一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
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1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
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1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
兄弟阋墙
xiōng dì xì qiáng
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1 internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
再生父母
zài shēng fù mǔ
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1 like a second parent (idiom); one's great benefactor
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
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1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
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1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
有其父必有其子
yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ
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1 like father, like son (idiom)
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
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1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
父慈子孝
fù cí zǐ xiào
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1 benevolent father, filial son (idiom)
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2 natural love between parents and children
知子莫若父
zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
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1 nobody understands one's son better than his father (idiom)
亲兄弟，明算帐
qīn xiōng dì , míng suàn zhàng
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1 even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
认贼作父
rèn zéi zuò fù
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1 lit. to acknowledge the bandit as one's father (idiom); fig. a complete betrayal
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2 to sell oneself to the enemy
难兄难弟
nán xiōng nán dì
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1 lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom)
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2 fig. one is just as bad as the other
难兄难弟
nàn xiōng nàn dì
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1 brothers in hardship (idiom)
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2 fellow sufferers
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3 in the same boat