Vocabulary
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| 男女有别 男女有別 | men and women should be distinct (idiom); the sexes should be kept apart; propriety between the sexes | Idiom |
| 不仁不义 不仁不義 | devoid of benevolence and righteousness (idiom); heartless and unjust | Idiom |
| 挫骨扬灰 挫骨揚灰 | lit. to grind the bones and scatter the ashes (idiom); fig. to destroy utterly out of bitter hatred | Idiom |
| 野心勃勃 野心勃勃 | full of wild ambition; overweeningly ambitious (idiom) | Idiom |
| 繁花似锦 繁花似錦 | lit. a profusion of flowers like brocade (idiom); fig. a blaze of gorgeous colors; a scene of flourishing splendor | Idiom |
| 昊天罔极 昊天罔極 | lit. the boundless heavens (idiom); fig. (of parents' kindness) as boundless as the sky; limitless parental love | Idiom |
| 不可限量 不可限量 | limitless (idiom); boundless; (of potential or prospects) immeasurable | Idiom |
| 春华秋实 春華秋實 | lit. spring blossoms and autumn fruit (idiom); fig. fine words bear fruit in fine deeds; achievements that follow good cultivation | Idiom |
| 天上人间 天上人間 | lit. heaven and the human world (idiom); fig. worlds apart; a place of paradise-like splendor, or two utterly different realms | Idiom |
| 金石为开 金石為開 | lit. even metal and stone are split open (idiom); fig. sincere determination can overcome any obstacle | Idiom |
| 血海深仇 血海深仇 | deep blood feud; deep-seated hatred (idiom) | Idiom |
| 正正经经 正正經經 | proper and serious; in a perfectly decent and earnest manner (idiom) | Idiom |
| 古道热肠 古道熱腸 | lit. of old ways and a warm heart (idiom); fig. warm-hearted and generous; kind and ready to help others | Idiom |
| 罪该万死 罪該萬死 | (idiom) the crime deserves ten thousand deaths; a thoroughly heinous, unforgivable offense | Idiom |
| 法力无边 法力無邊 | (idiom) boundless magical power; limitless supernatural ability | Idiom |
| 深居简出 深居簡出 | to live in seclusion and rarely go out (idiom); to lead a reclusive life | Idiom |
| 天下无双 天下無雙 | unequaled anywhere; matchless; without peer in the world (idiom) | Idiom |
| 不冷不热 不冷不熱 | lit. neither cold nor hot (idiom); fig. lukewarm; indifferent; coldly noncommittal | Idiom |
| 安安稳稳 安安穩穩 | (idiom) safe and secure; calm and steady; peaceful and settled | Idiom |
| 赏罚分明 賞罰分明 | to reward and punish with clear discernment (idiom); to be fair and impartial in dispensing rewards and penalties | Idiom |
| 文韬武略 文韜武略 | military strategy and civil statecraft (idiom); skilled in both the literary and martial arts | Idiom |
| 九死不悔 九死不悔 | lit. to die nine times without regret (idiom); fig. to have no regrets even at the risk of death; unwavering resolve | Idiom |
| 日理万机 日理萬機 | to attend to countless affairs of state each day (idiom); to be extremely busy with myriad responsibilities (of a ruler or leader) | Idiom |
| 无用武之地 無用武之地 | to have no place to display one's prowess (idiom); fig. no chance to use one's talents or abilities | Idiom |
| 君子好逑 君子好逑 | a fair lady is a fine match for a gentleman (idiom); an ideal mate for a man of virtue (from the Book of Songs) | Idiom |
| 是是非非 是是非非 | lit. the rights and the wrongs (idiom); fig. matters of right and wrong; squabbles over who is right; to distinguish right from wrong | Idiom |
| 琴瑟之好 琴瑟之好 | lit. the harmony of qin and se zithers (idiom); fig. marital harmony; a happy and loving marriage | Idiom |
| 鬼蜮伎俩 鬼蜮伎倆 | lit. the tricks of demons (idiom); fig. sinister schemes; underhanded plots; treacherous machinations | Idiom |
| 心旌摇曳 心旌搖曳 | lit. one's heart-banner fluttering (idiom); fig. swayed by emotion; agitated; restless with feeling | Idiom |
| 年深日久 年深日久 | with the passage of many years (idiom); after a long, long time | Idiom |
| 大恩大德 大恩大德 | (idiom) great kindness and benevolence; deep debt of gratitude | Idiom |
| 腾云驾雾 騰雲駕霧 | to mount the clouds and ride the mist (idiom); fig. to travel as an immortal; to feel giddy or in a daze | Idiom |
| 一表人才 一表人才 | (idiom) handsome and dignified in appearance; imposing presence | Idiom |
| 相生相克 相生相剋 | mutual generation and mutual restraint (idiom); the interdependent and opposing forces of the five elements | Idiom |
| 心存芥蒂 心存芥蒂 | to harbor a grudge; to bear ill feeling in one's heart (idiom) | Idiom |
| 无为而治 無為而治 | to govern by non-action (idiom); the Daoist ideal of ruling through effortless natural order | Idiom |
| 生死与共 生死與共 | to share life and death together (idiom); bound through any peril; loyal to the end | Idiom |
| 送佛送到西 送佛送到西 | lit. when seeing the Buddha off, see him all the way to the West (idiom); fig. if you help someone, finish the job; see it through to the end | Idiom |
| 似水流年 似水流年 | (idiom) the fleeting years passing like flowing water; time slipping away | Idiom |
| 低声下气 低聲下氣 | (idiom) meek and submissive; servile and humble in manner | Idiom |
| 面目狰狞 面目猙獰 | with a ferocious, hideous expression (idiom); savage-looking; fierce and menacing | Idiom |
| 新仇旧恨 新仇舊恨 | new and old grievances combined (idiom); accumulated grudges old and new | Idiom |
| 紫气东来 紫氣東來 | lit. purple vapor coming from the east (idiom); fig. an auspicious omen; good fortune is on its way | Idiom |
| 回天之力 回天之力 | lit. the power to turn back the heavens (idiom); fig. the ability to reverse a hopeless situation | Idiom |
| 黄雀在后 黃雀在後 | lit. the oriole lurks behind (idiom); fig. an unseen rival waits to seize advantage while two parties fight | Idiom |
| 天诛地灭 天誅地滅 | lit. may heaven and earth destroy (someone) (idiom); fig. used in an oath: may I be struck down by Heaven if I lie | Idiom |
| 水火不相容 水火不相容 | lit. water and fire cannot mix (idiom); fig. utterly incompatible; mutually irreconcilable | Idiom |
| 殃及池鱼 殃及池魚 | lit. disaster reaches the fish in the moat (idiom); fig. innocent bystanders suffer for others' troubles; to be caught in the crossfire | Idiom |
| 五马分尸 五馬分屍 | lit. to tear a body apart with five horses (idiom); fig. dismemberment as a brutal execution; to be torn limb from limb | Idiom |
| 浴血奋战 浴血奮戰 | to fight a bloody battle; to fight desperately (idiom) | Idiom |