1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
1 to die (idiom)
2 to breathe one's last
3 to give up the ghost
一语道破
yī yǔ dào pò
1 one word says it all (idiom)
2 to hit the nail on the head
3 to be pithy and correct
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
1 no use to tell others
2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
仁义道德
rén yì dào dé
1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
以其人之道,还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
1 to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
2 to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
传道受业
chuán dào shòu yè
1 to teach (idiom); lit. to give moral and practical instruction
分道扬镳
fēn dào yáng biāo
1 lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)
2 fig. to part ways
卑卑不足道
bēi bēi bù zú dào
1 to be too petty or insignificant to mention
2 to not be worth mentioning (idiom)
口碑载道
kǒu bēi zài dào
1 lit. praise fills the roads (idiom); praise everywhere
2 universal approbation
呼之即来
hū zhī jí lái
1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
2 always at sb's beck and call
呼之即来,挥之即去
hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù
1 to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant
2 always at sb's beck and call
呼之欲出
hū zhī yù chū
1 lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom)
2 fig. on the verge of coming out into the open
3 (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed
4 (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
呼来喝去
hū lái hè qù
1 to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders
2 always bossing people around
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼牛呼马
hū niú hū mǎ
1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
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