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Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.

国家兴亡,匹夫有责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.

国有企业guó yǒu qǐ yè

state-owned enterprise

国有公司guó yǒu gōng sī

state enterprise

国有化guó yǒu huà

nationalization

多少有些duō shǎo yǒu xiē

somewhat / more or less

大有dà yǒu

there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望[dà yǒu xī wàng]) / (literary) bumper harvest / abundance

大有作为dà yǒu zuò wéi

to accomplish much / to have good prospects / to have a promising future

大有学问dà yǒu xué wèn

(of a domain or area of expertise) to involve significant depth or complexity / to require a great deal of specialized knowledge / to be a real science / to be a fine art

大有希望dà yǒu xī wàng

to stand a good chance / to have great hopes / to be promising

大有文章dà yǒu wén zhāng

some deeper meaning in this / more to it than meets the eye / there's sth behind all this

大有裨益dà yǒu bì yì

bringing great benefits (idiom) / very useful / of great service / to help greatly / to serve one well

大难不死,必有后福dà nàn bù sǐ , bì yǒu hòu fú

one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb)

天下没有不散的筵席tiān xià méi yǒu bù sàn de yán xí

all good things must come to an end (idiom)

天下无难事,只怕有心人tiān xià wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén

(lit.) there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom) / (fig.) persistence will overcome

天下兴亡,匹夫有责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.

天外有天,人外有人tiān wài yǒu tiān , rén wài yǒu rén

see 人外有人,天外有天[rén wài yǒu rén , tiān wài yǒu tiān]

天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú

fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom) / sth unexpected may happen at any moment

如有所失rú yǒu suǒ shī

to seem as if something is amiss (idiom)

孔武有力kǒng wǔ yǒu lì

courageous and strong (idiom) / Herculean (physique etc)

学业有成xué yè yǒu chéng

to be successful in one's studies / academic success

守土有责shǒu tǔ yǒu zé

duty to defend the country (idiom)

害人之心不可有,防人之心不可无hài rén zhī xīn bù kě yǒu , fáng rén zhī xīn bù kě wú

refrain from hurting others, yet guard against those trying to hurt you (proverb)

家家有本难念的经jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng

every family has its problems (idiom)

家花没有野花香jiā huā méi yǒu yě huā xiāng

lit. the flowers in one's garden cannot match the fragrance of wild flowers (idiom) / fig. other women seem more attractive than one's own partner / the grass is always greener on the other side

富富有余fù fù yǒu yú

richly provided for / having enough and to spare

专有名词zhuān yǒu míng cí

technical term / proper noun

尺有所短,寸有所长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

山外有山,天外有天shān wài yǒu shān , tiān wài yǒu tiān

(idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better / in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself

市场占有率shì chǎng zhàn yǒu lǜ

market share

师出有名shī chū yǒu míng

lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom) / to do something with good reason / to have just cause

常在河边走,哪有不湿鞋cháng zài hé biān zǒu , nǎ yǒu bù shī xié

a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb) / (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)

年年有余nián nián yǒu yú

lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)

底栖有孔虫dǐ qī yǒu kǒng chóng

benthic foraminifera

强中自有强中手qiáng zhōng zì yǒu qiáng zhōng shǒu

(saying) however strong you are, there is always someone stronger

后继有人hòu jì yǒu rén

(idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking

徒有其名tú yǒu qí míng

with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be

徒有虚名tú yǒu xū míng

with an undeserved reputation (idiom) / unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be

从来没有cóng lái méi yǒu

there has never been / has never had / (before a verb) has never

德不配位,必有灾殃dé bù pèi wèi , bì yǒu zāi yāng

calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status

心中有鬼xīn zhōng yǒu guǐ

to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)

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