Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 17
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 沸沸扬扬 / 沸沸揚揚 — fèi fèi yáng yáng — bubbling and gurgling
- 活灵活现 / 活靈活現 — huó líng huó xiàn — living spirit, living image (idiom) · true to life
- 溜之大吉 — liū zhī dà jí — to steal away
- 爱不释手 / 愛不釋手 — ài bù shì shǒu — to like something so much that one is reluctant to put it down · to find something utterly irresistible
- 痛哭流涕 — tòng kū liú tì — weeping bitter tears
- 监守自盗 / 監守自盜 — jiān shǒu zì dào — to embezzle
- 置若罔闻 / 置若罔聞 — zhì ruò wǎng wén — to turn a deaf ear to (idiom) · to pretend not to hear
- 聪明伶俐 / 聰明伶俐 — cōng ming líng lì — bright · clever · quick-witted
- 行之有效 — xíng zhī yǒu xiào — to be effective (idiom)
- 装疯卖傻 / 裝瘋賣傻 — zhuāng fēng mài shǎ — to play the fool · to feign madness · to act dumb
- 载歌载舞 / 載歌載舞 — zài gē zài wǔ — singing and dancing (idiom) · festive celebrations
- 逆来顺受 / 逆來順受 — nì lái shùn shòu — to resign oneself to adversity (idiom) · to grin and bear it · to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation and so on
- 鞠躬尽瘁 / 鞠躬盡瘁 — jū gōng jìn cuì — to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom) · striving to the utmost
- 麻木不仁 — má mù bù rén — numbed
- 一往无前 / 一往無前 — yī wǎng wú qián — to advance courageously (idiom)
- 中流砥柱 — zhōng liú dǐ zhù — mainstay
- 人心惶惶 — rén xīn huáng huáng — everyone is anxious
- 仁至义尽 / 仁至義盡 — rén zhì yì jìn — extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom) · meticulous virtue and attention to duty
- 以身作则 / 以身作則 — yǐ shēn zuò zé — to set an example (idiom) · to serve as a model
- 入不敷出 — rù bù fū chū — income does not cover expenditure
- 冷眼旁观 / 冷眼旁觀 — lěng yǎn páng guān — to observe with an indifferent attitude · to be a bystander (usually referring to someone who could get involved but chooses not to)
- 危言耸听 / 危言聳聽 — wēi yán sǒng tīng — frightening words to scare people (idiom) · alarmist talk
- 原原本本 — yuán yuán běn běn — from beginning to end
- 名列前茅 — míng liè qián máo — to rank among the best
- 呕心沥血 / 嘔心瀝血 — ǒu xīn lì xuè — literally to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom)
- 喜出望外 — xǐ chū wàng wài — to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom)
- 坐享其成 — zuò xiǎng qí chéng — to reap where one has not sown (idiom)
- 处心积虑 / 處心積慮 — chǔ xīn jī lǜ — to plot actively (idiom)
- 委曲求全 — wěi qū qiú quán — to accept a compromise
- 平起平坐 — píng qǐ píng zuò — to be on an equal footing
- 强人所难 / 強人所難 — qiǎng rén suǒ nán — to force someone to do something
- 徒劳无功 / 徒勞無功 — tú láo wú gōng — to work to no avail (idiom)
- 心潮澎湃 — xīn cháo péng pài — to be overwhelmed by emotions
- 心灰意冷 — xīn huī yì lěng — discouraged
- 恃强凌弱 / 恃強凌弱 — shì qiáng líng ruò — see 恃强欺弱 shì qiáng qī ruò
- 恼羞成怒 / 惱羞成怒 — nǎo xiū chéng nù — to become enraged over a perceived humiliation
- 情投意合 — qíng tóu yì hé — to have an affinity with each other · to find each other congenial
- 捧腹大笑 — pěng fù dà xiào — to split one's sides laughing
- 毛手毛脚 / 毛手毛腳 — máo shǒu máo jiǎo — carelessly and haphazardly
- 永无宁日 / 永無寧日 — yǒng wú níng rì — there will be no peace
- 江郎才尽 / 江郎才盡 — jiāng láng cái jìn — Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom)
- 流芳百世 — liú fāng bǎi shì — to be immortalized (idiom)
- 火冒三丈 — huǒ mào sān zhàng — to get really angry
- 灭顶之灾 / 滅頂之災 — miè dǐng zhī zāi — catastrophic disaster · devastating calamity
- 生气勃勃 / 生氣勃勃 — shēng qì bó bó — vibrant · full of vitality
- 神通广大 / 神通廣大 — shén tōng guǎng dà — to possess great magical power · to possess remarkable abilities
- 称心如意 / 稱心如意 — chèn xīn rú yì — after one's own heart · gratifying · satisfactory · everything one could wish
- 纸上谈兵 / 紙上談兵 — zhǐ shàng tán bīng — literally military tactics on paper (idiom)
- 血气方刚 / 血氣方剛 — xuè qì fāng gāng — full of sap (idiom) · young and vigorous
- 表里如一 / 表裡如一 — biǎo lǐ rú yī — external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom) · to say what one means