各奔东西 各奔東西 gè bèn dōng xī to go separate ways (idiom) / to part ways with sb / Taiwan pr. [ge4 ben1 dong1 xi1] syn 妇女为妇女争取人权协会－新道路 Women for Women's Human Rights: New Ways / WWHR – New Ways 按步就班 àn bù jiù bān follow the prescribed order / keep to conventional ways 常规武器包括实际裁军措施处 Conventional Arms, including Practical Disarmament Measures, Branch / Conventional Arms Branch 常规武器处 Conventional Arms, including Practical Disarmament Measures, Branch / Conventional Arms Branch 常规武器公约 常規武器公約 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects / Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons 不人道武器公约 不人道武器公約 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects / Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons 下水 xià shuǐ downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot syn 拜拜 bái bái (loanword) bye-bye / also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc / (coll.) to part ways (with sb) / (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) syn 分道扬镳 分道揚鑣 fēn dào yáng biāo lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways syn 脚踏两条船 腳踏兩條船 jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time 矫直 矯直 jiǎo zhí to straighten / (fig.) to mend one's ways 一条路走到黑 一條路走到黑 yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course 按图索骥 按圖索驥 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue syn 应卯 應卯 yìng mǎo to answer the roll call at 卯時|卯时[mao3 shi2], i.e. between 5 and 7 am / fig. to put in a conventional appearance 分别 分別 fēn bié to part / to leave each other / to distinguish / to tell apart / difference / distinction / in different ways / differently / separately / individually syn 人事 rén shì personnel / human resources / human affairs / ways of the world / (euphemism) sexuality / the facts of life syn 路径 路徑 lù jìng path / route / method / ways and means syn 误区 誤區 wù qū mistaken ideas / misconceptions / the error of one's ways 多方 duō fāng in many ways / from all sides syn 复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn 千方百计 千方百計 qiān fāng bǎi jì lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom) / by every possible means syn 废弃 廢棄 fèi qì to discard / to abandon (old ways) / to invalidate syn 百般 bǎi bān in hundred and one ways / in every possible way / by every means syn 想方设法 想方設法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ to think up every possible method (idiom) / to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other syn 改过 改過 gǎi guò to correct one's errors / to mend one's ways syn 世道 shì dào the ways of the world / the morals of the time syn 世故 shì gù the ways of the world syn 千丝万缕 千絲萬縷 qiān sī wàn lǚ linked in countless ways syn 世情 shì qíng worldly affairs / the ways of the world syn 两全其美 兩全其美 liǎng quán qí měi to satisfy rival demands (idiom) / to get the best of both worlds / to have it both ways / to have one's cake and eat it too syn 老江湖 lǎo jiāng hú a much-travelled person, well acquainted with the ways of the world syn 遗风 遺風 yí fēng tradition or style from the past / old ways / surviving tradition / relic 改邪归正 改邪歸正 gǎi xié guī zhèng to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf syn 人情世故 rén qíng shì gù worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world syn 诡计多端 詭計多端 guǐ jì duō duān deceitful in many ways (idiom) / wily and mischievous / full of craft and cunning syn 自新 zì xīn to reform oneself / to mend one's ways and start life anew 洗心革面 xǐ xīn gé miàn lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf syn 世态 世態 shì tài the ways of the world / social behavior syn 陈规 陳規 chén guī outmoded conventions / old-fashioned ways syn 别 彆 biè to make sb change their ways, opinions etc syn 依然故我 yī rán gù wǒ to be one's old self (idiom) / to be unchanged / (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways syn 板上钉钉 板上釘釘 bǎn shàng dìng dīng that clinches it / that's final / no two ways about it syn 邪路 xié lù deviant path / evil ways syn 故态复萌 故態復萌 gù tài fù méng to revert to old ways syn 旧俗 舊俗 jiù sú former custom / old ways syn 故步自封 gù bù zì fēng stuck in the old ways (idiom) / refusing to acknowledge new ideas / stagnating and conservative syn 老于世故 老於世故 lǎo yú shì gù experienced in the ways of the world (idiom) / worldly-wise / sophisticated syn 陈规陋习 陳規陋習 chén guī lòu xí outmoded conventions / old-fashioned ways syn 改悔 gǎi huǐ to mend one's ways syn 朝过夕改 朝過夕改 zhāo guò xī gǎi to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways 狂奴故态 狂奴故態 kuáng nú gù tài to be set in one's ways (idiom) 翻然悔悟 fān rán huǐ wù to see the error of one's ways / to make a clean break with one's past syn 道不同不相为谋 道不同不相為謀 dào bù tóng bù xiāng wéi móu lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together / to go separate ways (idiom) 革面洗心 gé miàn xǐ xīn lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf 迷途知返 mí tú zhī fǎn to get back on the right path / to mend one's ways syn 洗手不干 洗手不幹 xǐ shǒu bù gàn to totally stop doing something / to reform one's ways syn 上有政策，下有对策 上有政策，下有對策 shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom) 不孝有三，无后为大 不孝有三，無後為大 bù xiào yǒu sān , wú hòu wéi dà there are three ways to be unfilial / having no sons is the worst (from Mencius 孟子[Meng4zi3]) 守旧派 守舊派 shǒu jiù pài person who sticks to old ways / a diehard / a conservative 师古 師古 shī gǔ following the ways of old / in imitation of ancient style 沾染世俗 zhān rǎn shì sú to be corrupted by the ways of the world (idiom) 泥古 nì gǔ stick-in-the-mud / to stick to old ways / stubbornly conservative 百般巴结 百般巴結 bǎi bān bā jié to flatter someone in a hundred different ways / assiduous fawning (idiom) 颓风 頹風 tuí fēng degenerate custom / decadent ways 跳脱 跳脫 tiào tuō (Tw) to break free of (outmoded ways of thinking etc) / to move beyond / to transcend 途径和方法小组委员会 途徑和方法小組委員會 Ways and Means Sub-Committee 邪门 邪門 xié mén strange / unusual / evil ways / dishonest practices 老谱 老譜 lǎo pǔ old ways / old habit 一条道走到黑 一條道走到黑 yī tiáo dào zǒu dào hēi to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course 脱亚入欧 脫亞入歐 tuō yà rù ōu to abandon the old (Asian) ways and learn from Europe / refers to the ideas that led to the Meiji Restoration and Japan's subsequent colonization projects in Asia 归正 歸正 guī zhèng to return to the right path / to mend one's ways / to reform / Reformed (church etc) 推甄 tuī zhēn to recommend a student for admission to a higher-level school / to put a student on the recommendation track (one of several ways of gaining admission to a higher-level school in Taiwan) / abbr. for 推薦甄選|推荐甄选 世相 shì xiàng the ways of the world 假洋鬼子 jiǎ yáng guǐ zi (derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners 治愚 zhì yú to eliminate backward (unscientific) ways of thinking 三不朽 sān bù xiǔ the three imperishables, three ways to distinguish oneself that aren't forgotten by history: through one's virtue 立德[li4 de2], one's service 立功[li4 gong1] and one's writings 立言[li4 yan2] (from the Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]) 传统 傳統 chuán tǒng tradition / traditional / convention / conventional / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 常理 cháng lǐ common sense / conventional reasoning and morals syn 寒暄 hán xuān to exchange conventional greetings / to exchange pleasantries 俗套 sú tào conventional patterns / cliché syn 老路 lǎo lù old road / familiar way / beaten track / conventional behavior syn 套子 tào zi sheath / case / cover / conventional method / cliché / trick / (coll.) condom syn 商祺 shāng qí business is auspicious / conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well! 心领 心領 xīn lǐng I appreciate your kindness (conventional reply to turn down an offer) syn 客套话 客套話 kè tào huà conventional greeting / polite formula syn 套话 套話 tào huà polite phrase / conventional greetings / cliché / to try to worm facts out of sb 常规武器 常規武器 cháng guī wǔ qì conventional weapon 书不尽言 書不盡言 shū bù jìn yán I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom) 长命富贵 長命富貴 cháng mìng fù guì We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting) 言不尽意 言不盡意 yán bù jìn yì (conventional letter ending) words cannot fully express what is in my heart (idiom) 常道 cháng dào normal and proper practice / conventional practice / common occurrence 等因奉此 děng yīn fèng cǐ officialese / official routine / (old) (conventional phrase used in response to one's superior) in view of the above, we therefore... syn 请多关照 請多關照 qǐng duō guān zhào please treat me kindly (conventional greeting on first meeting) 迂拘 yū jū conventional / conservative 欧洲常规武装力量条约 歐洲常規武裝力量條約 ōu zhōu cháng guī wǔ zhuāng lì liàng tiáo Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe / CFE Treaty 常法 cháng fǎ convention / normal practice / conventional treatment 欧洲常规力量 Conventional Forces in Europe 公约外机制 extra-conventional mechanism / special procedures mechanism 