Vocabulary
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| 起早贪黑 起早貪黑 | to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late | Idiom |
| 担惊受怕 擔驚受怕 | (idiom) apprehensive; alarmed; anxious | Idiom |
| 防患于未然 防患於未然 | to prevent troubles before the event (idiom); to forestall; to nip sth in the bud | Idiom |
| 拭目以待 拭目以待 | lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see | Idiom |
| 忘恩负义 忘恩負義 | to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend; to kick a benefactor in the teeth | Idiom |
| 糊里糊涂 糊裡糊塗 | confused; vague; indistinct; muddle-headed; mixed up; in a daze | Idiom |
| 大义灭亲 大義滅親 | to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it | Idiom |
| 胡作非为 胡作非為 | to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages | Idiom |
| 恻隐之心 惻隱之心 | compassion | Idiom |
| 束手无策 束手無策 | lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis | Idiom |
| 危言耸听 危言聳聽 | frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk; reds under the beds | Idiom |
| 吞吞吐吐 吞吞吐吐 | to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth; to speak and break off, then start again; to hold sth back | Idiom |
| 执迷不悟 執迷不悟 | to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) | Idiom |
| 雪中送炭 雪中送炭 | lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom); fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need | Idiom |
| 魂不守舍 魂不守舍 | to be preoccupied (idiom); to be inattentive; to be frightened out of one's mind | Idiom |
| 前功尽弃 前功盡棄 | to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom); all that has been achieved goes down the drain | Idiom |
| 蒙在鼓里 矇在鼓裡 | variant of | Idiom |
| 有目共睹 有目共睹 | anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all; sth speaks for itself; is there for all to see | Idiom |
| 无风不起浪 無風不起浪 | lit. without wind there cannot be waves (idiom); there must be a reason; no smoke without fire | Idiom |
| 旁观者清 旁觀者清 | an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom) | Idiom |
| 为非作歹 為非作歹 | to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor; evildoer; to perpetrate outrages | Idiom |
| 冷嘲热讽 冷嘲熱諷 | frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule | Idiom |
| 坐以待毙 坐以待斃 | to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate | Idiom |
| 顺水推舟 順水推舟 | lit. to push the boat with the current; fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit | Idiom |
| 雷厉风行 雷厲風行 | pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction | Idiom |
| 一视同仁 一視同仁 | to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people | Idiom |
| 良辰美景 良辰美景 | fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely | Idiom |
| 汗马功劳 汗馬功勞 | war exploits; (fig.) heroic contribution | Idiom |
| 排忧解难 排憂解難 | to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom) | Idiom |
| 唇亡齿寒 唇亡齒寒 | lit. without the lips, the teeth feel the cold (idiom); fig. intimately interdependent | Idiom |
| 骨肉相残 骨肉相殘 | close kindred slaughter one another (idiom); internecine strife | Idiom |
| 百闻不如一见 百聞不如一見 | seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others; seeing is believing | Idiom |
| 逢场作戏 逢場作戲 | lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun; to play along according to local conditions | Idiom |
| 判若两人 判若兩人 | to be a different person; not to be one's usual self | Idiom |
| 钩心斗角 鉤心鬥角 | variant of | Idiom |
| 山穷水尽 山窮水盡 | mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line; nowhere to go | Idiom |
| 明辨是非 明辨是非 | to distinguish right and wrong (idiom) | Idiom |
| 赤子之心 赤子之心 | pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn; sincere | Idiom |
| 火上浇油 火上澆油 | to pour oil on the fire (idiom); fig. to aggravate a situation; to enrage people and make matters worse | Idiom |
| 狼心狗肺 狼心狗肺 | lit. heart of wolf and lungs of dog (idiom); cruel and unscrupulous | Idiom |
| 千古罪人 千古罪人 | sb condemned by history (idiom) | Idiom |
| 醉翁之意不在酒 醉翁之意不在酒 | wine-lover's heart is not in the cup (idiom); a drinker not really interested in alcohol; having an ulterior motive; to have other things in mind; with an ax to grind; accomplishing something besides what one set out to do | Idiom |
| 贪得无厌 貪得無厭 | avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied | Idiom |
| 宁缺毋滥 寧缺毋濫 | better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option | Idiom |
| 公之于众 公之於眾 | to make known to the masses (idiom); to publicize widely; to let the world know | Idiom |
| 追悔莫及 追悔莫及 | too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event. | Idiom |
| 杂七杂八 雜七雜八 | an assortment; a bit of everything; lots of different (skills) | Idiom |
| 家丑不可外扬 家醜不可外揚 | lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public | Idiom |
| 大刀阔斧 大刀闊斧 | bold and decisive | Idiom |
| 天府之国 天府之國 | land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan) | Idiom |