Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 47
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 胸无城府 / 胸無城府 — xiōng wú chéng fǔ — open and candid (idiom) · not hiding anything
- 腥风血雨 / 腥風血雨 — xīng fēng xuè yǔ — literally foul wind and bloody rain (idiom)
- 自下而上 — zì xià ér shàng — from bottom to top · from the grass roots up · bottom-up
- 自由放任 — zì yóu fàng rèn — laissez-faire
- 莫测高深 / 莫測高深 — mò cè gāo shēn — enigmatic
- 莫逆之交 — mò nì zhī jiāo — intimate friendship
- 莺歌燕舞 / 鶯歌燕舞 — yīng gē yàn wǔ — the warbler sings and the swallow dances
- 蚕食鲸吞 / 蠶食鯨吞 — cán shí jīng tūn — to nibble like a silkworm or swallow like a whale (idiom)
- 见缝插针 / 見縫插針 — jiàn fèng chā zhēn — literally to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom) · figuratively to make use of every second and every inch
- 见风转舵 / 見風轉舵 — jiàn fēng zhuǎn duò — literally see the wind and set the helm (idiom) · figuratively to act pragmatically
- 语焉不详 / 語焉不詳 — yǔ yān bù xiáng — to mention something without elaborating (idiom) · not giving details
- 误人子弟 / 誤人子弟 — wù rén zǐ dì — to hamper students' progress
- 谈何容易 / 談何容易 — tán hé róng yì — easier said than done (idiom)
- 谈虎色变 / 談虎色變 — tán hǔ sè biàn — to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom)
- 贪婪无厌 / 貪婪無厭 — tān lán wú yàn — avaricious and insatiable (idiom) · greedy and never satisfied
- 赤子之心 — chì zǐ zhī xīn — pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn
- 走南闯北 / 走南闖北 — zǒu nán chuǎng běi — to travel extensively
- 起承转合 / 起承轉合 — qǐ chéng zhuǎn hé — four-part structure of a composition: introduction, elucidation, pivot (shift in perspective), synthesis · (figuratively) coherent structural progression in writing, narrative, or any unfolding process
- 起早摸黑 — qǐ zǎo mō hēi — see 起早贪黑 qǐ zǎo tān hēi
- 逼良为娼 / 逼良為娼 — bī liáng wéi chāng — to force an honest girl into prostitution (idiom)
- 遍地开花 / 遍地開花 — biàn dì kāi huā — to blossom everywhere · to spring up all over the place · to flourish on a large scale
- 量体裁衣 / 量體裁衣 — liàng tǐ cái yī — to cut cloth according to the body (idiom)
- 金戈铁马 / 金戈鐵馬 — jīn gē tiě mǎ — very powerful army
- 长治久安 / 長治久安 — cháng zhì jiǔ ān — long-term peace and stability (of governments)
- 门庭若市 / 門庭若市 — mén tíng ruò shì — front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom)
- 闭关自守 / 閉關自守 — bì guān zì shǒu — close the country to international intercourse
- 闭关锁国 / 閉關鎖國 — bì guān suǒ guó — to close the passes and seal off the country · to close a country to exclude foreign contact
- 闭门思过 / 閉門思過 — bì mén sī guò — shut oneself up and ponder over one's mistakes
- 难解难分 / 難解難分 — nán jiě nán fēn — hard to untie, hard to separate (idiom) · inextricably involved
- 雨后春笋 / 雨後春筍 — yǔ hòu chūn sǔn — literally after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) · figuratively rapid new growth
- 雾里看花 / 霧里看花 — wù lǐ kàn huā — literally to look at flowers in the fog (idiom) · figuratively blurred vision
- 靡靡之音 — mǐ mǐ zhī yīn — decadent music
- 韬光养晦 / 韜光養晦 — tāo guāng yǎng huì — to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom) · to hide one's light under a bushel
- 飞禽走兽 / 飛禽走獸 — fēi qín zǒu shòu — birds and animals
- 饱经沧桑 / 飽經滄桑 — bǎo jīng cāng sāng — having lived through many changes
- 马革裹尸 / 馬革裹屍 — mǎ gé guǒ shī — to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
- 鳏寡孤独 / 鰥寡孤獨 — guān guǎ gū dú — widowers, widows, orphans and the childless (idiom)
- 鸡犬升天 / 雞犬升天 — jī quǎn shēng tiān — (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom)
- 龙凤呈祥 / 龍鳳呈祥 — lóng fèng chéng xiáng — the dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom)
- 龙飞凤舞 / 龍飛鳳舞 — lóng fēi fèng wǔ — flamboyant or bold cursive calligraphy (idiom)
- 以人为本 / 以人為本 — yǐ rén wéi běn — people-oriented
- 顺其自然 / 順其自然 — shùn qí zì rán — to let nature take its course (idiom)
- 反腐倡廉 — fǎn fǔ chàng lián — to fight corruption and advocate probity
- 对号入座 / 對號入座 — duì hào rù zuò — to take one's seat according to the ticket number
- 阳光明媚 / 陽光明媚 — yáng guāng míng mèi — the sun shines brightly (idiom)
- 离家出走 / 離家出走 — lí jiā chū zǒu — to leave home (to live somewhere else)
- 龙马精神 / 龍馬精神 — lóng mǎ jīng shén — old but still full of vitality (idiom)
- 与生俱来 / 與生俱來 — yǔ shēng jù lái — inherent
- 没日没夜 / 沒日沒夜 — méi rì méi yè — day and night
- 生意兴隆 / 生意興隆 — shēng yì xīng lóng — thriving and prosperous business or trade