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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn
诸位 諸位 zhū wèi (pron) everyone / Ladies and Gentlemen / Sirs syn
你我 nǐ wǒ you and I / everyone / all of us (in society) / we (people in general)
众人 眾人 zhòng rén everyone syn
每个人 每個人 měi ge rén everybody / everyone
人人 rén rén everyone / every person syn
世人 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone syn
各人 gè rén each one / everyone syn
大伙 dà huǒ everybody / everyone / we all syn
莫不 mò bù none doesn't / there is none who isn't / everyone syn
亲疏贵贱 親疏貴賤 qīn shū guì jiàn close and distant, rich and poor (idiom) / everyone / all possible relations
所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone / owner
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
通用 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
家喻户晓 家喻戶曉 jiā yù hù xiǎo understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name syn
各抒己见 各抒己見 gè shū jǐ jiàn everyone gives their own view
扶老携幼 扶老攜幼 fú lǎo xié yòu taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young syn
人人皆知 rén rén jiē zhī known to everyone syn
全场 全場 quán chǎng everyone present / the whole audience / across-the-board / unanimously / whole duration (of a competition or match)
无不 無不 wú bù none lacking / none missing / everything is there / everyone without exception syn
海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
曾几何时 曾幾何時 céng jǐ hé shí just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when.. syn
一视同仁 一視同仁 yī shì tóng rén to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom) / not to discriminate between people syn
皆大欢喜 皆大歡喜 jiē dà huān xǐ to everyone's delight and satisfaction syn
目中无人 目中無人 mù zhōng wú rén to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom) / so arrogant that no-one else matters / condescending / to go about with one's nose in the air syn
疑神疑鬼 yí shén yí guǐ to suspect everyone / overly suspicious syn
传诵 傳誦 chuán sòng widely known / on everyone's lips syn
亦步亦趋 亦步亦趨 yì bù yì qū to blindly follow suit (idiom) / to imitate slavishly / to do what everyone else is doing syn
人云亦云 rén yún yì yún to say what everyone says (idiom) / to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view / to follow the herd syn
合众 合眾 hé zhòng mass / involving everyone / united / lit. to assemble the multitude
屠城 tú chéng to massacre everyone in a captured city
大快人心 dà kuài rén xīn to the satisfaction of everyone syn
大锅饭 大鍋飯 dà guō fàn meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit syn
人尽其才 人盡其才 rén jìn qí cái employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best syn
人人有责 人人有責 rén rén yǒu zé it is everyone's duty
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
尽人皆知 盡人皆知 jìn rén jiē zhī known by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name syn
井水不犯河水 jǐng shuǐ bù fàn hé shuǐ (saying) everyone minds their own business syn
妇孺皆知 婦孺皆知 fù rú jiē zhī understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name syn
一团和气 一糰和氣 yī tuán hé qì (idiom) to keep on the right side of everyone (often at the expense of principle) syn
公诸于世 公諸於世 gōng zhū yú shì to announce to the world (idiom) / to make public / to let everyone know syn
满堂彩 滿堂彩 mǎn táng cǎi everyone present applauds / universal acclaim / a standing ovation / to bring the house down
兼爱 兼愛 jiān ài "universal love", principle advocated by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], stressing that people should care for everyone equally
路人皆知 lù rén jiē zhī understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name syn
洛阳纸贵 洛陽紙貴 luò yáng zhǐ guì lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom) / fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes syn
各有所好 gè yǒu suǒ hào everyone has their likes and dislikes (idiom) syn
爱屋及乌 愛屋及烏 ài wū jí wū lit. love the house and its crow (idiom) / involvement with sb and everyone connected / Love me, love my dog. syn
人无完人 人無完人 rén wú wán rén nobody is perfect / everyone has their defect
有教无类 有教無類 yǒu jiào wú lèi education for everyone, irrespective of background syn
水至清则无鱼 水至清則無魚 shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú Water that is too clear has few fish, and one who is too critical has few friends (idiom) / You cannot expect everyone to be squeaky clean. / Don't be too picky!
尽欢而散 盡歡而散 jìn huān ér sàn to disperse after a happy time (idiom) / everyone enjoys themselves to the full then party breaks up
群起而攻之 qún qǐ ér gōng zhī the masses rise to attack it (idiom) / Everyone is against the idea. / universally abhorrent
惊师动众 驚師動衆 jīng shī dòng zhòng to alarm everyone / to scandalize the public
惊群动众 驚群動眾 jīng qún dòng zhòng to alarm everyone / to scandalize the public
七手八脚 七手八腳 qī shǒu bā jiǎo (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically) syn
咸与维新 咸與維新 xián yù wéi xīn everyone participates in reforms (idiom) / to replace the old with new / to reform and start afresh
看人下菜碟儿 看人下菜碟兒 kàn rén xià cài dié r (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom) / not to treat everyone equally favorably
司马昭之心路人皆知 司馬昭之心路人皆知 sī mǎ zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom) / fig. an open secret
国家兴亡,匹夫有责 國家興亡,匹夫有責 guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
天下兴亡,匹夫有责 天下興亡,匹夫有責 tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
三人行,必有我师 三人行,必有我師 sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius) / you have sth to learn from everyone
人人都有缺点 人人都有缺點 rén rén dōu yǒu quē diǎn Everyone has faults. / No-one is perfect
人各有所好 rén gè yǒu suǒ hào everyone has their likes and dislikes / there is no accounting for taste / chacun son goût
人尽其材 人盡其材 rén jìn qí cái employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best / also written 人盡其才|人尽其才
分餐 fēn cān to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table)
司马昭之心路人所知 司馬昭之心路人所知 sī mǎ zhāo zhī xīn lù rén suǒ zhī Sima Zhao's stratagem is obvious to everyone / fig. an open secret
懒办法 懶辦法 lǎn bàn fǎ to loaf about / lazy / to hang around (and cause trouble to everyone)
所周知 suǒ zhōu zhī as is well known / as everyone knows
有目共赏 有目共賞 yǒu mù gòng shǎng as everyone can appreciate (idiom) / clear to all / unarguable syn
每一个人都有美中不足的地方 每一個人都有美中不足的地方 měi yī gè rén dōu yǒu měi zhōng bù zú de dì fang However excellent, everyone has his defects. / There is always a fly in the ointment. / cf idiom 美中不足[mei3 zhong1 bu4 zu2], everything is fine except for one small defect
炳然 bǐng rán to be manifest for everyone to see
众人敬仰 眾人敬仰 zhòng rén jìng yǎng universally admired / highly esteemed by everyone
莫不然 mò bù rán equally true for (all the rest) / the same thing applies (for everyone)
集餐 jí cān communal dining where one takes one's food from dishes served to everyone at the table (contrasted with 分餐[fen1can1])
惊师动衆 驚師動衆 jīng shī dòng zhòng to alarm everyone / to scandalize the public
联合国手册 聯合國手冊 Everyone's United Nations
人谁无过 人誰無過 rén shéi wú guò Everyone makes mistakes (idiom)
呶呶 náo náo to talk endlessly, annoying everyone
众口皆碑 眾口皆碑 zhòng kǒu jiē bēi to be praised by everyone
烂好人 爛好人 làn hǎo rén sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
人有失手,马有失蹄 人有失手,馬有失蹄 rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom) / fig. everyone makes mistakes / even the best fall down sometimes
公之于世 gōng zhī yú shì (idiom) to announce to the world / to make public / to let everyone know syn
喜大普奔 xǐ dà pǔ bēn (of news etc) so thrilling that everyone is rejoicing and spreading the word (Internet slang) / acronym from 喜聞樂見|喜闻乐见[xi3 wen2 le4 jian4], 大快人心[da4 kuai4 ren2 xin1], 普天同慶|普天同庆[pu3 tian1 tong2 qing4] and 奔走相告[ben1 zou3 xiang1 gao4]
尺有所短,寸有所长 尺有所短,寸有所長 chǐ yǒu suǒ duǎn , cùn yǒu suǒ cháng lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb) / fig. everyone has their strong and weak points / everything has its advantages and disadvantages
扩散周知 擴散周知 kuò sàn zhōu zhī to let everyone know / spread the word!
滥好人 濫好人 làn hǎo rén sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
无人不晓 無人不曉 wú rén bù xiǎo known to everyone
爱美之心,人皆有之 愛美之心,人皆有之 ài měi zhī xīn , rén jiē yǒu zhī everyone loves beauty (idiom)
老鼠过街,人人喊打 老鼠過街,人人喊打 lǎo shǔ guò jiē , rén rén hǎn dǎ lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom) / fig. everyone detests a lowlife
街知巷闻 街知巷聞 jiē zhī xiàng wén to be known to everyone
齐头式 齊頭式 qí tóu shì treating everyone the same, regardless of individual differences / one-size-fits-all approach / (typesetting) block paragraphs (no indenting, and blank space between each paragraph)
人言啧啧 人言嘖嘖 rén yán zé zé everyone comments disapprovingly (idiom)
一个将军一个令 一個將軍一個令 yī gè jiāng jūn yī gè lìng lit. one general, one order (idiom) / fig. every boss has their own rules / everyone has their own way of doing things
人心惶惶 rén xīn huáng huáng (idiom) everyone is anxious / (of a group of people) to feel anxious syn
众口难调 眾口難調 zhòng kǒu nán tiáo it's difficult to please everyone (idiom)
兼济天下 兼濟天下 jiān jì tiān xià to make everyone's lives better
杀君马者道旁儿 殺君馬者道旁兒 shā jūn mǎ zhě dào páng ér lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion) / fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on
群言堂 qún yán táng letting everyone have their say / taking people's views into account / free expression of different views / (contrasted with 一言堂[yi1 yan2 tang2]) syn
语惊四座 語驚四座 yǔ jīng sì zuò to make a remark that startles everyone present (idiom) / (of a remark) startling syn
大庭广众 大庭廣眾 dà tíng - guǎng zhòng (idiom) in public / in front of everyone / openly (typically preceded by 在[zai4] and followed by 之下[zhi1xia4]) syn
普惠 pǔ huì inclusive / accessible and affordable for everyone
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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