Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 46
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 普天同庆 / 普天同慶 — pǔ tiān tóng qìng — everybody celebrating together
- 曲高和寡 — qǔ gāo hè guǎ — difficult songs find few singers (idiom)
- 有的放矢 — yǒu dì fàng shǐ — literally to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom)
- 朝不保夕 — zhāo bù bǎo xī — at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) · precarious state
- 未老先衰 — wèi lǎo xiān shuāi — to age prematurely
- 朴实无华 / 樸實無華 — pǔ shí wú huá — simple · plain · unadorned
- 林林总总 / 林林總總 — lín lín zǒng zǒng — in great abundance
- 梁上君子 — liáng shàng jūn zǐ — literally the gentleman on the roof beam
- 欢蹦乱跳 / 歡蹦亂跳 — huān bèng luàn tiào — glowing with health and vivacity (idiom)
- 步调一致 / 步調一致 — bù diào yī zhì — to be united in action
- 死而后已 / 死而後已 — sǐ ér hòu yǐ — until death puts an end (idiom) · one's whole life
- 死记硬背 / 死記硬背 — sǐ jì yìng bèi — to learn by rote
- 民脂民膏 — mín zhī mín gāo — literally the fat and wealth of the people (idiom) · the nation's hard-won wealth (especially as an object of unscrupulous exploitation)
- 水天一色 — shuǐ tiān yī sè — water and sky merge in one color (idiom)
- 洛阳纸贵 / 洛陽紙貴 — luò yáng zhǐ guì — literally paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
- 浑然一体 / 渾然一體 — hún rán yī tǐ — to blend into one another · to blend together well
- 深情厚谊 / 深情厚誼 — shēn qíng hòu yì — deep friendship
- 满园春色 / 滿園春色 — mǎn yuán chūn sè — everything in the garden is lovely
- 满腔热忱 / 滿腔熱忱 — mǎn qiāng rè chén — full of enthusiasm
- 漠然置之 — mò rán zhì zhī — to set to one side and ignore (idiom) · quite indifferent
- 爱憎分明 / 愛憎分明 — ài zēng fēn míng — to make a clear difference between what one likes and what one hates · to have well-defined likes and dislikes
- 爱民如子 / 愛民如子 — ài mín rú zǐ — to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)
- 牛鬼蛇神 — niú guǐ shé shén — evil monsters
- 狗尾续貂 / 狗尾續貂 — gǒu wěi xù diāo — literally to use a dog's tail as a substitute for sable fur (idiom)
- 玄之又玄 — xuán zhī yòu xuán — mystery within a mystery
- 甘之如饴 / 甘之如飴 — gān zhī rú yí — literally as sweet as syrup (idiom, from Book of Songs) · to endure hardship gladly
- 生不逢时 / 生不逢時 — shēng bù féng shí — born at the wrong time (idiom) · unlucky (especially to complain about one's fate) · born under an unlucky star
- 生机盎然 / 生機盎然 — shēng jī àng rán — full of life
- 生灵涂炭 / 生靈塗炭 — shēng líng tú tàn — people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
- 画饼充饥 / 畫餅充飢 — huà bǐng chōng jī — literally to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake
- 百花齐放 / 百花齊放 — bǎi huā qí fàng — a hundred flowers bloom (idiom) · let the arts have free expression
- 盖棺论定 / 蓋棺論定 — gài guān lùn dìng — don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
- 相敬如宾 / 相敬如賓 — xiāng jìng rú bīn — to treat each other as an honored guest (idiom)
- 石沉大海 — shí chén dà hǎi — literally to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom)
- 秋毫无犯 / 秋毫無犯 — qiū háo wú fàn — (of soldiers) highly disciplined, not committing the slightest offense against civilians
- 移花接木 — yí huā jiē mù — to graft flowers onto a tree (idiom)
- 穷山恶水 / 窮山惡水 — qióng shān è shuǐ — literally barren hills and wild rivers (idiom)
- 童叟无欺 / 童叟無欺 — tóng sǒu wú qī — cheating neither old nor young (idiom) · treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously
- 竭泽而渔 / 竭澤而漁 — jié zé ér yú — literally to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom)
- 管中窥豹 / 管中窺豹 — guǎn zhōng kuī bào — literally to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) · figuratively to miss the big picture
- 粗茶淡饭 / 粗茶淡飯 — cū chá dàn fàn — plain tea and simple food
- 紧锣密鼓 / 緊鑼密鼓 — jǐn luó mì gǔ — urgent beating of gongs and drums (idiom)
- 纵横驰骋 / 縱橫馳騁 — zòng héng chí chěng — to criss-cross
- 绿树成荫 / 綠樹成蔭 — lǜ shù chéng yīn — (of an area) to have trees with shade-giving foliage · (of a road) to be tree-lined
- 缺斤少两 / 缺斤少兩 — quē jīn shǎo liǎng — to give short weight
- 老马识途 / 老馬識途 — lǎo mǎ shí tú — an old horse knows the way (idiom) · an experienced worker knows what to do · an old hand knows the ropes
- 老骥伏枥 / 老驥伏櫪 — lǎo jì fú lì — literally an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop 1000 miles (idiom) · figuratively aged person with great aspirations
- 耳提面命 — ěr tí miàn mìng — to give sincere advice (idiom)
- 耳闻目睹 / 耳聞目睹 — ěr wén mù dǔ — to witness personally
- 聚沙成塔 — jù shā chéng tǎ — many sand grains accumulate to form a tower (idiom)