Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 29
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 大势所趋 / 大勢所趨 — dà shì suǒ qū — the prevailing trend · the trend of the times · an inevitable direction
- 天寒地冻 / 天寒地凍 — tiān hán dì dòng — bitterly cold · frigid
- 如法炮制 / 如法炮製 — rú fǎ páo zhì — literally to follow the recipe (idiom)
- 如雷贯耳 / 如雷貫耳 — rú léi guàn ěr — literally like thunder piercing the ear
- 屡见不鲜 / 屢見不鮮 — lǚ jiàn bù xiān — a common occurrence (idiom)
- 待人接物 — dài rén jiē wù — to interact with people
- 心悦诚服 / 心悅誠服 — xīn yuè chéng fú — to submit cheerfully
- 怡然自得 — yí rán zì dé — happy and content (idiom)
- 感恩戴德 — gǎn ēn dài dé — deeply grateful
- 慷慨激昂 — kāng kǎi jī áng — impassioned
- 扶摇直上 / 扶搖直上 — fú yáo zhí shàng — to skyrocket
- 投桃报李 / 投桃報李 — tóu táo bào lǐ — toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) · to return a favor
- 挥汗如雨 / 揮汗如雨 — huī hàn rú yǔ — to drip with sweat
- 散兵游勇 / 散兵遊勇 — sǎn bīng yóu yǒng — literally straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom) · figuratively disorganized uncoordinated action
- 整齐划一 / 整齊劃一 — zhěng qí huà yī — to be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) (idiom)
- 无可置疑 / 無可置疑 — wú kě zhì yí — cannot be doubted (idiom)
- 旧地重游 / 舊地重遊 — jiù dì chóng yóu — to return to a place after a long time away
- 春暖花开 / 春暖花開 — chūn nuǎn huā kāi — springtime when the weather is warm and flowers are in bloom (idiom)
- 有名无实 / 有名無實 — yǒu míng wú shí — literally has a name but no reality (idiom) · exists only in name
- 本末倒置 — běn mò dào zhì — literally to invert root and branch (idiom) · figuratively confusing cause and effect
- 束之高阁 / 束之高閣 — shù zhī gāo gé — tied up in a bundle on a high shelf
- 济济一堂 / 濟濟一堂 — jǐ jǐ yī táng — to congregate in one hall (idiom) · to gather under one roof
- 海枯石烂 / 海枯石爛 — hǎi kū shí làn — until the seas dry up and stones go soft (idiom)
- 混淆视听 / 混淆視聽 — hùn xiáo shì tīng — to obscure the facts (idiom) · to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods
- 潜移默化 / 潛移默化 — qián yí mò huà — imperceptible influence
- 火上加油 — huǒ shàng jiā yóu — to add oil to the fire (idiom) · figuratively to aggravate a situation
- 灯红酒绿 / 燈紅酒綠 — dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ — lanterns red, wine green (idiom) · feasting and pleasure-seeking
- 牙牙学语 / 牙牙學語 — yá yá xué yǔ — see 咿呀学语 yī yā xué yǔ
- 犬马之劳 / 犬馬之勞 — quǎn mǎ zhī láo — literally the service of a dog or a horse (idiom)
- 狭路相逢 / 狹路相逢 — xiá lù xiāng féng — literally to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom)
- 珠光宝气 / 珠光寶氣 — zhū guāng bǎo qì — bedecked with glittering jewels (idiom)
- 畏缩不前 / 畏縮不前 — wèi suō bù qián — to shrink back in fear (idiom) · too cowardly to advance
- 痛改前非 — tòng gǎi qián fēi — completely correcting one's former misdeeds (idiom) · to repent past mistakes and turn over a new leaf
- 百听不厌 / 百聽不厭 — bǎi tīng bù yàn — worth hearing a hundred times
- 直来直去 / 直來直去 — zhí lái zhí qù — going directly (without detour)
- 短小精悍 — duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn — short but plucky (idiom)
- 神采飞扬 / 神采飛揚 — shén cǎi fēi yáng — in high spirits (idiom) · glowing with health and vigor
- 素昧平生 — sù mèi píng shēng — to have never met someone before · entirely unacquainted
- 耳濡目染 — ěr rú mù rǎn — to be influenced
- 肺腑之言 — fèi fǔ zhī yán — words from the bottom of one's heart
- 茅塞顿开 / 茅塞頓開 — máo sè dùn kāi — murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom) · a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
- 荣华富贵 / 榮華富貴 — róng huá fù guì — glory, splendor, wealth and rank (idiom) · high position and great wealth
- 萍水相逢 — píng shuǐ xiāng féng — strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
- 行色匆匆 — xíng sè cōng cōng — hurried
- 衣锦还乡 / 衣錦還鄉 — yī jǐn huán xiāng — literally to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom)
- 话中有话 / 話中有話 — huà zhōng yǒu huà — one's words carry an implicit meaning
- 责无旁贷 / 責無旁貸 — zé wú páng dài — to be duty bound
- 贪生怕死 / 貪生怕死 — tān shēng pà sǐ — greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) · craven and cowardly
- 走马上任 / 走馬上任 — zǒu mǎ shàng rèn — to take office · to assume a post
- 跋山涉水 — bá shān shè shuǐ — to travel over land and water (idiom)