Learn Chinese Idiom
Chinese Idiom
Chengyu or Chinese Idiom are a type of traditional Chinese idiomatic expressions, most of which consist of four characters. Chengyu were widely used in Classical Chinese and are still common in vernacular Chinese writing and in the spoken language today. According to the most stringent definition, there are about 5,000 chengyu in the Chinese language, though some dictionaries list over 20,000.
They are often referred to as Chinese idioms or four-character idioms; however, they are not the only
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- 鑳屼簳绂讳埂 BEI1 JING3 LI2 XIANG1
- left home at an early age
- 鐙愭棣栦笜 HU2 SI3 SHOU3 QIU1
- a fox dies with its face towards its den
- 涓翠簨鑰屾儳 LIN2 SHI4 ER2 JU4
- proceeding to action with fear or anxiety
- 鑷懗鐩告姇 CHOU4 WEI4 XIANG1 TOU2
- like lips, like lettuce.
- 鍔熷悕瀵岃吹 GONG1 MING2 FU4 GUI4
- (n) riches and honor
- 闀跨敓涓嶆 CHANG2 SHENG1 BU2 SI3
- it was rumoured also that she was immortal, and had power over all things.
- 绉井鎴愯憲 JI1 WEI1 CHENG2 ZHE5
- the contents of his little money-pot have developed from nothing to more than鈥
- 鐒﹂噾娴佺煶 JIAO1 JIN1 LIU2 DAN4
- a great drought
- 涓嶅帉鍏剁箒 BU2 YA1 JI1 FAN2
- dinned the latin conjugations into the student鈥檚 heads.
- 鎴愪簨涓嶈冻 CHENG2 SHI4 BU2 ZU2
- you incompetent bungler!
- 杩涢澶辨嵁 JIN4 TUI4 SHI1 JU1
- an equipment failure or accident on the moon could have left the astronauts stranded.
- 鍗氶椈寮鸿瘑 BO2 WEN2 JIANG4 SHI2
- have wide learning and a retentive memory
- 榛戝ぉ鐧芥棩 HEI1 TIAN1 BAI2 RI4
- day and night; night and day
- 澶у櫒鏅氭垚 DA4 QI4 WAN3 CHENG2
- she was a late bloomer.
- 楝煎摥绁炲殠 GUI3 KU1 SHEN2 HAO2
- but why does the sound of a wailing banshee evoke the same response?
- 楗辩粡椋庨洦 BAO3 JING1 FENG1 YU3
- weatherworn
