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Trad. 不亦樂乎
- lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)
- fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully
Trad. 亦敵亦友
- (idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry
Trad. 亦步亦趨
- to blindly follow suit (idiom)
- to imitate slavishly
- to do what everyone else is doing
- to say what everyone says (idiom)
- to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view
- to follow the herd
Trad. 水能載舟，亦能覆舟
- lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb)
- fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it
- if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm
- things can be double-edged