"Everyone" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert
 zhū wèi (pron) everyone / Ladies and Gentlemen / Sirs
 zhòng rén everyone
 měi ge rén everybody / everyone
 rén rén everyone / every person
 nǐ wǒ you and I / everyone / all of us (in society) / we (people in general)
 shì rén people (in general) / people around the world / everyone
 gè rén each one / everyone
 dà huǒ everybody / everyone / we all
 mò bù none doesn't / there is none who isn't / everyone
 qīn shū guì jiàn close and distant, rich and poor (idiom) / everyone / all possible relations
 tōng yòng to use anywhere, anytime (card, ticket etc) / to be used by everyone (language, textbook etc) / (of two or more things) interchangeable
 quán chǎng everyone present / the whole audience / across-the-board / unanimously / whole duration (of a competition or match)
 wú bù none lacking / none missing / everything is there / everyone without exception
 jiā yù hù xiǎo understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name
 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
 céng jǐ hé shí just a while before / not so long ago / everyone can remember when..
 yī shì tóng rén to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom) / not to discriminate between people
 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
 yí shén yí guǐ to suspect everyone / overly suspicious
 yì bù yì qū to blindly follow suit (idiom) / to imitate slavishly / to do what everyone else is doing
 gè shū jǐ jiàn everyone gives their own view
 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
 hé zhòng mass / involving everyone / united / lit. to assemble the multitude
 tú chéng to massacre everyone in a captured city
 dà kuài rén xīn to the satisfaction of everyone
 dà guō fàn meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit
 rén jìn qí cái employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best
 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
 jìn rén jiē zhī known by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name
 jǐng shuǐ bù fàn hé shuǐ everyone minds their own business
 fù rú jiē zhī understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name
 yī tuán hé qì to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom) / warm and affable
 gōng zhū yú shì to announce to the world (idiom) / to make public / to let everyone know
 fú lǎo xié yòu taking everyone along, young and old / to look after the elderly and the young
 mǎn táng cǎi everyone present applauds / universal acclaim / a standing ovation / to bring the house down
 jiān ài "universal love", principle advocated by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], stressing that people should care for everyone equally
 rén rén jiē zhī known to everyone
 lù rén jiē zhī understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name
 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
 gè yǒu suǒ hào everyone has their likes and dislikes (idiom)
 ài wū jí wū lit. love the house and its crow (idiom) / involvement with sb and everyone connected / Love me, love my dog.
 rén wú wán rén nobody is perfect / everyone has their defect
 yǒu jiào wú lèi education for everyone, irrespective of background
 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!
 jìn huān ér sàn to disperse after a happy time (idiom) / everyone enjoys themselves to the full then party breaks up
 qún qǐ ér gōng zhī the masses rise to attack it (idiom) / Everyone is against the idea. / universally abhorrent
 jīng shī dòng zhòng to alarm everyone / to scandalize the public
 jīng qún dòng zhòng to alarm everyone / to scandalize the public
 qī shǒu bā jiǎo (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
 xián yù wéi xīn everyone participates in reforms (idiom) / to replace the old with new / to reform and start afresh
 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
 Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom) / fig. an open secret
 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
 rén rén dōu yǒu quē diǎn Everyone has faults. / No-one is perfect
 rén gè yǒu suǒ hào everyone has their likes and dislikes / there is no accounting for taste / chacun son goût
 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
 fēn cān separate meals / to eat individual meals (rather than taking one's food from plates served to everyone at the table)
 Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén suǒ zhī Sima Zhao's stratagem is obvious to everyone / fig. an open secret
 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.
 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.
 suǒ zhōu zhī as is well known / as everyone knows
 yǒu mù gòng shǎng as everyone can appreciate (idiom) / clear to all / unarguable
 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
 bǐng rán to be manifest for everyone to see
 zhòng rén jìng yǎng universally admired / highly esteemed by everyone
 jīng shī dòng zhòng to alarm everyone / to scandalize the public
 rén shéi wú guò Everyone makes mistakes (idiom)
 náo náo to talk endlessly, annoying everyone
 zhòng kǒu jiē bēi to be praised by everyone
 làn hǎo rén sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
 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
 gōng zhī yú shì to announce to the world (idiom) / to make public / to let everyone know
 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]
 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
 kuò sàn zhōu zhī to let everyone know / spread the word!
 làn hǎo rén sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
 wú rén bù xiǎo known to everyone
 ài měi zhī xīn , rén jiē yǒu zhī everyone loves beauty (idiom)
 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
 jiē zhī xiàng wén to be known to everyone
 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)
 rén yán zé zé everyone comments disapprovingly (idiom)
 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
 rén xīn huáng huáng (idiom) everyone is anxious / (of a group of people) to feel anxious
 zhòng kǒu nán tiáo it's difficult to please everyone (idiom)
 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
 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])
 yǔ jīng sì zuò to make a remark that startles everyone present (idiom) / (of a remark) startling
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