Chinese Word: 一物降一物 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

一 yī 物 wù 降 xiáng 一 yī 物 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

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1		wèn 问 shì jiān 世间 qíng 情 wèi 为 hé wù 何物， bú guò 不过 yí wù xiáng yí wù 一物降一物。 What is published the sentiment is, but during a thing falls a thing.
2		shì jiè 世界 shàng 上 de 的 shì qing 事情， zǒng shì 总是 yí wù xiáng yí wù 一物降一物， yǒu yī gè 有一个 dōng xi 东西 jìn gōng 进攻， yě 也 yǒu yī gè 有一个 dōng xi 东西 jiàng 降 tā 它。 The world is so constituted that there is always one thing to conquer another. When one thing is used for attack, there is bound to be another to conquer it.

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