一物降一物
一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
lit. one object bests another object; every item has a weakness (idiom); there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
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- (idiom) lit. one object bests another object
- every item has a weakness (idiom)
- there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
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Related Words
一人得道,鸡犬升天(yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān)· lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
→一个萝卜一个坑(yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng)· lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
→冤有头,债有主(yuān yǒu tóu , zhài yǒu zhǔ)· for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom)
→一个个(yī gè gè)· each and every one
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