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一物降一物
 
En
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  • lit. one object bests another object
  • every item has a weakness (idiom)
  • there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock

一物降一物 yī wù xiáng yī wù

一物降一物
1 比喻任何事物必有另一事物可以降服它。《西游记.第五一回》:「常言道:『一物降一物』哩。你好违了旨意?但凭高见,选用天将,勿得迟疑误事。」《儿女英雄传.第二一回》:「你看好个摆大架子的姑娘,好一班陪小心的强盗,这大概就叫作『财压奴婢,艺压当行』,又叫做『一物降一物』了。」也作「一物克一物」、「一物一制」。

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