3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
博物洽闻
bó wù qià wén
1 to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
嗜痂成癖
shì jiā chéng pǐ
1 to have strange and dangerous addictions (idiom)
囊中取物
náng zhōng qǔ wù
1 as easy as reaching for it from a bag (idiom)
2 in the bag
3 (as good as) in one's possession
地大物博
dì dà wù bó
1 vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
天低吴楚,眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
1 the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
恃才傲物
shì cái ào wù
1 to be inordinately proud of one's ability
2 to be conceited and contemptuous (idiom)
探囊取物
tàn náng qǔ wù
1 to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie
2 in the bag
断袖之癖
duàn xiù zhī pǐ
1 lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
格物致知
gé wù zhì zhī
1 to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
残民害物
cán mín hài wù
1 to harm people and damage property (idiom)
物以稀为贵
wù yǐ xī wéi guì
1 the rarer sth is, the greater its value (idiom)
物以类聚
wù yǐ lèi jù
1 similar things come together (idiom); like draws like
2 Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚,人以群分
wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn
1 Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.
物各有主
wù gè yǒu zhǔ
1 everything has a rightful owner (idiom)
物极必反
wù jí bì fǎn
1 when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)
玩物丧志
wán wù sàng zhì
1 lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress
2 excessive attention to trivia saps the will
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