Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 49
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 无可救药 / 無可救藥 — wú kě jiù yào — (of an illness) incurable · (of a person, behavior and so on) incorrigible · beyond any possibility of correction
- 信以为真 / 信以為真 — xìn yǐ wéi zhēn — to take something to be true
- 重出江湖 — chóng chū jiāng hú — to return to the fray after a period of inactivity · to jump back into the thick of things
- 三更半夜 — sān gēng bàn yè — in the depth of the night · very late at night
- 大获全胜 / 大獲全勝 — dà huò quán shèng — to seize total victory (idiom) · an overwhelming victory
- 深入浅出 / 深入淺出 — shēn rù qiǎn chū — to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom)
- 大错特错 / 大錯特錯 — dà cuò tè cuò — to be gravely mistaken (idiom)
- 乐在其中 / 樂在其中 — lè zài qí zhōng — to take pleasure in something (idiom)
- 养家糊口 / 養家糊口 — yǎng jiā hú kǒu — to provide for one's family
- 有备而来 / 有備而來 — yǒu bèi ér lái — to come prepared
- 擦身而过 / 擦身而過 — cā shēn ér guò — to brush past
- 因材施教 — yīn cái shī jiào — to teach in accordance with the student's aptitude · to tailor instruction to the individual student
- 龙腾虎跃 / 龍騰虎躍 — lóng téng hǔ yuè — literally dragon soaring and tiger leaping (idiom)
- 一饮而尽 / 一飲而盡 — yī yǐn ér jìn — to drain the cup in one gulp (idiom)
- 不由分说 / 不由分說 — bù yóu fēn shuō — to allow no explanation
- 回心转意 / 回心轉意 — huí xīn zhuǎn yì — to change one's mind (idiom)
- 窃窃私语 / 竊竊私語 — qiè qiè sī yǔ — to whisper
- 厉行节约 / 厲行節約 — lì xíng jié yuē — to practice strict economy (idiom)
- 不以为意 / 不以為意 — bù yǐ wéi yì — not to mind
- 哑口无言 / 啞口無言 — yǎ kǒu wú yán — dumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom)
- 可喜可贺 / 可喜可賀 — kě xǐ kě hè — worthy of celebration
- 另辟蹊径 / 另闢蹊徑 — lìng pì xī jìng — to take an alternate route (idiom)
- 星罗棋布 / 星羅棋布 — xīng luó qí bù — scattered about like stars in the sky or chess pieces on a board (idiom) · spread all over the place
- 大鱼大肉 / 大魚大肉 — dà yú dà ròu — dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish
- 小鸟依人 / 小鳥依人 — xiǎo niǎo yī rén — literally like a little bird relying on people (idiom)
- 青山绿水 / 青山綠水 — qīng shān lǜ shuǐ — green hills and clear waters (idiom)
- 简单明了 / 簡單明瞭 — jiǎn dān míng liǎo — clear and simple
- 攻城略地 — gōng chéng lüè dì — to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
- 神魂颠倒 / 神魂顛倒 — shén hún diān dǎo — literally spirit and soul upside down (idiom) · infatuated and head over heels in love
- 一文不值 — yī wén bù zhí — worthless (idiom)
- 独具匠心 / 獨具匠心 — dú jù jiàng xīn — original and ingenious (idiom)
- 速战速决 / 速戰速決 — sù zhàn sù jué — to adopt a blitzkrieg strategy · to resolve something in the shortest time possible
- 早生贵子 / 早生貴子 — zǎo shēng guì zǐ — give birth to a son soon (propitiatory compliment to newlyweds)
- 灰头土脸 / 灰頭土臉 — huī tóu tǔ liǎn — head and face filthy with grime (idiom)
- 万寿无疆 / 萬壽無疆 — wàn shòu wú jiāng — may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom)
- 深更半夜 — shēn gēng bàn yè — in the dead of night (idiom)
- 乘胜追击 / 乘勝追擊 — chéng shèng zhuī jī — to follow up a victory and press home the attack · to pursue retreating enemy
- 戒备森严 / 戒備森嚴 — jiè bèi sēn yán — heavily-guarded
- 蔚然成风 / 蔚然成風 — wèi rán chéng fēng — to have become common practice (idiom)
- 事到如今 — shì dào rú jīn — as matters stand · things having reached this stage
- 将信将疑 / 將信將疑 — jiāng xìn jiāng yí — see 半信半疑 bàn xìn bàn yí
- 四分五裂 — sì fēn wǔ liè — fragmented · scattered · in disarray · at sixes and sevens
- 不一而足 — bù yī ér zú — by no means an isolated case
- 得意忘形 — dé yì wàng xíng — so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure
- 青黄不接 / 青黃不接 — qīng huáng bù jiē — literally yellow does not reach green (idiom) · the yellow autumn crop does not last until the green spring crop
- 不堪入目 — bù kān rù mù — unbearable to look at
- 劳民伤财 / 勞民傷財 — láo mín shāng cái — to waste both manpower and resources
- 三令五申 — sān lìng wǔ shēn — to order again and again (idiom)
- 怀恨在心 / 懷恨在心 — huái hèn zài xīn — to harbor hard feelings
- 一走了之 — yī zǒu liǎo zhī — to avoid a problem by walking away from it