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开始以前 | 開始以前
kāi shǐ yǐ qián
  1. 1 before the beginning (of sth)
此时以前 | 此時以前
cǐ shí yǐ qián
  1. 1 heretofore
以前
yǐ qián
  1. 1 before
  2. 2 formerly
  3. 3 previous
  4. 4 ago
一则以喜,一则以忧 | 一則以喜,一則以憂
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
以直报怨,以德报德 | 以直報怨,以德報德
yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé
  1. 1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
以言代法,以权压法 | 以言代法,以權壓法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
  2. 2 Might makes right.
物以类聚,人以群分 | 物以類聚,人以群分
wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn
  1. 1 Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.
习以为常 | 習以為常
xí yǐ wéi cháng
  1. 1 accustomed to
  2. 2 used to
引以为荣 | 引以為榮
yǐn yǐ wéi róng
  1. 1 to regard it as an honor (idiom)
以身报国 | 以身報國
yǐ shēn bào guó
  1. 1 to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
俭以养廉 | 儉以養廉
jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián
  1. 1 frugality makes honesty (idiom)
无以为生 | 無以為生
wú yǐ wéi shēng
  1. 1 no way to get by
以权谋私 | 以權謀私
yǐ quán móu sī
  1. 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
授之以鱼不如授之以渔 | 授之以魚不如授之以漁
shòu zhī yǐ yú bù rú shòu zhī yǐ yú
  1. 1 give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime (idiom)
以邻为壑 | 以鄰為壑
yǐ lín wéi hè
  1. 1 to use one's neighbor as a drain
  2. 2 to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
忧苦以终 | 憂苦以終
yōu kǔ yǐ zhōng
  1. 1 worried to death (idiom)
俭以防匮 | 儉以防匱
jiǎn yǐ fáng kuì
  1. 1 frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)
以华制华 | 以華制華
yǐ huá zhì huá
  1. 1 use Chinese collaborators to subdue the Chinese (imperialist policy)
翘首以待 | 翹首以待
qiáo shǒu yǐ dài
  1. 1 to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
  2. 2 to anxiously await
以斯帖记 | 以斯帖記
Yǐ sī tiě jì
  1. 1 Book of Esther