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不是話
bù shì huà
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see 不像話|不像话[bu4 xiang4 hua4]
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不是鱼死就是网破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
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lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom);
fig. it's a life-and-death struggle;
it's either him or me
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不是魚死就是網破
bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
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lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom);
fig. it's a life-and-death struggle;
it's either him or me
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不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫
bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo ， zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo
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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[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
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不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓
bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo ， zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo
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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[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
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也就是
yě jiù shì
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that is;
i.e.
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也就是說
yě jiù shì shuō
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in other words;
that is to say;
so;
thus
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事实求是
shì shí qiú shì
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to seek the truth from facts
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事實求是
shì shí qiú shì
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to seek the truth from facts
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事求是
shì qiú shì
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to seek the truth from facts
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五百年前是一家
wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā
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five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)
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人是铁饭是钢
rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng
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one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom);
an empty sack cannot stand upright
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人是鐵飯是鋼
rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng
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one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom);
an empty sack cannot stand upright
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俯拾即是
fǔ shí jí shì
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see 俯拾皆是[fu3 shi2 jie1 shi4]
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假假若是
jiǎ jià ruò shì
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if;
supposing that...
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利是
lì shì
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see 利事[li4 shi4]
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却是
què shì
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nevertheless;
actually;
the fact is ...
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卻是
què shì
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nevertheless;
actually;
the fact is ...
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口是心非
kǒu shì xīn fēi
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duplicity;
hypocrisy (idiom)
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可不是
kě bu shì
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that's just the way it is;
exactly!
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唯利是圖
wéi lì shì tú
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to seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything;
self-seeking
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唯命是从
wéi mìng shì cóng
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to follow obediently
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唯命是從
wéi mìng shì cóng
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to follow obediently
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团结就是力量
tuán jié jiù shì lì liang
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unity is strength (revolutionary slogan and popular song of 1943)
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團結就是力量
tuán jié jiù shì lì liang
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unity is strength (revolutionary slogan and popular song of 1943)
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