Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    yī
    一
    bù
    不
    zuò
    做
    ,
    èr
    二
    bù
    不
    xiū
    休
    一不做,二不休
    yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • don't do it, or don't rest; either give up, or go through to the end
    • Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
    • in for a penny, in for a pound
    yī
    一
    bù
    不
    zuò
    做
    ,
    èr
    二
    bù
    不
    xiū
    休
    一不做,二不休
    yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • don't do it, or don't rest; either give up, or go through to the end
    • Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
    • in for a penny, in for a pound
    yī
    一
    qiū
    丘
    zhī
    之
    hé
    貉
    一丘之貉
    yī qiū zhī hé
    yī
    一
    qiū
    丘
    zhī
    之
    hé
    貉
    一丘之貉
    yī qiū zhī hé
    yī
    一
    zhī
    之
    wéi
    为
    shèn
    甚
    一之为甚
    yī zhī wéi shèn
    yī
    一
    zhī
    之
    wéi
    为
    shèn
    甚
    一之为甚
    yī zhī wéi shèn
    yī
    一
    gān
    干
    èr
    二
    jìng
    净
    一干二净
    yī gān èr jìng

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • thoroughly
    • completely
    • one and all
    • very clean
    yī
    一
    gān
    干
    èr
    二
    jìng
    净
    一干二净
    yī gān èr jìng

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • thoroughly
    • completely
    • one and all
    • very clean
    yī
    一
    wǔ
    五
    yī
    一
    shí
    十
    一五一十
    yī wǔ yī shí
    yī
    一
    wǔ
    五
    yī
    一
    shí
    十
    一五一十
    yī wǔ yī shí
    yī
    一
    rén
    人
    dé
    得
    dào
    道
    ,
    jī
    鸡
    quǎn
    犬
    shēng
    升
    tiān
    天
    一人得道,鸡犬升天
    yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven
    • fig. to ride on sb else's success
    • Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
    • Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
    yī
    一
    rén
    人
    dé
    得
    dào
    道
    ,
    jī
    鸡
    quǎn
    犬
    shēng
    升
    tiān
    天
    一人得道,鸡犬升天
    yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven
    • fig. to ride on sb else's success
    • Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
    • Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
    yī
    一
    gè
    个
    luó
    萝
    bo
    卜
    yī
    一
    gè
    个
    kēng
    坑
    一个萝卜一个坑
    yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally every turnip to its hole
    • fig. each person has his own position
    • each to his own
    • horses for courses
    • every kettle has its lid
    yī
    一
    gè
    个
    luó
    萝
    bo
    卜
    yī
    一
    gè
    个
    kēng
    坑
    一个萝卜一个坑
    yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally every turnip to its hole
    • fig. each person has his own position
    • each to his own
    • horses for courses
    • every kettle has its lid
    yī
    一
    chuán
    传
    shí
    十
    ,
    shí
    十
    chuán
    传
    bǎi
    百
    一传十,十传百
    yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • news pass quickly from mouth to mouth
    • an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
    yī
    一
    chuán
    传
    shí
    十
    ,
    shí
    十
    chuán
    传
    bǎi
    百
    一传十,十传百
    yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • news pass quickly from mouth to mouth
    • an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
    yī
    一
    dāo
    刀
    liǎng
    两
    duàn
    断
    一刀两断
    yī dāo liǎng duàn

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally one knife to cut two segments; fig. to make a clean break
    • firm resolution to break off a relation
    yī
    一
    dāo
    刀
    liǎng
    两
    duàn
    断
    一刀两断
    yī dāo liǎng duàn

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally one knife to cut two segments; fig. to make a clean break
    • firm resolution to break off a relation
    yī
    一
    fēn
    分
    yī
    一
    háo
    毫
    一分一毫
    yī fēn yī háo

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • a tiny bit
    • an iota
    yī
    一
    fēn
    分
    yī
    一
    háo
    毫
    一分一毫
    yī fēn yī háo

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • a tiny bit
    • an iota
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    Jen
    7. februar 2015 at 17:01:04

    Thank you for this awesome site! Please keep it up, and also, is there a grammar teaching section here? I would love to know which goes where in Mandarin when constructing a sentence. Again, thank you so much!

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    z
    26. februar 2020 at 02:53:54

    i disagree

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    z
    26. februar 2020 at 02:54:01

    i disagree

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    Joseph
    31. juli 2020 at 09:28:25

    Same

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    Ruth
    1. august 2017 at 01:13:05

    I like it, thank you but, unfortunately, it doesn't work to type in a word in English and then getting the Mandatin.

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    marson
    22. marts 2018 at 03:11:37

    great site

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    z
    26. februar 2020 at 02:53:21

    yeet

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    Victor
    24. maj 2021 at 17:06:53

    Yes, indeed! It's clearly a big help to anyone researching Chengyu.

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