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like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over

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落水狗上岸

luò shuǐ gǒu shàng àn

like a second parent (idiom)

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再生父母

zài shēng fù mǔ

like that

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那么

nà me

like this

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如此

rú cǐ

like this

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这般

zhè bān

like-minded person

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同道者

tóng dào zhě

lit. (having) three heads and six arms (idiom)

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三头六臂

sān tóu liù bì

lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom)

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万马奔腾

wàn mǎ bēn téng

lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom)

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此地无银三百两

cǐ dì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng

lit. a banquet with no empty seats

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座无虚席

zuò wú xū xí

lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom)

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会哭的孩子有奶吃

huì kū de hái zi yǒu nǎi chī

lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom)

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泥牛入海

ní niú rù hǎi

lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows

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狡兔三窟

jiǎo tù sān kū

lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom)

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狗逮老鼠

gǒu dǎi lǎo shǔ

lit. a good horse doesn't turn around and graze the same patch again (idiom)

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好马不吃回头草

hǎo mǎ bù chī huí tóu cǎo

lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom)

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宝刀不老

bǎo dāo bù lǎo

lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom)

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害群之马

hài qún zhī mǎ

lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be astonished by certain things (idiom)

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少见多怪

shǎo jiàn duō guài

lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe

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脚正不怕鞋歪

jiǎo zhèng bú pà xié wāi

lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)

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白云苍狗

bái yún cāng gǒu

lit. a willow that bends with the wind

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随风倒柳

suí fēng dǎo liǔ

lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects)

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众星捧月

zhòng xīng pěng yuè

lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom)

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如数家珍

rú shǔ jiā zhēn

lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom)

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