眉毛
huǒ shāo méi mao
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1 lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation
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2 extreme emergency
无伤大雅
wú shāng dà yǎ
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1 (of a defect etc) to be of no great matter (idiom)
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2 harmless
留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo
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1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
老大徒伤悲
lǎo dà tú shāng bēi
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1 vain regrets of old age (idiom)