一把钥匙开一把锁 Save Create a free account to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 一把鑰匙開一把鎖 yībǎyàoshikāiyībǎsuǒ ㄧ ㄅㄚˇ ㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄕ ㄎㄞ ㄧ ㄅㄚˇ ㄙㄨㄛˇ One key opens one lock. There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom) Character by character 一(yī)one 把(bǎ)marks the object before the verb 钥(yào)key 匙(shi)spoon 开(kāi)open 一(yī)one 把(bǎ)marks the object before the verb 锁(suǒ)lock Sign up for a free account to save words and review them A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0