Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition.
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 难以置信 / 難以置信 — nán yǐ zhì xìn — hard to believe · incredible
- 不可思议 / 不可思議 — bù kě sī yì — inconceivable · unimaginable · unfathomable
- 无论如何 / 無論如何 — wú lùn rú hé — whatever the case · in any event · no matter what · by all possible means
- 与众不同 / 與眾不同 — yǔ zhòng bù tóng — to stand out from the crowd · distinctive · different from the rest
- 所作所为 / 所作所為 — suǒ zuò suǒ wéi — one's conduct and deeds
- 无能为力 / 無能為力 — wú néng wéi lì — powerless to do anything about it
- 一模一样 / 一模一樣 — yī mó yī yàng — exactly alike · identical
- 无关紧要 / 無關緊要 — wú guān jǐn yào — indifferent
- 以防万一 / 以防萬一 — yǐ fáng wàn yī — to guard against the unexpected (idiom) · just in case
- 一无所有 / 一無所有 — yī wú suǒ yǒu — not having anything at all (idiom) · utterly lacking
- 乱七八糟 / 亂七八糟 — luàn qī bā zāo — chaotic · in disorder · muddled
- 独一无二 / 獨一無二 — dú yī wú èr — unique · unmatched · unrivalled
- 成千上万 / 成千上萬 — chéng qiān shàng wàn — by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom)
- 实话实说 / 實話實說 — shí huà shí shuō — to tell the truth · to tell it as it is
- 说来话长 / 說來話長 — shuō lái huà cháng — start explaining and it's a long story (idiom) · complicated and not easy to express succinctly
- 逍遥法外 / 逍遙法外 — xiāo yáo fǎ wài — unfettered and beyond the law (idiom) · evading retribution
- 一无所获 / 一無所獲 — yī wú suǒ huò — to gain nothing
- 全力以赴 — quán lì yǐ fù — to make an all-out effort
- 显而易见 / 顯而易見 — xiǎn ér yì jiàn — clearly and easy to see (idiom) · obviously · clearly
- 自以为是 / 自以為是 — zì yǐ wéi shì — to believe oneself infallible (idiom)
- 一塌糊涂 / 一塌糊塗 — yī tā hú tu — muddled and completely collapsing (idiom) · in an awful condition
- 至关重要 / 至關重要 — zhì guān zhòng yào — extremely important
- 袖手旁观 / 袖手旁觀 — xiù shǒu páng guān — to watch with folded arms (idiom) · to look on without lifting a finger
- 随心所欲 / 隨心所欲 — suí xīn suǒ yù — to follow one's heart's desires · to do as one pleases
- 莫名其妙 — mò míng qí miào — baffling · bizarre · without rhyme or reason · inexplicable
- 尽力而为 / 盡力而為 — jìn lì ér wéi — to try one's utmost
- 偷偷摸摸 — tōu tōu mō mō — surreptitious · sneaky
- 理所当然 / 理所當然 — lǐ suǒ dāng rán — as it should be by rights (idiom) · proper and to be expected as a matter of course
- 无处不在 / 無處不在 — wú chù bù zài — to be everywhere
- 不知所措 — bù zhī suǒ cuò — not knowing what to do (idiom) · at one's wits' end
- 梦寐以求 / 夢寐以求 — mèng mèi yǐ qiú — to yearn for something even in one's dreams (idiom)
- 长话短说 / 長話短說 — cháng huà duǎn shuō — to make a long story short · to keep it brief
- 无所事事 / 無所事事 — wú suǒ shì shì — to have nothing to do
- 心烦意乱 / 心煩意亂 — xīn fán yì luàn — literally heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom) · distraught with anxiety
- 胡言乱语 / 胡言亂語 — hú yán luàn yǔ — babbling nonsense (idiom) · crazy and unfounded ravings
- 轻而易举 / 輕而易舉 — qīng ér yì jǔ — easy
- 不择手段 / 不擇手段 — bù zé shǒu duàn — by fair means or foul
- 千真万确 / 千真萬確 — qiān zhēn wàn què — absolutely true (idiom)
- 前所未有 — qián suǒ wèi yǒu — unprecedented
- 引人注目 — yǐn rén zhù mù — to attract attention
- 精疲力尽 / 精疲力盡 — jīng pí lì jìn — spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom) · spent
- 多管闲事 / 多管閒事 — duō guǎn xián shì — meddling in other people's business
- 讨价还价 / 討價還價 — tǎo jià huán jià — to haggle over price
- 蒙在鼓里 / 蒙在鼓裡 — méng zài gǔ lǐ — literally kept inside a drum (idiom)
- 了如指掌 — liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng — to know something like the back of one's hand (idiom) · to know (a person, a place and so on) inside out
- 无与伦比 / 無與倫比 — wú yǔ lún bǐ — incomparable
- 一如既往 — yī rú jì wǎng — just as in the past · as before · continuing as always
- 彻头彻尾 / 徹頭徹尾 — chè tóu chè wěi — literally from head to tail (idiom) · thoroughgoing
- 情不自禁 — qíng bù zì jīn — cannot refrain from · cannot help · cannot but
- 不可理喻 — bù kě lǐ yù — impervious to reason · unreasonable