Cantonese Dictionary

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以形補形
Mandarin: yi3 xing2 bu3 xing2
Like nourishes like, that is, "if one eats an organ of a animal, then it will be good for the corresponding organ in one's body."
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以往
Mandarin: yi3 wang3
in the past; formerly
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以後
Mandarin: yi3 hou4
Simplified: 以后
from now on
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以德報怨
Mandarin: yi3 de2 bao4 yuan4
repay evil with good; return good for evil
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以心為心
Mandarin: yi3 xin1 wei2 xin1
Simplified: 以心为心
Feel for others; judge others you would like be judged by others
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以怨報德
Mandarin: yi3 yuan4 bao4 de2
Simplified: 以怨报德
Requite love with hate; requite kindness with ingratitude
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以我所知
Mandarin: yi3 wo3 suo3 zhi1
"From what I know..."; syn.: 據我所知
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以攻為守
Mandarin: yi3 gong1 wei2 shou3
Simplified: 以攻为守
using attack as a means of defence
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以敘
Mandarin: yi3 xu4
Israel-Syria
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以斯拉記
Mandarin: yi3 si1 la1 ji4
Book of Ezra
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以暴易暴
Mandarin: yi3 bao4 yi4 bao4
replace one tyranny with another
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以次
Mandarin: yi3 ci4
1.in right order; in correct order; in proper order 2. the following
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以此為戒
Mandarin: yi3 ci3 wei2 jie4
as a warning to; as a lesson; take this as a warning
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以母語學習
learning in the mother tongue
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以毒攻毒
Mandarin: yi3 du2 gong1 du2
to fight a fire with fire; to kill poison with poison
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以水救火
dousing the flames
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以洋治洋
Mandarin: yi3 yang2 zhi4 yang2
use the barbarians to stop/control the barbarians; use the foreigners to stop/control the foreigners [Syn.] 以洋制洋 , 以夷制夷
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以為
Mandarin: yi3 wei2
Simplified: 以为
to think (mistakenly); to assume
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以牙還牙
Cantonese
to repay evil: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
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以理服人
Mandarin: yi3 li3 fu2 ren2
to convince people with logic and reasoning
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以禮相待
Mandarin: yi3 li3 xiang1 dai4
to treat each other with courtesy
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以耳代目
Mandarin: yi3 er3 dai4 mu4
Relay on[upon] hearsay instead of seeing for oneself
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以膠紙封嘴
have one's mouth taped shut
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以至
Mandarin: yi3 zhi4
[1] down to; up to [2] to the point as to; to the extent such that
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以至於
[1] down to; up to [2] to the point as to; to the extent such that
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以致
Mandarin: yi3zhi4
(verb) Cause
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以色列工黨
Mandarin: yi3 se4 lie4 gong1 dang3
Labor (Israel)
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以色列情報局
Mossad
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以色列航空
El Al Israel Airline Ltd.
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以訛傳訛
Mandarin: yi3 e2 chuan2 e2
spread error upon error; incorrectly relay an erroneous message; spread a wrong theory and make it worse
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