1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ
1 One key opens one lock.
2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
2 to blurt sth out
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
2 to break fresh ground
哪壶不开提哪壶
nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú
1 lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot
2 to talk about sb's weak point
喜笑颜开
xǐ xiào yán kāi
1 grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
2 beaming with happiness
奴颜婢膝
nú yán bì xī
1 servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning
2 bending and scraping to curry favor
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
2 fig. to display ambidexterity
3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
4 to use both feet equally (football)
广开言路
guǎng kāi yán lù
1 to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
情窦初开
qíng dòu chū kāi
1 first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
撇开不谈
piē kāi bù tán
1 to ignore an issue (idiom)
放开手脚
fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo
1 to have free rein (idiom)
旗开得胜
qí kāi dé shèng
1 lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success
2 success in a single move
树上开花
shù shàng kāi huā
1 to deck the tree with false blossoms
2 to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom)
正颜厉色
zhèng yán lì sè
1 solemn in countenance (idiom); strict and unsmiling
死猪不怕开水烫
sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàng
1 lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (idiom)
2 fig. to be unaffected (by sth)
3 undaunted
无颜见江东父老
wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo
1 (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally referred to Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ], who chose not to retreat to Jiangdong after his humiliating defeat)
狗窦大开
gǒu dòu dà kāi
1 dog hole wide open (idiom); fig. gap caused by missing teeth (used mockingly)
皓首苍颜
hào shǒu cāng yán
1 white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
皮开肉绽
pí kāi ròu zhàn
1 flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
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