Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    literally one object bests another object

    yī
    一
    wù
    物
    xiáng
    降
    yī
    一
    wù
    物
    一物降一物
    yī wù xiáng yī wù

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally one object bests another object
    • every item has a weakness
    • there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    物
    wù
    thing / object / matter / abbr. for physics 物理
    降
    jiàng
    to drop / to fall / to come down / to descend
    xiáng
    to surrender / to capitulate / to subdue / to tame
    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    物
    wù
    thing / object / matter / abbr. for physics 物理
    Data is based on CC-CEDICT. See the full data in action here MDBG Chinese-English dictionary.

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