Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 10
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 胸有成竹 — xiōng yǒu chéng zhú — to have a well-thought-out plan in mind
- 自得其乐 / 自得其樂 — zì dé qí lè — to find amusement in one's own way
- 蒙混过关 / 矇混過關 — méng hùn guò guān — to get away with it
- 蜂拥而至 / 蜂擁而至 — fēng yōng ér zhì — to arrive in huge numbers
- 设身处地 / 設身處地 — shè shēn chǔ dì — to put oneself in someone else's shoes
- 诡计多端 / 詭計多端 — guǐ jì duō duān — deceitful in many ways (idiom) · wily and mischievous
- 过目不忘 / 過目不忘 — guò mù bù wàng — to have a highly retentive memory · to have something imprinted in one's memory
- 势均力敌 / 勢均力敵 — shì jūn lì dí — evenly matched
- 千方百计 / 千方百計 — qiān fāng bǎi jì — literally thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom) · by every possible means
- 差强人意 / 差強人意 — chā qiáng rén yì — just passable
- 愈演愈烈 — yù yǎn yù liè — ever more critical
- 捷足先登 — jié zú xiān dēng — the quick-footed climb up first (idiom)
- 死去活来 / 死去活來 — sǐ qù huó lái — to hover between life and death (idiom)
- 牢不可破 — láo bù kě pò — (usually of something abstract: an alliance, a conviction and so on) unbreakable · rock-solid
- 目瞪口呆 — mù dèng kǒu dāi — dumbstruck · stupefied · stunned
- 眼花缭乱 / 眼花繚亂 — yǎn huā liáo luàn — to be dazzled
- 稳操胜券 / 穩操勝券 — wěn cāo shèng quàn — grasp it and victory is assured
- 自讨苦吃 / 自討苦吃 — zì tǎo kǔ chī — to ask for trouble · to make a rod for one's own back
- 自食其力 — zì shí qí lì — literally to eat off one's own strength (idiom)
- 苟延残喘 / 苟延殘喘 — gǒu yán cán chuǎn — to struggle on whilst at death's door
- 锦上添花 / 錦上添花 — jǐn shàng tiān huā — to add flowers to brocade (idiom)
- 闻所未闻 / 聞所未聞 — wén suǒ wèi wén — unheard of
- 一了百了 — yī liǎo bǎi liǎo — once the main problem is solved, all troubles are solved · death ends all one's troubles
- 不堪一击 / 不堪一擊 — bù kān yī jī — unable to withstand a single blow · to collapse at the first blow
- 不屑一顾 / 不屑一顧 — bù xiè yī gù — to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)
- 人满为患 / 人滿為患 — rén mǎn wéi huàn — packed with people
- 众目睽睽 / 眾目睽睽 — zhòng mù kuí kuí — (under) the public eye · the stares of many people
- 如出一辙 / 如出一轍 — rú chū yī zhé — to be precisely the same
- 忍气吞声 / 忍氣吞聲 — rěn qì tūn shēng — to submit to humiliation (idiom) · to suffer in silence
- 志同道合 — zhì tóng dào hé — to be devoted to a common cause · to be like-minded
- 手舞足蹈 — shǒu wǔ zú dǎo — literally to move one's hands and feet about (idiom)
- 掉以轻心 / 掉以輕心 — diào yǐ qīng xīn — to treat something lightly · to lower one's guard
- 掩人耳目 — yǎn rén ěr mù — to fool people (idiom)
- 方方面面 — fāng fāng miàn miàn — all sides · all aspects
- 无穷无尽 / 無窮無盡 — wú qióng wú jìn — endless · boundless · infinite
- 杞人忧天 / 杞人憂天 — qǐ rén yōu tiān — like the man of 杞 Qǐ who feared the sky would fall (idiom)
- 欲擒故纵 / 欲擒故縱 — yù qín gù zòng — In order to capture, one must let loose.
- 淋漓尽致 / 淋漓盡致 — lín lí jìn zhì — literally extreme saturation (idiom)
- 物归原主 / 物歸原主 — wù guī yuán zhǔ — to return something to its rightful owner
- 狐朋狗友 — hú péng gǒu yǒu — a pack of rogues (idiom) · a gang of scoundrels
- 绰绰有余 / 綽綽有餘 — chuò chuò yǒu yú — more than enough
- 翻云覆雨 / 翻雲覆雨 — fān yún fù yǔ — to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom) · figuratively to shift one's ground
- 西装革履 / 西裝革履 — xī zhuāng gé lǚ — dressed in Western-style clothes
- 趾高气扬 / 趾高氣揚 — zhǐ gāo qì yáng — high and mighty (idiom) · arrogant
- 迎刃而解 — yíng rèn ér jiě — literally (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom)
- 长命百岁 / 長命百歲 — cháng mìng bǎi suì — to live to be a hundred years old (often used as a blessing or wish for longevity)
- 不了了之 — bù liǎo liǎo zhī — to settle a matter by leaving it unsettled
- 不同凡响 / 不同凡響 — bù tóng fán xiǎng — literally not a common chord (idiom) · outstanding
- 不翼而飞 / 不翼而飛 — bù yì ér fēi — to disappear without trace · to vanish all of a sudden
- 世外桃源 — shì wài táo yuán — see 桃花源 táo huā yuán