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
不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
1 self-explanatory
2 self-evident (idiom)
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)
互别苗头
hù bié miáo tou
1 to compete with (idiom) (Tw)
2 to pit oneself against
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
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
1 to let things take their course (idiom)
2 to leave it to nature
3 laissez-faire
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
2 hoist by his own petard
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
优游自得
yōu yóu zì dé
1 free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
冰炭不言,冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
出自肺腑
chū zì fèi fǔ
1 from the bottom of one's heart (idiom)
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
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