Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 3
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 不知不觉 / 不知不覺 — bù zhī bù jué — unconsciously · unwittingly
- 恰到好处 / 恰到好處 — qià dào hǎo chù — it's just perfect · it's just right
- 无济于事 / 無濟於事 — wú jì yú shì — to no avail · of no use
- 无稽之谈 / 無稽之談 — wú jī zhī tán — complete nonsense
- 置之不理 — zhì zhī bù lǐ — to pay no heed to (idiom)
- 光明正大 — guāng míng zhèng dà — honorable · not devious
- 自相残杀 / 自相殘殺 — zì xiāng cán shā — to massacre one another (idiom) · internecine strife
- 轻举妄动 / 輕舉妄動 — qīng jǔ wàng dòng — to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
- 远走高飞 / 遠走高飛 — yuǎn zǒu gāo fēi — to go far away · to flee to a distant place
- 闷闷不乐 / 悶悶不樂 — mèn mèn bù lè — depressed
- 开门见山 / 開門見山 — kāi mén jiàn shān — literally to open the door and see the mountain · figuratively to get right to the point (idiom)
- 甜言蜜语 / 甜言蜜語 — tián yán mì yǔ — sweet words
- 完好无损 / 完好無損 — wán hǎo wú sǔn — in good condition
- 蛛丝马迹 / 蛛絲馬跡 — zhū sī mǎ jì — literally spider's thread and horse track
- 耿耿于怀 / 耿耿於懷 — gěng gěng yú huái — to take troubles to heart (idiom) · brooding
- 高高在上 — gāo gāo zài shàng — situated high · aloft · (figuratively) aloof and remote · situated above the masses and out of touch with reality
- 似曾相识 / 似曾相識 — sì céng xiāng shí — déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time)
- 天衣无缝 / 天衣無縫 — tiān yī wú fèng — literally seamless heavenly clothes (idiom)
- 扪心自问 / 捫心自問 — mén xīn zì wèn — to ask oneself honestly
- 危在旦夕 — wēi zài dàn xī — in imminent peril (idiom)
- 无懈可击 / 無懈可擊 — wú xiè kě jī — impossible to fault
- 深思熟虑 / 深思熟慮 — shēn sī shú lǜ — mature reflection
- 一窍不通 / 一竅不通 — yī qiào bù tōng — literally doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
- 幸灾乐祸 / 幸災樂禍 — xìng zāi lè huò — literally to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom) · figuratively to rejoice in other people's misfortune
- 忘恩负义 / 忘恩負義 — wàng ēn fù yì — to forget favors and violate justice (idiom) · ingratitude to a friend
- 无足轻重 / 無足輕重 — wú zú qīng zhòng — insignificant
- 相提并论 / 相提並論 — xiāng tí bìng lùn — to discuss two disparate things together (idiom) · to mention on equal terms
- 罪魁祸首 / 罪魁禍首 — zuì kuí huò shǒu — criminal ringleader · main offender · main culprit · main cause of a disaster
- 自作聪明 / 自作聰明 — zì zuò cōng míng — to think oneself clever
- 不可收拾 — bù kě shōu shi — irremediable · unmanageable · out of hand · hopeless
- 出人头地 / 出人頭地 — chū rén tóu dì — to stand out among one's peers (idiom)
- 总而言之 / 總而言之 — zǒng ér yán zhī — in short
- 言归正传 / 言歸正傳 — yán guī zhèng zhuàn — to return to the topic (idiom)
- 重蹈覆辙 / 重蹈覆轍 — chóng dǎo fù zhé — literally to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)
- 难以启齿 / 難以啟齒 — nán yǐ qǐ chǐ — to be too embarrassed to mention something (idiom)
- 亲眼目睹 / 親眼目睹 — qīn yǎn mù dǔ — to see for oneself · to see with one's own eyes
- 出类拔萃 / 出類拔萃 — chū lèi bá cuì — to excel the common (idiom) · surpassing
- 半途而废 / 半途而廢 — bàn tú ér fèi — to give up halfway (idiom) · leave something unfinished
- 坐以待毙 / 坐以待斃 — zuò yǐ dài bì — to sit and wait for death (idiom) · resigned to one's fate
- 无影无踪 / 無影無蹤 — wú yǐng wú zōng — (to disappear) without a trace
- 水落石出 — shuǐ luò shí chū — as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom)
- 千载难逢 / 千載難逢 — qiān zǎi nán féng — extremely rare (idiom)
- 自作主张 / 自作主張 — zì zuò zhǔ zhāng — to act on one's own · to decide for oneself
- 史无前例 / 史無前例 — shǐ wú qián lì — unprecedented in history
- 无理取闹 / 無理取鬧 — wú lǐ qǔ nào — to make trouble without reason · to be deliberately provocative
- 全神贯注 / 全神貫注 — quán shén guàn zhù — to concentrate one's attention completely · with rapt attention
- 一干二净 / 一乾二淨 — yī gān èr jìng — thoroughly (idiom)
- 名副其实 / 名副其實 — míng fù qí shí — not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom)
- 直截了当 / 直截了當 — zhí jié liǎo dàng — direct and plainspoken (idiom) · blunt
- 陈词滥调 / 陳詞濫調 — chén cí làn diào — cliché