就是 | jiù shì | (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated) / precisely / exactly / even / if / just like / in the same way as | ||
Results beginning with 就是 | ||||
就是说 | jiù shì shuō | in other words / that is | ||
Approximate Results for 就是 | ||||
也就是 | yě jiù shì | that is / i.e. | ||
也就是说 | yě jiù shì shuō | in other words / that is to say / so / thus | ||
这就是说 | zhè jiù shì shuō | in other words / that is to say | ||
听风就是雨 | tīng fēng jiù shì yǔ | lit. to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (idiom) / to believe rumors / to be credulous | ||
有奶就是娘 | yǒu nǎi jiù shì niáng | see 有奶便是娘[you3 nai3 bian4 shi4 niang2] | ||
知识就是力量 | zhī shi jiù shì lì liang | Knowledge is power, slogan originally due to Francis Bacon 弗蘭西斯·培根|弗兰西斯·培根 | ||
听见风就是雨 | tīng jiàn fēng jiù shì yǔ | lit. on hearing wind, to say rain / to agree uncritically with whatever people say / to parrot other people's words / to chime in with others | ||
团结就是力量 | tuán jié jiù shì lì liang | unity is strength (revolutionary slogan and popular song of 1943) | ||
捡到篮里就是菜 | jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài | all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom) | ||
不是鱼死就是网破 | bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò | lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom) / fig. it's a life-and-death struggle / it's either him or me | ||
不管白猫黑猫,捉住老鼠就是好猫 | bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo | it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black / as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity) |