Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 15
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 蒸蒸日上 — zhēng zhēng rì shàng — becoming more prosperous with each passing day
- 议论纷纷 / 議論紛紛 — yì lùn fēn fēn — to discuss spiritedly (idiom)
- 饥肠辘辘 / 飢腸轆轆 — jī cháng lù lù — stomach rumbling with hunger · very hungry
- 一气呵成 / 一氣呵成 — yī qì hē chéng — to do something at one go
- 不屈不挠 / 不屈不撓 — bù qū bù náo — unyielding
- 不着边际 / 不著邊際 — bù zhuó biān jì — not to the point
- 不管不顾 / 不管不顧 — bù guǎn bù gù — to pay scant regard to (something)
- 乐善好施 / 樂善好施 — lè shàn hào shī — kind and charitable
- 人命关天 / 人命關天 — rén mìng guān tiān — human life is beyond value (idiom)
- 今非昔比 — jīn fēi xī bǐ — things are very different now · times have changed
- 出谋划策 / 出謀劃策 — chū móu huà cè — to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
- 前无古人 / 前無古人 — qián wú gǔ rén — unprecedented
- 功亏一篑 / 功虧一簣 — gōng kuī yī kuì — literally to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful
- 化险为夷 / 化險為夷 — huà xiǎn wéi yí — to turn peril into safety (idiom) · to avert disaster
- 十有八九 — shí yǒu bā jiǔ — most likely
- 反败为胜 / 反敗為勝 — fǎn bài wéi shèng — to turn defeat into victory (idiom) · to turn the tide
- 可想而知 — kě xiǎng ér zhī — (it) goes without saying · can well be imagined
- 同舟共济 / 同舟共濟 — tóng zhōu gòng jì — cross a river in the same boat (idiom) · figuratively having common interests
- 堂堂正正 — táng táng zhèng zhèng — displaying strength and discipline
- 大张旗鼓 / 大張旗鼓 — dà zhāng qí gǔ — with great fanfare · on a grand scale
- 引以为荣 / 引以為榮 — yǐn yǐ wéi róng — to regard it as an honor (idiom)
- 忐忑不安 — tǎn tè bù ān — anxious · in turmoil
- 来者不拒 / 來者不拒 — lái zhě bù jù — to refuse nobody (idiom)
- 渐入佳境 / 漸入佳境 — jiàn rù jiā jìng — to gradually improve · to get better and better
- 独树一帜 / 獨樹一幟 — dú shù yī zhì — literally to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom) · figuratively to act as a loner
- 生机勃勃 / 生機勃勃 — shēng jī bó bó — vibrant · full of vitality
- 生生不息 — shēng shēng bù xī — to grow and multiply without end
- 略知一二 — lüè zhī yī èr — to know just a little · to have a rough idea
- 直言不讳 / 直言不諱 — zhí yán bù huì — to speak bluntly (idiom)
- 离经叛道 / 離經叛道 — lí jīng pàn dào — to rebel against orthodoxy
- 自圆其说 / 自圓其說 — zì yuán qí shuō — to make a story or theory consistent · to give a plausible explanation · to plug the holes in one's story
- 荡然无存 / 蕩然無存 — dàng rán wú cún — to obliterate completely
- 见怪不怪 / 見怪不怪 — jiàn guài bù guài — to have seen something so often that it doesn't seem strange at all · to be well accustomed (to something)
- 逍遥自在 / 逍遙自在 — xiāo yáo zì zai — free and at leisure (idiom) · unfettered
- 锒铛入狱 / 鋃鐺入獄 — láng dāng rù yù — literally to get shackled and thrown in jail (idiom)
- 一望无际 / 一望無際 — yī wàng wú jì — as far as the eye can see (idiom)
- 万众一心 / 萬眾一心 — wàn zhòng yī xīn — millions of people all of one mind (idiom) · the people united
- 不毛之地 — bù máo zhī dì — barren land · desert
- 两全其美 / 兩全其美 — liǎng quán qí měi — to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
- 乐此不疲 / 樂此不疲 — lè cǐ bù pí — to enjoy something and never tire of it
- 作茧自缚 / 作繭自縛 — zuò jiǎn zì fù — to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom) · enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
- 充耳不闻 / 充耳不聞 — chōng ěr bù wén — to block one's ears and not listen (idiom) · to turn a deaf ear
- 再接再厉 / 再接再厲 — zài jiē zài lì — to continue the struggle (idiom) · to persist
- 别有用心 / 別有用心 — bié yǒu yòng xīn — to have an ulterior motive (idiom)
- 剑拔弩张 / 劍拔弩張 — jiàn bá nǔ zhāng — literally with swords drawn and bows bent (idiom) · figuratively a state of mutual hostility
- 勾心斗角 / 勾心鬥角 — gōu xīn dòu jiǎo — to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
- 堆积如山 / 堆積如山 — duī jī rú shān — to pile up like a mountain (idiom) · a mountain of (paperwork and so on)
- 墨守成规 / 墨守成規 — mò shǒu chéng guī — hidebound by convention (idiom)
- 多种多样 / 多種多樣 — duō zhǒng duō yàng — manifold
- 奇耻大辱 / 奇恥大辱 — qí chǐ dà rǔ — a great humiliation · a huge embarrassment