Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 25
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 井底之蛙 — jǐng dǐ zhī wā — a frog at the bottom of a well (idiom)
- 亭亭玉立 — tíng tíng yù lì — (of a woman) slender and elegant
- 人迹罕至 / 人跡罕至 — rén jì hǎn zhì — literally men's footprints are rare (idiom)
- 众志成城 / 眾志成城 — zhòng zhì chéng chéng — unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
- 优胜劣汰 / 優勝劣汰 — yōu shèng liè tài — survival of the fittest
- 偷梁换柱 / 偷梁換柱 — tōu liáng huàn zhù — literally to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
- 其乐无穷 / 其樂無窮 — qí lè wú qióng — boundless joy
- 其乐融融 / 其樂融融 — qí lè róng róng — joyous and harmonious
- 兼而有之 — jiān ér yǒu zhī — to have both (at the same time)
- 前因后果 / 前因後果 — qián yīn hòu guǒ — cause and effects (idiom) · entire process of development
- 千奇百怪 — qiān qí bǎi guài — fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
- 各取所需 — gè qǔ suǒ xū — each takes what he needs (idiom)
- 喜忧参半 / 喜憂參半 — xǐ yōu cān bàn — to have mixed feelings (about something)
- 因人而异 / 因人而異 — yīn rén ér yì — varying from person to person (idiom) · different for each individual
- 垂涎欲滴 — chuí xián yù dī — to drool with desire (idiom) · to envy
- 堂而皇之 — táng ér huáng zhī — overt
- 大手大脚 / 大手大腳 — dà shǒu dà jiǎo — extravagant (idiom) · to throw away money by the handful
- 大有作为 / 大有作為 — dà yǒu zuò wéi — to accomplish much
- 大起大落 — dà qǐ dà luò — to rapidly fluctuate (idiom)
- 天下太平 — tiān xià tài píng — the whole world at peace (idiom) · peace and prosperity
- 天罗地网 / 天羅地網 — tiān luó dì wǎng — inescapable net (idiom)
- 天荒地老 — tiān huāng dì lǎo — until the end of time
- 字里行间 / 字裡行間 — zì lǐ háng jiān — between the words and the lines (idiom) · implied meaning
- 安于现状 / 安於現狀 — ān yú xiàn zhuàng — to take things as they are (idiom)
- 寸草不生 — cùn cǎo bù shēng — barren · devoid of vegetation
- 对簿公堂 / 對簿公堂 — duì bù gōng táng — public courtroom accusation (idiom)
- 尽人皆知 / 盡人皆知 — jìn rén jiē zhī — known by everyone (idiom) · well known
- 居心叵测 / 居心叵測 — jū xīn pǒ cè — harboring unfathomable motives (idiom)
- 山穷水尽 / 山窮水盡 — shān qióng shuǐ jìn — mountain and river exhausted (idiom) · at the end of the line
- 引经据典 / 引經據典 — yǐn jīng jù diǎn — literally to quote the classics
- 弹尽粮绝 / 彈盡糧絕 — dàn jìn liáng jué — out of ammunition and no food left (idiom) · in desperate straits
- 忍辱负重 / 忍辱負重 — rěn rǔ fù zhòng — to endure humiliation as part of an important mission (idiom) · to suffer in silence
- 忠贞不渝 / 忠貞不渝 — zhōng zhēn bù yú — unswerving in one's loyalty (idiom) · faithful and constant
- 息事宁人 / 息事寧人 — xī shì níng rén — to keep the peace · to patch up a quarrel (idiom)
- 恶贯满盈 / 惡貫滿盈 — è guàn mǎn yíng — literally strung through and filled with evil (idiom) · filled with extreme evil
- 感人肺腑 — gǎn rén fèi fǔ — deeply touching
- 搬弄是非 — bān nòng shì fēi — to incite a quarrel (idiom) · to sow discord between people
- 无事生非 / 無事生非 — wú shì shēng fēi — to make trouble out of nothing
- 无以复加 / 無以復加 — wú yǐ fù jiā — in the extreme (idiom)
- 无情无义 / 無情無義 — wú qíng wú yì — completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom) · cold and ruthless
- 无所不为 / 無所不為 — wú suǒ bù wéi — not stopping at anything
- 无言以对 / 無言以對 — wú yán yǐ duì — to be left speechless
- 时不我待 / 時不我待 — shí bù wǒ dài — time and tide wait for no man
- 明辨是非 — míng biàn shì fēi — to distinguish right and wrong (idiom)
- 昏天黑地 — hūn tiān hēi dì — literally dark sky and black earth (idiom)
- 望尘莫及 / 望塵莫及 — wàng chén mò jí — literally to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)
- 歌功颂德 / 歌功頌德 — gē gōng sòng dé — to sing someone's praises (mostly derogatory)
- 毕恭毕敬 / 畢恭畢敬 — bì gōng bì jìng — reverent and respectful
- 独断专行 / 獨斷專行 — dú duàn zhuān xíng — to decide and act alone (idiom) · to take arbitrary action
- 玩物丧志 / 玩物喪志 — wán wù sàng zhì — literally trifling destroys the will (idiom) · infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress