lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信 being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军; fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
空空如也空空如也kong1 kong1 ru2 ye3
as empty as anything (idiom); completely bereft; to have nothing; vacuous; hollow; empty (argument, head etc)
来而不往非礼也來而不往非禮也lai2 er2 bu4 wang3 fei1 li3 ye3
not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical); to respond in kind
满口之乎者也滿口之乎者也man3 kou3 zhi1 hu1 zhe3 ye3
mouth full of literary phrases; to spout the classics
words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
食色性也食色性也shi2 se4 xing4 ye3
Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4).; By nature we desire food and sex.
躺着也中枪躺著也中槍tang3 zhe5 ye3 zhong4 qiang1
(lit.) to get shot even when lying down; (fig.) to get unjustly ridiculed, attacked, implicated in sth etc while just being present (Internet slang); abbr. to 躺槍|躺枪
梯也尔梯也爾ti1 ye3 er3
Adolphe Thiers
陀思妥也夫斯基陀思妥也夫斯基tuo2 si1 tuo3 ye3 fu1 si1 ji1
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881), great Russian novelist, author of Crime and Punishment 罪與罰|罪与罚; also written 陀思妥耶夫斯基
维也纳維也納wei2 ye3 na4
Vienna, capital of Austria
我也是醉了我也是醉了wo3 ye3 shi4 zui4 le5
(Internet slang) I can't even...; Are you kidding me!; OMG!