Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    yī
    一
    zhù
    柱
    qíng
    擎
    tiān
    天
    一柱擎天
    yī zhù qíng tiān

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally to support the sky as a single pillar
    • fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
    yī
    一
    zhù
    柱
    qíng
    擎
    tiān
    天
    一柱擎天
    yī zhù qíng tiān

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally to support the sky as a single pillar
    • fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
    yī
    一
    tiáo
    条
    shéng
    绳
    shàng
    上
    de
    的
    mà
    蚂
    zha
    蚱
    一条绳上的蚂蚱
    yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally like locusts tied to one rope
    • fig. in the same boat
    • in it together for better or worse
    • to sink or swim together
    yī
    一
    tiáo
    条
    shéng
    绳
    shàng
    上
    de
    的
    mà
    蚂
    zha
    蚱
    一条绳上的蚂蚱
    yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally like locusts tied to one rope
    • fig. in the same boat
    • in it together for better or worse
    • to sink or swim together
    yī
    一
    gài
    概
    ér
    而
    lùn
    论
    一概而论
    yī gài ér lùn
    yī
    一
    gài
    概
    ér
    而
    lùn
    论
    一概而论
    yī gài ér lùn
    yī
    一
    mú
    模
    yī
    一
    yàng
    样
    一模一样
    yī mú yī yàng

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • exactly the same
    • carbon copy
    yī
    一
    mú
    模
    yī
    一
    yàng
    样
    一模一样
    yī mú yī yàng

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • exactly the same
    • carbon copy
    yī
    一
    bù
    步
    yī
    一
    gè
    个
    jiǎo
    脚
    yìn
    印
    一步一个脚印
    yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • one step, one footprint; steady progress
    • reliable
    yī
    一
    bù
    步
    yī
    一
    gè
    个
    jiǎo
    脚
    yìn
    印
    一步一个脚印
    yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • one step, one footprint; steady progress
    • reliable
    yī
    一
    bù
    步
    dēng
    登
    tiān
    天
    一步登天
    yī bù dēng tiān
    yī
    一
    bù
    步
    dēng
    登
    tiān
    天
    一步登天
    yī bù dēng tiān
    yī
    一
    máo
    毛
    bù
    不
    bá
    拔
    一毛不拔
    yī máo bù bá
    yī
    一
    máo
    毛
    bù
    不
    bá
    拔
    一毛不拔
    yī máo bù bá
    yī
    一
    bō
    波
    wèi
    未
    píng
    平
    ,
    yī
    一
    bō
    波
    yòu
    又
    qǐ
    起
    一波未平,一波又起
    yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises; a new problem arises before the old is solved
    • many twists and turns to a story
    • one thing after another
    yī
    一
    bō
    波
    wèi
    未
    píng
    平
    ,
    yī
    一
    bō
    波
    yòu
    又
    qǐ
    起
    一波未平,一波又起
    yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises; a new problem arises before the old is solved
    • many twists and turns to a story
    • one thing after another
    yī
    一
    qīng
    清
    èr
    二
    chǔ
    楚
    一清二楚
    yī qīng èr chǔ
    yī
    一
    qīng
    清
    èr
    二
    chǔ
    楚
    一清二楚
    yī qīng èr chǔ
    yī
    一
    qīng
    清
    èr
    二
    bái
    白
    一清二白
    yī qīng èr bái

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • perfectly clean
    • blameless
    • unimpeachable
    yī
    一
    qīng
    清
    èr
    二
    bái
    白
    一清二白
    yī qīng èr bái

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • perfectly clean
    • blameless
    • unimpeachable
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