yě
also
too
(in Classical Chinese) final particle implying affirmation
yě jiù shì shuō
in other words
that is to say
so
thus
yě bà
(reduplicated) whether... or...
never mind
fine (indicating acceptance or resignation)
Wéi yě nà
Vienna, capital of Austria
kōng kōng rú yě
as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft
to have nothing
vacuous
hollow
empty (argument, head etc)
shí sè xìng yě
Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).
By nature we desire food and sex.
zhī hū zhě yě
four common characters of classical Chinese (idiom); fig. semi-incomprehensible talk
double Dutch
all Greek to me
chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé
raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom); success or failure depends solely on one individual
bù tí yě bà
best not to mention it
drop it
never mind
let's not talk about it
wú shēng yě yǒu yá , ér zhī yě wú yá
Life is short, learning is limitless
Ars longa, vita brevis
mǎn kǒu zhī hū zhě yě
mouth full of literary phrases
to spout the classics
Tuó sī tuǒ yě fū sī jī
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚[Zui4 yu3 Fa2]
also written 陀思妥耶夫斯基[Tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye1 fu1 si1 ji1]
chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé
lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1]
fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě
not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical)
to respond in kind
rén zhī jiāng sǐ , qí yán yě shàn
words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
yě yǒu jīn tiān
(coll.) to get one's just deserts
to serve sb right
to get one's share of (good or bad things)
every dog has its day
yě hǎo bù dào nǎ lǐ qù
just as bad
not much better
yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎo
hardly any better
just as bad
tǎng zhe yě zhòng qiāng
(lit.) to get shot even when lying down
(fig.) to get unjustly ridiculed, attacked, implicated in sth etc while just being present (Internet slang)
abbr. to 躺槍|躺枪[tang3 qiang1]
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