Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    One key opens one lock.

    yī
    一
    bǎ
    把
    yào
    钥
    shi
    匙
    kāi
    开
    yī
    一
    bǎ
    把
    suǒ
    锁
    一把钥匙开一把锁
    yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • One key opens one lock.
    • There is a different solution for each problem.

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    把
    bǎ
    to hold / to contain / to grasp / to take hold of / handle / particle marking the following noun as a direct object / classifier for objects with handle / classifier for small objects: handful
    bà
    handle
    钥
    yuè
    key / also pr. [yào]
    匙
    chí
    spoon
    开
    kāi
    to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (vehicle) / abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin
    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    把
    bǎ
    to hold / to contain / to grasp / to take hold of / handle / particle marking the following noun as a direct object / classifier for objects with handle / classifier for small objects: handful
    bà
    handle
    锁
    suǒ
    to lock up / to lock / lock / old variant of 鎖|锁[suǒ] / CL:把[bǎ]
    Data is based on CC-CEDICT. See the full data in action here MDBG Chinese-English dictionary.

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