Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 38
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 各抒己见 / 各抒己見 — gè shū jǐ jiàn — everyone gives their own view
- 各持己见 / 各持己見 — gè chí jǐ jiàn — each sticks to his own opinion (idiom) · chacun son gout
- 同工同酬 — tóng gōng tóng chóu — equal pay for equal work
- 味同嚼蜡 / 味同嚼蠟 — wèi tóng jiáo là — literally tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
- 和颜悦色 / 和顏悅色 — hé yán yuè sè — amiable manner
- 唇齿相依 / 唇齒相依 — chún chǐ xiāng yī — literally as close as lips and teeth (idiom) · closely related
- 四平八稳 / 四平八穩 — sì píng bā wěn — everything steady and stable (idiom) · overcautious and unimaginary
- 囤积居奇 / 囤積居奇 — tún jī jū qí — to hoard and profiteer
- 坐井观天 / 坐井觀天 — zuò jǐng guān tiān — literally to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom) · ignorant and narrow-minded
- 声情并茂 / 聲情並茂 — shēng qíng bìng mào — excellent in voice and expression (idiom)
- 多事之秋 — duō shì zhī qiū — troubled times · eventful period
- 大义灭亲 / 大義滅親 — dà yì miè qīn — to place righteousness before family (idiom) · ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
- 大喜过望 / 大喜過望 — dà xǐ guò wàng — overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
- 大模大样 / 大模大樣 — dà mú dà yàng — boldly · ostentatiously
- 大江南北 — dà jiāng nán běi — north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
- 天灾人祸 / 天災人禍 — tiān zāi rén huò — natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom)
- 天网恢恢 / 天網恢恢 — tiān wǎng huī huī — literally heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73)
- 奔走相告 — bēn zǒu xiāng gào — to spread the news (idiom)
- 嫁祸于人 / 嫁禍於人 — jià huò yú rén — to pass the misfortune on to someone else (idiom) · to blame others · to pass the buck
- 嬉笑怒骂 / 嬉笑怒罵 — xī xiào nù mà — literally laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom)
- 孤掌难鸣 / 孤掌難鳴 — gū zhǎng nán míng — It's hard to clap with only one hand. · It takes two to tango · It's difficult to achieve anything without support.
- 安家落户 / 安家落戶 — ān jiā luò hù — to make one's home in a place
- 安身立命 — ān shēn lì mìng — to settle down and pursue one's path in life
- 家徒四壁 — jiā tú sì bì — literally with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
- 尔虞我诈 / 爾虞我詐 — ěr yú wǒ zhà — literally you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom)
- 就地取材 — jiù dì qǔ cái — to draw on local resources
- 尽收眼底 / 盡收眼底 — jìn shōu yǎn dǐ — to take in the whole scene at once · to have a panoramic view
- 崇山峻岭 / 崇山峻嶺 — chóng shān jùn lǐng — towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom)
- 张三李四 / 張三李四 — zhāng sān lǐ sì — Zhang Three and Li Four (idiom)
- 循循善诱 / 循循善誘 — xún xún shàn yòu — to guide patiently and systematically (idiom)
- 悔不当初 / 悔不當初 — huǐ bù dāng chū — to regret one's past deeds (idiom)
- 成年累月 — chéng nián lěi yuè — year in, year out (idiom)
- 抑扬顿挫 / 抑揚頓挫 — yì yáng dùn cuò — see 顿挫抑扬 dùn cuò yì yáng
- 抛砖引玉 / 拋磚引玉 — pāo zhuān yǐn yù — literally throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)
- 拍案叫绝 / 拍案叫絕 — pāi àn jiào jué — literally slap the table and shout with praise (idiom) · figuratively wonderful!
- 招贤纳士 / 招賢納士 — zhāo xián nà shì — invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom) · to recruit talent
- 捶胸顿足 / 捶胸頓足 — chuí xiōng dùn zú — to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (in sorrow, anguish and so on)
- 敢作敢为 / 敢作敢為 — gǎn zuò gǎn wéi — to stop at nothing · to dare to do anything
- 早出晚归 / 早出晚歸 — zǎo chū wǎn guī — to leave early and return late (idiom)
- 旷日持久 / 曠日持久 — kuàng rì chí jiǔ — protracted (idiom)
- 昭然若揭 — zhāo rán ruò jiē — abundantly clear
- 曾经沧海 / 曾經滄海 — céng jīng cāng hǎi — literally having crossed the vast ocean (idiom)
- 有增无减 / 有增無減 — yǒu zēng wú jiǎn — to increase without letup
- 有声有色 / 有聲有色 — yǒu shēng yǒu sè — having sound and color (idiom) · vivid
- 有条有理 / 有條有理 — yǒu tiáo yǒu lǐ — clear and orderly · neat and tidy
- 有识之士 / 有識之士 — yǒu shí zhī shì — a person with knowledge and experience (idiom)
- 望而却步 / 望而卻步 — wàng ér què bù — to shrink back at the sight of (something daunting) (idiom)
- 杀人越货 / 殺人越貨 — shā rén yuè huò — to kill someone for his property (idiom) · to murder for money
- 桀骜不驯 / 桀驁不馴 — jié ào bù xùn — arrogant and obstinate (idiom)
- 横行无忌 / 橫行無忌 — héng xíng wú jì — to run rampant · to act with impunity