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一物降一物

一物降一物

yī wù xiáng yī wù

/(yat1 mat6 gong3 yat1 mat6 )

every item has a weakness (idiom)

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every item has a weakness (idiom) / lit. one object bests another object / there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock /

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MDBG: lit. one object bests another object; every item has a weakness (idiom); there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock

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