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[ "do it all", "do it all by oneself", "do it all by hand", "do everything by hand", "do it all in one hand" ]

[ "keep everything in one's own hands", "control exclusively", "stage-manage" ]

[ "Cover the sky with one hand", "One hand to hide the sky", "One hand to cover the sky", "One hand to cover up the sky" ]

[ "shut out the heavens with one hand", "hide the truth from the masses" ]

[ "all the courage", "all in one body", "all in one body is guts", "all in one body is courageous", "all in one body is courage" ]

[ "be absolutely fearless" ]

[ "a thousand miles a day", "One Day, One Thousand Miles", "One day, a thousand miles", "A day a thousand miles" ]

[ "one thousand li a day", "at a tremendous pace", "with giant strides", "tremendous forward strides", "rapid advance" ]

[ "Three autumns a day", "a single day and three seasons", "three seasons in a day", "a single day, three seasons", "three seasons in one day" ]

[ "one day seems like three years", "a day of separation seems as long as three years", "a day absent from you is like three seasons" ]

[ "When one person attains the Tao, the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven", "when a man achieves the right path, his poultry and dogs rise to the heavens" ]

[ "when a man attains the Tao , even his pets ascend to heaven" ]

[ "One person is as difficult as a thousand people", "It's hard for one person to be like a thousand others" ]

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[ "One person tells the truth, thousands of people tell the truth", "One person spreads the falsehood, ten thousand people spread the reality" ]

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[ "As usual" ]

[ "as in the past", "as before" ]

[ "A thousand words", "One word is worth a thousand", "One word is a thousand dollars", "One word, a thousand dollars" ]

[ "one character is worth much gold" ]

[ "One for joy, one for fear", "One with joy, one with fear" ]

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[ "all at once", "get there in one step", "get results overnight", "get it done overnight", "get there overnight" ]

[ "reach the goal in one step", "accomplish in one move", "accomplish at one stroke", "expect results overnight" ]

[ "An inch of heart", "an inch of heart in a panacea" ]

[ "a heart of pure loyalty" ]

[ "An inch of time is an inch of gold", "An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold." ]

[ "\"an inch of time is an inch of gold\"" ]

[ "meticulous", "not one hair out of place", "not a hair out of place" ]

[ "not a bit negligent", "conscientious and meticulous", "dot the i's and cross the t's" ]

[ "naked", "not wearing a single thread", "not wearing a single stitch" ]

[ "not have a stitch on" ]

[ "a shred", "one thread, one hair" ]

[ "a tiny bit", "an iota", "a little", "an atom of", "a shred of", "a trace of" ]

[ "swept away", "sweep clean", "sweep away everything", "sweep away", "clean out" ]

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[ "again and again, again and again", "Again and again and again" ]

[ "once and again", "time and again", "more than once", "repeatedly" ]

[ "a piece of water", "A coat of water", "One coat of water", "A coat and water" ]

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[ "one's own way", "one way or the other" ]

[ "persist in wilfully and arbitrarily", "act in disregard of other people's opinions", "bent on acting wilfully", "cling obstinately to one's own course", "follow one's bigoted course", "be hell-bent on having one's way", "act arbitrarily", "wheel and deal" ]

[ "One Leaf Zhiqiu", "A leaf knows an autumn", "A leaf knows the autumn", "A single leaf knows the autumn", "A Leaf to Know the Autumn" ]

[ "one falling leaf is indicative of the coming of autumn", "everything is part of a whole", "the falling of one leaf heralds the autumn", "a straw shows which way the wind blows", "a small sign can indicate a great trend" ]

[ "A leaf obstructs the eyes, but Mount Tai is not seen", "A leaf blind, not seeing the mountain", "A leaf blinded, not seeing Mt." ]

[ "a leaf before the eye shuts out Mount Taishan" ]

[ "indescribable", "hard to explain in a few words", "hard to say in a few words" ]

[ "it is a long story", "it is hard to explain in a few words" ]

[ "As soon as the word is spoken, the horse is hard to follow", "once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it", "a promise must be kept" ]

[ "a word once spoken cannot be overtaken even by a team of four horses" ]

[ "one word says it all" ]

[ "to sum up the whole business in one phrase", "to sum up in a word", "in a word", "in a nutshell", "in short", "in a few words", "summarily", "briefly" ]

[ "one word", "It's a deal." ]

[ "that's settled then", "it's a whack" ]

[ "Nothing is possible", "there is nothing to be gained", "there is nothing to gain", "there is nothing to take" ]

[ "not one good thing to be said", "nothing to recommend", "neither rhyme nor reason", "worthless" ]

[ "One thing down one thing", "One thing leads to another" ]

[ "there is always one thing to conquer another" ]

[ "nowhere", "not one good point", "not worth a damn", "not one single thing", "not a single thing" ]

[ "devoid of any merit", "nothing is right", "can never get anything right" ]

[ "Mistake over and over again", "make one mistake after another", "repeated errors" ]

[ "one error leads to another", "keep on making mistakes", "make things worse by repeated delays" ]

[ "know nothing", "No knowledge at all", "Nothing at all", "No idea", "Nothing" ]

[ "know absolutely nothing", "without knowing a single thing", "not have the least inkling of", "absolutely ignorant of", "a total stranger to" ]

[ "Nothing", "Nothing to do", "Nothing to offer" ]

[ "nave no special skill", "superior in no respect" ]

[ "nothing", "nothing at all" ]

[ "not own a thing in the world", "without a single thing", "have nothing at all", "have not a stiver", "as bare as the palm of one's hand", "walk on one's shoestrings", "penniless", "destitute" ]

[ "one fifty one", "One by five" ]

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[ "worthless", "gutter" ]

[ "not worth a cent", "not amount to a row of beans" ]

[ "One question and three unknown", "reply \"don't know\" whatever the question" ]

[ "say \"I don't know\" to every question - not know a thing" ]

[ "catch up", "All in one net", "All in one place" ]

[ "catch all in a dragnet", "capture all in one net", "take all at one haul of the net", "all captured at once" ]

[ "in love", "A deep love", "Love in the heart", "A deep love for you", "A deep love for the world" ]

[ "deeply attached to", "be head over heels in love with", "be far gone in love" ]

[ "At a glance", "One look and you know", "One look and you'll know", "One look and you'll see." ]

[ "one glance and you know - apparent to the eye", "manifest at a glance" ]

[ "as far as the eye can see", "a vast expanse of land" ]

[ "stretch as far as the eye can see", "stretch to the horizon", "beyond the reach of a glance" ]

[ "Ahead of the curve", "Ahead", "Ahead of the pack", "Ahead of the game" ]

[ "press forward with indomitable will", "indomitable" ]

[ "broken", "one word says it all", "one word to the wise", "one word to the contrary" ]

[ "hit the mark with a single comment", "hit the target with one remark", "hit the nail on the head" ]

[ "In a word", "one word says it all", "one word to the wise" ]

[ "puncture a fallacy with one remark", "lay bare the truth with one penetrating remark", "burst out the truth", "hit the nail on the head" ]

[ "patchwork", "assembled at random", "a motley collection", "a motley collection of" ]

[ "a patchwork without pattern or order", "scrape together" ]

[ "Upside down", "confused", "in a daze", "in a state of confusion", "incoherent" ]

[ "at sixes and sevens", "all upside down", "totter in any and all directions", "topsy-turvy" ]

[ "up and down", "everything broken and in disorder", "in disorder" ]

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[ "seven orifices smoke", "spouting smoke through the seven orifices", "seethe with anger" ]

[ "fume with anger" ]

[ "Seven long and eight short", "seven lengths and eight shorts", "Seven lengths and eight short" ]

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[ "seven hands and eight feet", "the seven hands and eight feet", "the seven hands and eight legs", "the seven arms and eight legs" ]

[ "\"seven hands and eight feet\"", "great hurry and bustle", "all join in, each fending a hand", "serve hand and foot", "all flurry and confusion" ]

[ "seven up and eight down", "seven up, eight down", "seven on eight", "seven on top of eight" ]

[ "in a mental flurry of indecision", "be perturbed" ]

[ "gossip", "lively discussion of all kinds of talk", "lively discussion", "lively discussion of all kinds" ]

[ "\"with seven mouths and eight tongues\" - clash of opinions", "lively discussion with everybody trying to get a word in" ]

[ "three and five times", "three times over", "thrice" ]

[ "time and again", "over and over again", "repeatedly" ]

[ "Three heads and six arms", "Three Heads, Six Arms" ]

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[ "Three days of fishing, two days of netting", "fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days", "do something by fits and starts" ]

[ "spend three days fishing and two days drying nets", "work by fits and starts", "go fishing for three days and dry the nets for two" ]

[ "Three orders and five applications", "order again and again" ]

[ "repeated injunctions" ]

[ "Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang", "three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius", "collective wisdom" ]

[ "three cobblers with their wits combined would equal Chu Ke Liang, the master mind", "the wisdom of the masses exceeds that of the wisest individual" ]

[ "San Gu thatched cottage", "three humble visits to a thatched cottage" ]

[ "make three calls at the thatched cottage", "repeatedly request somebody to take up a responsible post" ]

[ "Three words stay with us", "talk shop all the time" ]

[ "can hardly open one's mouth without talking shop", "talk about ones own trade from the outset of a conversation", "always the trade talk" ]

[ "in two minds about three things", "in two minds", "in two minds about three" ]

[ "have two minds", "a changeable mind", "be double-minded", "be many-minded", "shilly-shally", "half-hearted" ]

[ "Three long and two short", "sudden death or death", "sudden death", "sudden death of a person" ]

[ "something untoward", "unexpected misfortune", "unhappy events" ]

[ "Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best policy", "Thirty-six plans, go is the best policy" ]

[ "of the thirty-six plans, running away is the best", "decamping is the best of the thirty-six stratagems" ]

[ "Sansheng is lucky", "Three lives are blessed", "Three lifetimes are blessed" ]

[ "the good fortune of three lives", "a fortunate meeting" ]

[ "Threesome must have my teacher", "There are three of us" ]

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[ "three-legged", "Three legged tripod", "Tripod", "Three legged tripartite", "Three Legs" ]

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[ "Three inch incorrupt tongue", "have a silver tongue", "Have a good tongue." ]

[ "somebody's eloquence" ]

[ "Think twice", "Think twice before you act", "Think twice before you go" ]

[ "think thrice before you act", "score twice before you cut once" ]

[ "twos and threes", "in twos and threes", "in twos or threes" ]

[ "in small crowds" ]

[ "a few words" ]

[ "a few words spoken", "in one word or two", "in short" ]

[ "Groups of three or five", "in groups of three or five", "form groups of three or five" ]

[ "in knots" ]

[ "The Trinity" ]

[ "trinity", "three forming an organic whole", "three closely related", "three welded into one" ]

[ "Can't go up to the sky, can't go down to the ground", "No sky above, no earth below", "No sky above, no ground below" ]

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[ "There is no way to the sky, no way to enter the earth", "no way out of heaven, no way into earth" ]

[ "there is no road to heaven and no door into earth", "no way of escape", "in desperate straits" ]

[ "The upper beam is not straight, the lower beam is crooked", "If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked", "subordinates are not straight" ]

[ "if the upper beam is not straight, the lower ones will go aslant", "when those above behave unworthily, those below will do the same", "if the upper beam is crooked the lower ones are out of plumb", "fish begins to stink at the bead", "a crooked stick throws a crooked shadow" ]

[ "up and down", "top and bottom hands", "top and bottom of the hand", "top and bottom", "top and bottom of the table" ]

[ "league together for some evil end" ]

[ "Up and down", "Upstream and downstream", "Top down", "Upward and downward" ]

[ "those in subordinate positions will follow the example set by their superiors", "the doings of superiors are imitated by inferiors", "those below follow the example of those above", "the inferiors imitate the superiors" ]

[ "flattering and arrogant", "flattering the top and arrogant the bottom" ]

[ "fawn upon one's superiors and look down upon those below", "flatter those in high positions and despise those of lower ranks" ]

[ "jump up and down", "jumping up and down", "leap up and down" ]

[ "run around on sinister errands" ]

[ "No tiles on top, no pins on the bottom", "No tiles above, no pins below" ]

[ "have neither a tile over one's head nor a speck of land under one's feet to stick a needle" ]

[ "Write a thousand words, digress thousands of miles", "the pen is a thousand words, but the words are a million miles off the mark" ]

[ "a thousand words from the pen in a stream, but ten thousand li away from the theme" ]

[ "not an example", "not be taken as an example", "not be taken as a precedent", "not be repeated", "not be taken as an exception" ]

[ "not to be taken as a precedent" ]

[ "dismount to see flowers", "dismount from a horse and watch the flowers", "Dismount and watch the flowers" ]

[ "dismount to view the flowers", "get off one's horse and look at the flowers" ]

[ "Lower Riba", "lower class", "lower class people", "the lower classes" ]

[ "Song of the Rustic Poor" ]

[ "Get off at the beginning", "From the beginning of the bus" ]

[ "the moment one alights from the official carriage", "as soon as one alights from the official carriage - on arrival at a new post" ]

[ "Undefeated", "The Undefeated", "Undefeated Land", "Invincible" ]

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[ "unjust injustice", "unjust injustices" ]

[ "unredressed injustice", "a case of being wrongly accused" ]

[ "Unrecognized Shumai", "No identification of beans and wheat" ]

[ "can not tell beans from wheat", "not know chalk from cheese" ]

[ "unbreakable", "No break, no stand", "No break, no build", "No breakage, no creation", "No breakage, no construction" ]

[ "no destruction, no construction", "there can be no construction without destruction" ]

[ "unbiased and impartial" ]

[ "hold the scales even", "without bias and without favour", "without fear or favour", "fair to all", "avoid leaning to either side", "impartiality and justice", "unbiased", "impartial" ]

[ "Injustice screams", "If there is injustice, there is injustice." ]

[ "complaint comes when there is injustice", "man will cry out against injustice" ]

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[ "land which does not grow anything", "a bare and barren land", "barren soil", "unfruitful ground" ]

[ "coincidentally", "coincide with each other", "coincide", "coincide with one another" ]

[ "agree without previous consultation", "happen to coincide with", "be a coincidence" ]

[ "do not understand", "obscure and indistinct", "obscure and unexplained", "indistinct", "obscure" ]

[ "with no clear reason whatever", "unexplainable" ]

[ "No Name", "no name at all" ]

[ "without a penny to one's name", "stony broke" ]

[ "many others", "There is no shortage of them", "There is no shortage of people" ]

[ "such people are not rare" ]

[ "effortless", "effortlessly" ]

[ "as easy as blowing the dust off a table", "need only the slightest effort", "with minimum effort", "it's a walk-over" ]

[ "regardless of each other", "make no distinction between the two" ]

[ "make no distinction between what's one's own and what's another's", "no distinction between mine and thine", "have things in common", "be on very intimate terms" ]

[ "not distinguishing between right and wrong" ]

[ "irrespective of right and wrong", "in a dispute", "in a promiscuous manner", "indiscriminate" ]

[ "do not know each other", "don't fight, won't make friends" ]

[ "from an exchange of blows friendship grows" ]

[ "Does not violate the agricultural time", "Not against the farming season", "Not to miss the farming season" ]

[ "not miss the farming season" ]