4 pop culture enthusiasts who create fan fiction etc
Idioms (20)
一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
2 fig. to stick to one's ways
3 to cling to one's course
一视同仁
yī shì tóng rén
1 to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
一路顺风
yī lù shùn fēng
1 to have a pleasant journey (idiom)
三马同槽
sān mǎ tóng cáo
1 three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Sī mǎ Yì] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof
上天无路,入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
1 lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
2 incomparable
不同凡响
bù tóng fán xiǎng
1 lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding
2 brilliant
3 out of the common run
不敢苟同
bù gǎn gǒu tóng
1 to beg to differ (idiom)
不约而同
bù yuē ér tóng
1 to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation
公诸同好
gōng zhū tóng hào
1 to share pleasure in the company of others (idiom); shared enjoyment with fellow enthusiasts
冤家路窄
yuān jiā lù zhǎi
1 lit. enemies on a narrow road (idiom); fig. an inevitable clash between opposing factions
司马昭之心路人皆知
Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī
1 lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
2 fig. an open secret
各不相同
gè bù xiāng tóng
1 to have nothing in common with each other (idiom)
同仇敌忾
tóng chóu dí kài
1 anger against a common enemy (idiom); joined in opposition to the same adversary
同室操戈
tóng shì cāo gē
1 wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
同床异梦
tóng chuáng yì mèng
1 lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas
2 strange bedfellows
3 marital dissension
同心协力
tóng xīn xié lì
1 to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts
2 to pull together
3 to work as one
同心同德
tóng xīn tóng dé
1 of one mind (idiom)
同日而语
tóng rì ér yǔ
1 lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)
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