Chengyu
Browse 4217 vocabulary cards in Chengyu, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 9
Classical four-character idioms (成语). Best after you have a basic vocabulary.
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- 手忙脚乱 / 手忙腳亂 — shǒu máng jiǎo luàn — to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner · flustered
- 相依为命 / 相依為命 — xiāng yī wéi mìng — mutually dependent for life (idiom) · to rely upon one another for survival
- 穷追不舍 / 窮追不捨 — qióng zhuī bù shě — to pursue relentlessly
- 肆无忌惮 / 肆無忌憚 — sì wú jì dàn — absolutely unrestrained
- 一心一意 — yī xīn yī yì — concentrating one's thoughts and efforts
- 一本正经 / 一本正經 — yī běn zhèng jīng — in deadly earnest · deadpan
- 一生一世 — yī shēng yī shì — a whole lifetime (idiom) · all my life
- 一视同仁 / 一視同仁 — yī shì tóng rén — to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom) · not to discriminate between people
- 另当别论 / 另當別論 — lìng dāng bié lùn — to treat differently
- 四面八方 — sì miàn bā fāng — all directions · all around
- 在所难免 / 在所難免 — zài suǒ nán miǎn — to be unavoidable (idiom)
- 大放异彩 / 大放異彩 — dà fàng yì cǎi — to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment)
- 天造地设 / 天造地設 — tiān zào dì shè — literally made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom)
- 子虚乌有 / 子虛烏有 — zǐ xū wū yǒu — to have no basis in fact · to be the product of someone's imagination
- 情有独钟 / 情有獨鍾 — qíng yǒu dú zhōng — to have a special fondness (for something)
- 曾几何时 / 曾幾何時 — céng jǐ hé shí — just a while before
- 横冲直撞 / 橫衝直撞 — héng chōng zhí zhuàng — to barge through, jostling and elbowing · to charge around · to rampage
- 欢欣鼓舞 / 歡欣鼓舞 — huān xīn gǔ wǔ — elated and excited · overjoyed
- 沉默寡言 — chén mò guǎ yán — habitually silent (idiom)
- 特立独行 / 特立獨行 — tè lì dú xíng — to be unconventional
- 病入膏肓 — bìng rù gāo huāng — literally the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom) · figuratively beyond cure
- 耳目一新 — ěr mù yī xīn — a pleasant change
- 脚踏实地 / 腳踏實地 — jiǎo tà shí dì — to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom) · realistic without flights of fancy
- 足智多谋 / 足智多謀 — zú zhì duō móu — resourceful
- 迫在眉睫 — pò zài méi jié — pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom) · imminent
- 青梅竹马 / 青梅竹馬 — qīng méi zhú mǎ — literally green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
- 举足轻重 / 舉足輕重 — jǔ zú qīng zhòng — to play a critical role (idiom)
- 光彩夺目 / 光彩奪目 — guāng cǎi duó mù — dazzling
- 无所不在 / 無所不在 — wú suǒ bù zài — omnipresent
- 无所适从 / 無所適從 — wú suǒ shì cóng — not knowing which course to follow (idiom) · at a loss what to do
- 每况愈下 / 每況愈下 — měi kuàng yù xià — to steadily deteriorate
- 毫不费力 / 毫不費力 — háo bù fèi lì — effortless
- 沾沾自喜 — zhān zhān zì xǐ — immeasurably self-satisfied
- 洗劫一空 — xǐ jié yī kōng — to steal everything
- 源源不断 / 源源不斷 — yuán yuán bù duàn — in an unending stream · continuous
- 自知之明 — zì zhī zhī míng — self-knowledge
- 落井下石 — luò jǐng xià shí — to throw stones at someone who has fallen down a well (idiom)
- 衣冠楚楚 — yī guān chǔ chǔ — immaculately dressed
- 贪得无厌 / 貪得無厭 — tān dé wú yàn — avaricious and insatiable (idiom) · greedy and never satisfied
- 铺天盖地 / 鋪天蓋地 — pū tiān gài dì — eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom)
- 顺手牵羊 / 順手牽羊 — shùn shǒu qiān yáng — literally to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom)
- 不得而知 — bù dé ér zhī — unknown
- 不相上下 — bù xiāng shàng xià — equally matched
- 停滞不前 / 停滯不前 — tíng zhì bù qián — stuck and not moving forward (idiom) · stagnant
- 口口声声 / 口口聲聲 — kǒu kou shēng shēng — to keep on saying (idiom) · to repeat over and over again
- 咎由自取 — jiù yóu zì qǔ — to have only oneself to blame · to bring trouble through one's own actions
- 天长地久 / 天長地久 — tiān cháng dì jiǔ — enduring while the world lasts (idiom)
- 息息相关 / 息息相關 — xī xī xiāng guān — closely bound up (idiom) · intimately related
- 正大光明 — zhèng dà guāng míng — just and honorable
- 翻来覆去 / 翻來覆去 — fān lái fù qù — to toss and turn (sleeplessly)