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- Dong Biwu (1886-1975), one of the founders of the Chinese communist party
- Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), grandson of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗, first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
Trad. 事必躬親
- to attend to everything personally
Trad. 驕兵必敗
- lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom)
- fig. pride goes before a fall
Trad. 驕者必敗
- pride goes before a fall (idiom)
Trad. 有求必應
- to grant whatever is asked for
- to accede to every plea
- if you say too much, you're bound to slip up at some point (idiom)
Trad. 勢在必行
- circumstances require action (idiom); absolutely necessary
- imperative
Trad. 哀兵必勝
- an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
Trad. 睚眥必報
- lit. to seek revenge over a dirty look (idiom)
- fig. small-minded
- vindictive
Trad. 自不必說
- (idiom) needless to say
- it goes without saying
Trad. 分秒必爭
- seize every minute and second (idiom); not a minute to lose
- every moment counts
Trad. 物極必反
- when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom)
- BHP Billiton (Anglo-Australian mining corporation)
Trad. 必有重謝
- (we) will be very grateful (if ...)
- terminal illness
- incurable condition (also fig.)
Trad. 必死無疑
- will die for sure; to be a goner
Trad. 錙銖必較
- to haggle over every cent (idiom)
Trad. 必然結果
- inevitable outcome
- inescapable consequence
Trad. 必經之路
- (idiom) the road one must follow; the only way
Trad. 必要條件
- requirement
- necessary condition (math)
Trad. 羅必達法則
- L'Hôpital's rule (math.) (Tw)
Trad. 蘇必利爾湖
- Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2]
Trad. 洛必達法則
- L'Hôpital's rule (math.)
Trad. 陰德必有陽報
- hidden merits will have visible rewards (idiom)
- one must be a man of his word and resolute in his work (proverb)
Trad. 多行不義必自斃
- persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)
- like father, like son (idiom)
- there is no gain without a loss (idiom)
- there is no such thing as a free meal
Trad. 車到山前必有路
- lit. when we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through (idiom)
- fig. everything will turn out for the best; let's worry about it when it happens; it will be all right on the night
Trad. 早知今日何必當初
- if I (you, she, he...) had known it would come to this, I (you, she, he...) would not have acted thus (idiom)
- to regret vainly one's past behavior
Trad. 既有今日何必當初
- see 早知今日何必當初|早知今日何必当初[zao3 zhi1 jin1 ri4 he2 bi4 dang1 chu1]
Trad. 有其師，必有其徒
- As the teacher, so the pupil. (idiom)
Trad. 三人行，必有我師
- lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- you have sth to learn from everyone
Trad. 空穴來風未必無因
- wind does not come from an empty cave without reason
- there's no smoke without fire (idiom)
Trad. 德不配位，必有災殃
- calamity will befall those whose moral standards are not in keeping with their social status
Trad. 智者千慮，必有一失
- lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible
Trad. 三人行，則必有我師
- If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)
Trad. 大難不死，必有後福
- one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster (proverb)
Trad. 人無遠慮，必有近憂
- He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).
- Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
Trad. 二虎相鬥，必有一傷
- see 兩虎相爭，必有一傷|两虎相争，必有一伤[liang3 hu3 xiang1 zheng1 , bi4 you3 yi1 shang1]
Trad. 兩虎相爭，必有一傷
- lit. if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
- fig. if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
Trad. 兩虎相鬥，必有一傷
- see 兩虎相爭，必有一傷|两虎相争，必有一伤[liang3 hu3 xiang1 zheng1 , bi4 you3 yi1 shang1]
Trad. 小時了了，大未必佳
- being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)
- lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (proverb, from Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4])
- fig. things are constantly changing