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他们 men they; them
她们 men they; them (females)
它们 men they; them
传说 chuán shuō legend; folk tale / to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
人家 rén jia other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
有没有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...? / Is there a ...? / (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)? / Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)?
(archaic) agate / (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale / number / (computing) code / (clothing) size / yard (unit of length) / (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references) / (coll.) to pile up; to stack / classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事[bu4 shi4 yi1 ma3 shi4] "not the same thing") / (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)
俗话说 huà shuō as the proverb says / as they say...
孟婆汤 mèng tāng potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆[Meng4 po2] before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence
如意算盘 suàn pán counting one's chickens before they are hatched
置之死地而后生 zhì zhī ér hòu shēng (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger; to find a way to emerge from a dire situation
风头 fēng tóu wind direction / the way the wind blows / fig. trend / direction of events / how things develop (esp. how they affect oneself) / public opinion (concerning one's actions) / publicity (usually derog.) / limelight
据称 chēng it is said / allegedly / according to reports / or so they say
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
老样子 lǎo yàng zi old situation / things as they were
既来之,则安之 lái zhī , ān zhī Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
自有 yǒu (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc) / one's own (apartment, brand etc)
流水席 liú shuǐ banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive
套用 tào yòng to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc)
车次 chē train or coach service ("service" as in "they run 12 services per day between the two cities")
物极必反 fǎn when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)
今不如昔 jīn things are not as good as they used to be
攻无不克,战无不胜 gōng , zhàn shèng to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom); all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do
激将法 jiàng indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)
孟婆 Mèng (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess who gives a potion to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life / (Chinese folk religion) Meng Po, goddess of the wind


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