Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 4
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 不合时宜 / 不合時宜 — bù hé shí yí — out of step with current thinking
- 大开眼界 / 大開眼界 — dà kāi yǎn jiè — to broaden one's horizons greatly
- 岌岌可危 — jí jí kě wēi — imminent danger (idiom) · approaching a crisis
- 犹豫不决 / 猶豫不決 — yóu yù bù jué — hesitancy
- 容光焕发 / 容光煥發 — róng guāng huàn fā — face glowing (idiom) · looking radiant
- 应有尽有 / 應有盡有 — yīng yǒu jìn yǒu — everything that should be here is here (idiom) · all one can think of is on hand
- 真相大白 — zhēn xiàng dà bái — the whole truth is revealed (idiom) · everything becomes clear
- 一动不动 / 一動不動 — yī dòng bù dòng — motionless
- 与世隔绝 / 與世隔絕 — yǔ shì gé jué — to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
- 于事无补 / 於事無補 — yú shì wú bǔ — unhelpful
- 如愿以偿 / 如願以償 — rú yuàn yǐ cháng — to have one's wish fulfilled
- 循规蹈矩 / 循規蹈矩 — xún guī dǎo jǔ — to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom) · to follow the rules inflexibly
- 晕头转向 / 暈頭轉向 — yūn tóu zhuàn xiàng — confused and disoriented
- 流言蜚语 / 流言蜚語 — liú yán fēi yǔ — rumors and slanders (idiom) · gossip
- 装模作样 / 裝模作樣 — zhuāng mó zuò yàng — to put on an act · to show affectation · to indulge in histrionics
- 进退两难 / 進退兩難 — jìn tuì liǎng nán — no room to advance or to retreat (idiom) · without any way out of a dilemma
- 大发雷霆 / 大發雷霆 — dà fā léi tíng — to be furious
- 忍无可忍 / 忍無可忍 — rěn wú kě rěn — more than one can bear (idiom) · at the end of one's patience · the last straw
- 措手不及 — cuò shǒu bù jí — no time to deal with it (idiom) · caught unprepared
- 分道扬镳 / 分道揚鑣 — fēn dào yáng biāo — literally to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom)
- 奄奄一息 — yǎn yǎn yī xī — dying
- 深信不疑 — shēn xìn bù yí — to believe firmly without any doubt (idiom)
- 勇往直前 — yǒng wǎng zhí qián — to advance bravely
- 形影不离 / 形影不離 — xíng yǐng bù lí — inseparable (as form and shadow)
- 按部就班 — àn bù jiù bān — to follow the prescribed order · to keep to the working routine
- 支离破碎 / 支離破碎 — zhī lí pò suì — scattered and smashed (idiom)
- 有朝一日 — yǒu zhāo yī rì — one day
- 欣喜若狂 — xīn xǐ ruò kuáng — to be wild with joy (idiom)
- 置身事外 — zhì shēn shì wài — not to get involved · to stay out of it
- 装腔作势 / 裝腔作勢 — zhuāng qiāng zuò shì — posturing
- 不可开交 / 不可開交 — bù kě kāi jiāo — to be awfully (busy and so on)
- 为时已晚 / 為時已晚 — wéi shí yǐ wǎn — already too late
- 大庭广众 / 大庭廣眾 — dà tíng guǎng zhòng — in public · in front of everyone · openly (typically preceded by 在 zài and followed by 之下 zhī xià)
- 小心谨慎 / 小心謹慎 — xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn — cautious and timid (idiom) · prudent
- 漠不关心 / 漠不關心 — mò bù guān xīn — not the least bit concerned
- 痛不欲生 — tòng bù yù shēng — to be so in pain as to not want to live · to be so grieved as to wish one were dead
- 一帆风顺 / 一帆風順 — yī fān fēng shùn — propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom)
- 取而代之 — qǔ ér dài zhī — to replace · to supersede · to take its (or her and so on) place
- 尽心尽力 / 盡心盡力 — jìn xīn jìn lì — making an all-out effort (idiom) · to try one's heart out
- 无忧无虑 / 無憂無慮 — wú yōu wú lǜ — carefree · without worries
- 自生自灭 / 自生自滅 — zì shēng zì miè — to emerge and perish on its own · to run its course (idiom)
- 适可而止 / 適可而止 — shì kě ér zhǐ — to refrain from going too far · to know when to stop
- 拒之门外 / 拒之門外 — jù zhī mén wài — to lock one's door and refuse to see someone
- 长生不老 / 長生不老 — cháng shēng bù lǎo — to live forever and never grow old
- 下不为例 / 下不為例 — xià bù wéi lì — not to be repeated · not to be taken as a precedent
- 不可告人 — bù kě gào rén — to be kept secret · not to be divulged
- 不由自主 — bù yóu zì zhǔ — can't help but · involuntarily
- 拐弯抹角 / 拐彎抹角 — guǎi wān mò jiǎo — literally going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom)
- 来龙去脉 / 來龍去脈 — lái lóng qù mài — the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
- 不折不扣 — bù zhé bù kòu — a hundred percent