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 家家户户 家家戶戶 jiā jiā hù hù each and every family (idiom) / every household 一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 携家带口 攜家帶口 xié jiā dài kǒu (idiom) to take all one's family along / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn 携家带眷 攜家帶眷 xié jiā dài juàn to take all one's family along (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations 一家人不说两家话 一家人不說兩家話 yī jiā rén bù shuō liǎng jiā huà lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise) 三天两头 三天兩頭 sān tiān liǎng tóu lit. twice every three days (idiom) / practically every day / frequently syn 见缝插针 見縫插針 jiàn fèng chā zhēn lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom) / fig. to make use of every second and every inch syn 分秒必争 分秒必爭 fēn miǎo bì zhēng seize every minute and second (idiom) / not a minute to lose / every moment counts syn 一个萝卜一个坑 一個蘿蔔一個坑 yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom) / fig. each person has his own position / each to his own / horses for courses / every kettle has its lid 旬输月送 旬輸月送 xún shū yuè sòng pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom) / incessant and ever more complicated demands 战无不胜，攻无不克 戰無不勝，攻無不克 zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù kè to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom) / all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do 战无不胜，攻无不取 戰無不勝，攻無不取 zhàn wú bù shèng , gōng wú bù qǔ to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom) / all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do 攻无不克，战无不胜 攻無不克，戰無不勝 gōng wú bù kè , zhàn wú bù shèng to triumph in every battle and win every fight (idiom) / all-conquering / ever victorious / nothing they can't do 每时每日 每時每日 měi shí měi rì every day and every hour / hourly and daily (idiom) 见缝就钻 見縫就鑽 jiàn fèng jiù zuān lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom) / fig. to make the most of every opportunity syn 冤有头，债有主 冤有頭，債有主 yuān yǒu tóu , zhài yǒu zhǔ for every grievance someone is responsible, for every debt there is a debtor (idiom) / when settling disputes one should not involve third parties 一举一动 一舉一動 yī jǔ - yī dòng (idiom) every movement / each and every move syn 隔三差五 gé sān - chà wǔ (idiom) every few days / every once in a while syn 芸香科 yún xiāng kē (botany) family Rutaceae (rue family, aka citrus family) 扩大家庭 擴大家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 复合家庭 複合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 组合家庭 組合家庭 extended family / composite family / joint family 凡是 fán shì each and every / every / all / any syn 日月 rì yuè the sun and moon / day and month / every day and every month / season / life and livelihood syn 一举一动 一舉一動 yī jǔ yī dòng every movement / each and every move syn 百般 bǎi bān in hundred and one ways / in every possible way / by every means syn 俱全 jù quán every kind / every variety under the sun / a complete gamut syn 步步为营 步步為營 bù bù wéi yíng to advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step / to consolidate at every step syn 一颦一笑 一顰一笑 yī pín yī xiào every frown and every smile syn 一举手一投足 一舉手一投足 yī jǔ shǒu yī tóu zú every little move / every single movement 家家有本难念的经 家家有本難念的經 jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng every family has its problems (idiom) 孔林 kǒng lín the Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu 曲阜, rebuilt and extended by every dynasty 大义灭亲 大義滅親 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom) / ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it syn 拉家带口 拉家帶口 lā jiā dài kǒu to bear the burden of a household (idiom) / encumbered by a family / tied down by family obligations syn 书香门第 書香門第 shū xiāng mén dì family with a literary reputation (idiom) / literary family syn 养家糊口 養家糊口 yǎng jiā hú kǒu to support one's family (idiom) / to have difficulty feeding a family 光耀门楣 光耀門楣 guāng yào mén méi splendor shines on the family's door (idiom) / fig. to bring honor to one's family 雨过天晴 雨過天晴 yǔ guò tiān qíng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天青|雨过天青[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing1] syn 雨过天青 雨過天青 yǔ guò tiān qīng sky clears after rain / new hopes after a disastrous period (idiom) / every cloud has a silver lining (idiom) / see also 雨過天晴|雨过天晴[yu3 guo4 tian1 qing2] 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 家属 家屬 jiā shǔ family member / (family) dependent syn 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 家境 jiā jìng family financial situation / family circumstances syn 皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn 家私 jiā sī family property / family wealth syn 养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family / to raise a family 家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions syn 良家 liáng jiā respectable family / decent family 天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations syn 辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy syn 寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 门风 門風 mén fēng family tradition / family principles syn 房 fáng house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines) syn 包袱底儿 包袱底兒 bāo fu dǐ r family heirloom / most precious family possession / person's secrets / one's best performance 一家人 yī jiā rén the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.) 团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's 宦门 宦門 huàn mén family of officials / family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China) 家计 家計 jiā jì family livelihood / a household's economic situation / family property 故家 gù jiā old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation 聘娶婚 pìn qǔ hūn formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family) 飞鱼族 飛魚族 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study 鮨科 qí kē the grouper family / Serranidae (fish family including Epinephelinae or grouper 石斑魚|石斑鱼) 重组家庭 reorganized family / recomposed family 大家庭 dà jiā tíng extended family / big family / harmonious group 身家 shēn jiā oneself and one's family / family background / pedigree / one's property / one's total assets syn 家规 家規 jiā guī family rules / family code of conduct 辈分 輩分 bèi fen seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy / Taiwan pr. [bei4fen4] 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 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 日新月异 日新月異 rì xīn yuè yì daily renewal, monthly change (idiom) / every day sees new developments / rapid progress 千奇百怪 qiān qí bǎi guài fantastic oddities of every description (idiom) syn 无微不至 無微不至 wú wēi bù zhì in every possible way (idiom) / meticulous syn 奇形怪状 奇形怪狀 qí xíng guài zhuàng fantastic oddities of every description (idiom) / grotesquely shaped syn 一言一行 yī yán yī xíng every word and action (idiom) syn 含辛茹苦 hán xīn rú kǔ to suffer every possible torment (idiom) / bitter hardship / to bear one's cross syn 争分夺秒 爭分奪秒 zhēng fēn duó miǎo lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom) / a race against time / making every second count syn 名目繁多 míng mù fán duō names of many kinds (idiom) / items of every description syn 有口皆碑 yǒu kǒu jiē bēi every voice gives praise (idiom) / with an extensive public reputation syn 隔三差五 gé sān chà wǔ every few days (idiom) syn 体贴入微 體貼入微 tǐ tiē rù wēi to show every possible consideration (idiom) / meticulous care syn 无往不利 無往不利 wú wǎng bù lì (idiom) to be successful in every endeavor syn 草木皆兵 cǎo mù jiē bīng lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom) / fig. to panic and treat everyone as an enemy / to feel beleaguered syn 好说歹说 好說歹說 hǎo shuō dǎi shuō (idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb / to reason with sb in every way possible syn 只争朝夕 只爭朝夕 zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī (idiom) to seize every minute / to make the best use of one's time syn 万事开头难 萬事開頭難 wàn shì kāi tóu nán every beginning is difficult (idiom) / getting started is always the hardest part syn 令行禁止 lìng xíng jìn zhǐ lit. orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom)fig. to execute every order without fail syn 三百六十行 sān bǎi liù shí háng all walks of life (idiom) / every trade syn 锱铢必较 錙銖必較 zī zhū bì jiào to haggle over every cent (idiom) syn 满坑满谷 滿坑滿谷 mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ (idiom) all over the place / in every nook and cranny / packed to the rafters syn 五味俱全 wǔ wèi jū quán a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom) / every flavor under the sun 动辄得咎 動輒得咎 dòng zhé dé jiù faulted at every turn (idiom) / can't get anything right 字字珠玉 zì zì zhū yù every word a gem (idiom) / magnificent writing 户告人晓 戶告人曉 hù gào rén xiǎo to make known to every household (idiom) / to disseminate widely / to shout from the rooftops 