Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 48
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 一分为二 / 一分為二 — yī fēn wéi èr — one divides into two
- 异军突起 / 異軍突起 — yì jūn tū qǐ — to emerge as a new force to be reckoned with (idiom)
- 源远流长 / 源遠流長 — yuán yuǎn liú cháng — of long standing · with a long history · stretching back to ancient times
- 不失时机 / 不失時機 — bù shī shí jī — to seize the opportune moment
- 命中注定 / 命中註定 — mìng zhōng zhù dìng — decreed by fate (idiom)
- 春夏秋冬 — chūn xià qiū dōng — the four seasons
- 毛骨悚然 — máo gǔ sǒng rán — to have one's hair stand on end (idiom)
- 语重心长 / 語重心長 — yǔ zhòng xīn cháng — meaningful and heartfelt words (idiom) · sincere and earnest wishes
- 自作多情 — zì zuò duō qíng — to imagine that one's love is reciprocated · to shower affection on an uninterested party
- 海阔天空 / 海闊天空 — hǎi kuò tiān kōng — wide sea and sky (idiom) · boundless open vistas
- 大可不必 — dà kě bù bì — need not
- 古今中外 — gǔ jīn zhōng wài — at all times and in all places (idiom)
- 喃喃自语 / 喃喃自語 — nán nán zì yǔ — to mumble to oneself
- 异曲同工 / 異曲同工 — yì qǔ tóng gōng — different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) · different methods leading to the same result · different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
- 逢年过节 / 逢年過節 — féng nián guò jié — during holidays and festivals · on festive occasions such as New Year
- 供过于求 / 供過於求 — gōng guò yú qiú — supply exceeds demand
- 多愁善感 — duō chóu shàn gǎn — emotionally sensitive and prone to melancholy
- 行尸走肉 / 行屍走肉 — xíng shī zǒu ròu — walking corpse (idiom)
- 白头到老 / 白頭到老 — bái tóu dào lǎo — see 白头偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo
- 必经之路 / 必經之路 — bì jīng zhī lù — the road one must follow · the only way
- 死心塌地 — sǐ xīn tā dì — to be hell-bent on · dead set on something · unswerving
- 完完全全 — wán wán quán quán — completely
- 欲言又止 — yù yán yòu zhǐ — to want to say something but then hesitate
- 忽冷忽热 / 忽冷忽熱 — hū lěng hū rè — now hot, now cold
- 手下留情 — shǒu xià liú qíng — literally start off leniently (idiom) · please do not be too strict with me
- 一发不可收拾 / 一發不可收拾 — yī fā bù kě shōu shi — once it gets started there's no stopping it
- 方兴未艾 / 方興未艾 — fāng xīng wèi ài — flourishing and still in the ascendant (idiom) · rapidly expanding
- 口是心非 — kǒu shì xīn fēi — duplicity
- 贤妻良母 / 賢妻良母 — xián qī liáng mǔ — a good wife and loving mother
- 灯火通明 / 燈火通明 — dēng huǒ tōng míng — brightly lit
- 十面埋伏 — shí miàn mái fú — Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece)
- 浑身解数 / 渾身解數 — hún shēn xiè shù — to give it your all
- 波澜壮阔 / 波瀾壯闊 — bō lán zhuàng kuò — surging forward with great momentum
- 白头偕老 / 白頭偕老 — bái tóu xié lǎo — (of a married couple) to live together until old age · to remain lifelong companions
- 血肉模糊 — xuè ròu mó hu — badly mangled or mutilated · gruesome
- 统筹兼顾 / 統籌兼顧 — tǒng chóu jiān gù — an overall plan taking into account all factors
- 愁眉苦脸 / 愁眉苦臉 — chóu méi kǔ liǎn — to look anxious (idiom) · to look miserable
- 天人合一 — tiān rén hé yī — oneness of heaven and humanity
- 垂头丧气 / 垂頭喪氣 — chuí tóu sàng qì — hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom) · dejected
- 瑟瑟发抖 / 瑟瑟發抖 — sè sè fā dǒu — to shiver
- 风花雪月 / 風花雪月 — fēng huā xuě yuè — wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom) · effete language without substance
- 言下之意 — yán xià zhī yì — implication
- 语无伦次 / 語無倫次 — yǔ wú lún cì — incoherent speech
- 单打独斗 / 單打獨鬥 — dān dǎ dú dòu — to fight alone (idiom)
- 庸人自扰 / 庸人自擾 — yōng rén zì rǎo — literally silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom)
- 良莠不齐 / 良莠不齊 — liáng yǒu bù qí — good and bad people intermingled
- 辗转反侧 / 輾轉反側 — zhǎn zhuǎn fǎn cè — to toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)
- 不怀好意 / 不懷好意 — bù huái hǎo yì — to harbor evil designs · to harbor malicious intentions
- 举手之劳 / 舉手之勞 — jǔ shǒu zhī láo — the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom)
- 站不住脚 / 站不住腳 — zhàn bu zhù jiǎo — ill-founded