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at each other's throats adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (arguing, fighting) | 唇枪舌剑 chún qiāng shé jiàn |
| | 互相攻击 hù xiāng gōng jī |
call each other names v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (exchange insults) (非正式用语) | 互相辱骂 hù xiāng rǔ mà |
| Children love to call each other silly names like Poopy-Head. |
confront each other viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | (meet face to face) | 面对面遭遇 miàn duì miàn zāo yù |
| | 对峙 duì zhì |
| It would be wise for the estranged couple to avoid confronting each other while they are still so angry. |
confront each other v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (try to resolve dispute) | 相互对质 xiāng hù duì zhì |
| | 当面对证 dāng miàn duì zhèng |
| They'll have to confront each other if they want to put this disagreement behind them. |
each and every adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." | (all) | 所有的 suǒ yǒu de |
| You need to check each and every quotation for word-for-word accuracy. |
each and every one pronpronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday." | (all) | 每一个 měi yí gè |
| | 所有的 suǒ yǒu de |
| Each and every one filed in and sat down. |
each one pronpronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday." | (every individual one) | 每个 měi gè |
| | 每一个 měi yí gè |
| Each one of them is different. Examine each one in turn. |
each other pronpronoun: Replaces noun--for example, "He took the cookie and ate it." "I saw you yesterday." | (one another) | 互相 hù xiāng |
| | 彼此 bǐ cǐ |
| They always help each other out when things get rough. |
each time advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (on every occasion) | 每次 měi cì |
| Each time she sang, people would cover their ears. |
for each advadverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down." | (for every) | 给每一个(人) gěi měi yí gè ( rén ) |
| | 针对每一个(人) zhēn duì měi yí gè ( rén ) |
| The customer bought two items and paid for each separately. |
groom each other, groom one another v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (animals: clean each other) (动物) | 相互梳理对方毛发
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| Kate's cats groom each other often, and produce a lot of hairballs. |
kill each other v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (murder one another) | 互相残杀 hù xiāng cán shā |
| You had better call the police before those two kill each other. |
be made for each other, be made for one another v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal, figurative (be ideally suited to each other) (情侣等) | 天造地设,天生一对,非常般配
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| What a lovely couple; they're made for each other. Those two business partners are equally nasty; they're made for one another. |
see each other v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | informal (be dating) | 相互交往
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| | 约会 yuē huì |
| | 谈恋爱 tán liàn ài |
understand one another, understand each other vtr + refltransitive verb and reflexive pronoun: Transitive verb with reflexive pronoun--for example, "Enjoy yourself." "They behaved themselves." | (have an agreement) | 彼此理解 bǐ cǐ lǐ jiě |
| | 相互了解 xiāng hù liǎo jiě |
| We really understand one another; sometimes we don't even need to speak. |