Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 13
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 不出所料 — bù chū suǒ liào — as expected
- 不治之症 — bù zhì zhī zhèng — incurable disease
- 冒名顶替 / 冒名頂替 — mào míng dǐng tì — to assume someone's name and take his place (idiom) · to impersonate · to pose under a false name
- 千言万语 / 千言萬語 — qiān yán wàn yǔ — thousands of words (idiom) · having a lot of things to say
- 卿卿我我 — qīng qīng wǒ wǒ — to bill and coo (idiom)
- 大呼小叫 — dà hū xiǎo jiào — to shout and quarrel
- 天花乱坠 / 天花亂墜 — tiān huā luàn zhuì — a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom)
- 崭露头角 / 嶄露頭角 — zhǎn lù tóu jiǎo — to reveal outstanding talent (idiom) · to stand out as conspicuously brilliant
- 惹是生非 — rě shì shēng fēi — to stir up trouble
- 战战兢兢 / 戰戰兢兢 — zhàn zhàn jīng jīng — trembling with fear
- 有备无患 / 有備無患 — yǒu bèi wú huàn — Preparedness averts peril.
- 标新立异 / 標新立異 — biāo xīn lì yì — to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
- 栩栩如生 — xǔ xǔ rú shēng — vivid and lifelike (idiom) · true to life
- 真人真事 — zhēn rén zhēn shì — genuine people and true events
- 良师益友 / 良師益友 — liáng shī yì yǒu — good teacher and helpful friend (idiom) · mentor
- 过眼云烟 / 過眼雲煙 — guò yǎn yún yān — ephemeral (idiom)
- 错综复杂 / 錯綜複雜 — cuò zōng fù zá — tangled and complicated (idiom)
- 风吹草动 / 風吹草動 — fēng chuī cǎo dòng — grass stirring in the wind (idiom)
- 马不停蹄 / 馬不停蹄 — mǎ bù tíng tí — unrelenting
- 一尘不染 / 一塵不染 — yī chén bù rǎn — untainted by even a speck of dust · spotlessly clean · (of a person) honest · incorruptible
- 不拘一格 — bù jū yī gé — not stick to one pattern
- 先入为主 / 先入為主 — xiān rù wéi zhǔ — the first impression is the strongest · to hold a preconceived notion (about something)
- 半夜三更 — bàn yè sān gēng — see 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè
- 变本加厉 / 變本加厲 — biàn běn jiā lì — literally change to more severe (idiom) · to become more intense (especially of shortcoming)
- 大红大紫 / 大紅大紫 — dà hóng dà zǐ — to hit the big time
- 天生丽质 / 天生麗質 — tiān shēng lì zhì — to be naturally beautiful · to be born beautiful
- 就事论事 / 就事論事 — jiù shì lùn shì — to discuss something on its own merits
- 平步青云 / 平步青雲 — píng bù qīng yún — to rapidly go up in the world
- 意味深长 / 意味深長 — yì wèi shēn cháng — profound
- 摇身一变 / 搖身一變 — yáo shēn yī biàn — to change shape in a single shake
- 数不胜数 / 數不勝數 — shǔ bù shèng shǔ — too many to count · innumerable
- 斤斤计较 / 斤斤計較 — jīn jīn jì jiào — to haggle over every ounce
- 无关痛痒 / 無關痛癢 — wú guān tòng yǎng — to not affect someone · irrelevant · of no importance · insignificant
- 无可厚非 / 無可厚非 — wú kě hòu fēi — see 未可厚非 wèi kě hòu fēi
- 时至今日 / 時至今日 — shí zhì jīn rì — up to the present
- 时过境迁 / 時過境遷 — shí guò jìng qiān — things change with the passage of time (idiom)
- 明目张胆 / 明目張膽 — míng mù zhāng dǎn — openly and without fear
- 木已成舟 — mù yǐ chéng zhōu — literally the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)
- 模棱两可 / 模稜兩可 — mó léng liǎng kě — equivocal · ambiguous
- 欢聚一堂 / 歡聚一堂 — huān jù yī táng — to gather happily under one roof
- 痴心妄想 — chī xīn wàng xiǎng — to be carried away by one's wishful thinking (idiom)
- 目中无人 / 目中無人 — mù zhōng wú rén — to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom) · so arrogant that no-one else matters
- 繁文缛节 / 繁文縟節 — fán wén rù jié — convoluted and overelaborate (document)
- 网开一面 / 網開一面 — wǎng kāi yī miàn — open the net on one side (idiom) · let the caged bird fly · to give one's opponent a way out
- 适得其反 / 適得其反 — shì dé qí fǎn — to produce the opposite of the desired result
- 黯然失色 — àn rán shī sè — to lose one's splendor · to lose luster
- 不劳而获 / 不勞而獲 — bù láo ér huò — to reap without sowing · to get something without working for it · to sponge off others
- 不欢而散 / 不歡而散 — bù huān ér sàn — to part on bad terms
- 亡命之徒 — wáng mìng zhī tú — runaway (idiom) · desperate criminal · fugitive
- 供认不讳 / 供認不諱 — gòng rèn bù huì — to make a full confession · to plead guilty