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1 unity is strength (revolutionary slogan and popular song of 1943)

1 lit. on hearing wind, to say rain

2 to agree uncritically with whatever people say

3 to parrot other people's words

4 to chime in with others

1 in other words

2 that is to say

3 so

4 thus

1 lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom)

2 to believe rumors

3 to be credulous

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

1 that is

2 i.e.

1 in other words

2 that is

1 all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom)

1 (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)

2 precisely

3 exactly

4 even

5 if

6 just like

7 in the same way as

1 it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Dèng Xiǎo píng] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)

1 equivalent to either 是[shì] or 就是[jiù shì]

1 crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can

2 to do things simply and thriftily

3 It's not pretty but it works.

1 to swear the oath of office

1 is or isn't

2 yes or no

3 whether or not

1 employment opportunity

2 job opening

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

1 to finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke

1 inaugural speech

1 (idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points