How to say [X] in Chinese

lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb)

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一个巴掌拍不响

yí gè bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng

lit. one phoenix feather

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威凤一羽

wēi fèng yì yǔ

lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom)

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一鳞半爪

yì lín bàn zhǎo

lit. one scare after another in a single night (idiom)

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一夕数惊

yì xī shù jīng

lit. one spot (on the leopard)

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一斑

yì bān

lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom)

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一板一眼

yì bǎn yì yǎn

lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom)

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一板三眼

yì bǎn sān yǎn

lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom)

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功高盖主

gōng gāo gài zhǔ

lit. one's youth will never return

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青春不再

qīng chūn bú zài

lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)

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一枝独秀

yì zhī dú xiù

lit. only one end of the barber's pole is hot (idiom)

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剃头挑子一头热

tì tóu tiāo zi yì tóu rè

lit. peace when you come or go

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出入平安

chū rù píng ān

lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together

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道不同不相为谋

dào bù tóng bù xiāng wéi móu

lit. punish one, warn one hundred (idiom)

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惩一警百

chéng yì jǐng bǎi

lit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom)

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滚瓜烂熟

gǔn guā làn shú

lit. see one spot on a leopard (idiom)

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窥豹一斑

kuī bào yì bān

lit. seeing others go hunting, one is excited by memories of the thrill of the hunt (idiom)

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见猎心喜

jiàn liè xīn xǐ

lit. seek but fail to get (idiom)

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求之不得

qiú zhī bù dé

lit. short jacket party

social

短衣帮

duǎn yī bāng

lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom)

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短兵相接

duǎn bīng xiāng jiē

lit. slow no aid to urgent (idiom)

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缓不济急

huǎn bú jì jí

lit. small abacus

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小算盘

xiǎo suàn pán

lit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom)

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惨不忍睹

cǎn bù rěn dǔ

lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)

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俯拾皆是

fǔ shí jiē shì