Vocabulary
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| 寤寐求之 寤寐求之 | 寤: few, scarce; empty, deserted · 寐: sleep; be asleep · 求: seek; demand, request; beseech · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to | Idiom |
| 涂炭生灵 塗炭生靈 | 涂: surname; name of certain rivers · 炭: charcoal; coal; carbon · 生: life, living, lifetime; birth · 灵: spirit, soul; spiritual world | Idiom |
| 亢龙有悔 亢龍有悔 | 亢: high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; name · 龙: dragon; symbolic of emperor · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 悔: repent, show remorse, regret | Idiom |
| 剜肉补疮 剜肉補瘡 | 剜: cut, cut out, pick out, scoop out · 肉: flesh; meat; KangXi radical 130 · 补: mend, patch, fix, repair, restore · 疮: tumor, boil, sore, wound | Idiom |
| 雨丝风片 雨絲風片 | 雨: rain; rainy; KangXi radical 173 · 丝: silk; fine thread; wire; strings · 风: wind; air; manners, atmosphere · 片: slice, splinter, strip; rad. 91 | Idiom |
| 屏气吞声 屏氣吞聲 | 屏: folding screen, shield · 气: steam, vapor; KangXi radical 84 · 吞: swallow; absorb, annex, engulf · 声: sound, voice, noise; tone; music | Idiom |
| 朝三暮四 朝三暮四 | lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon; indecisive; to blow hot and cold | Idiom |
| 无情无义 無情無義 | completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless | Idiom |
| 风餐露宿 風餐露宿 | lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom); fig. to rough it | Idiom |
| 萍水相逢 萍水相逢 | strangers coming together by chance (idiom) | Idiom |
| 画蛇添足 畫蛇添足 | lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it | Idiom |
| 孤陋寡闻 孤陋寡聞 | ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded | Idiom |
| 千军万马 千軍萬馬 | magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom); impressive display of manpower; all the King's horses and all the King's men | Idiom |
| 废寝忘食 廢寢忘食 | to neglect sleep and forget about food (idiom); to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work | Idiom |
| 开天辟地 開天闢地 | to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盘古 creation myth | Idiom |
| 衣食住行 衣食住行 | clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs | Idiom |
| 敬而远之 敬而遠之 | to show respect from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance | Idiom |
| 改邪归正 改邪歸正 | to mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf | Idiom |
| 称心如意 稱心如意 | (idiom) after one's own heart; gratifying; satisfactory; everything one could wish | Idiom |
| 见多识广 見多識廣 | experienced and knowledgeable (idiom) | Idiom |
| 光明磊落 光明磊落 | open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright | Idiom |
| 化险为夷 化險為夷 | to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster | Idiom |
| 垂头丧气 垂頭喪氣 | hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected; crestfallen | Idiom |
| 愁眉苦脸 愁眉苦臉 | to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable | Idiom |
| 朝夕相处 朝夕相處 | to spend all one's time together (idiom) | Idiom |
| 亡羊补牢 亡羊補牢 | lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom); fig. to act belatedly; better late than never; to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted | Idiom |
| 天经地义 天經地義 | lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course | Idiom |
| 吃喝玩乐 吃喝玩樂 | to eat, drink and be merry (idiom); to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure | Idiom |
| 以身作则 以身作則 | to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model | Idiom |
| 急功近利 急功近利 | seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return | Idiom |
| 无微不至 無微不至 | in every possible way (idiom); meticulous | Idiom |
| 半途而废 半途而廢 | to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished | Idiom |
| 翻来覆去 翻來覆去 | to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again | Idiom |
| 相依为命 相依為命 | mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent | Idiom |
| 疲惫不堪 疲憊不堪 | exhausted; fatigued to the extreme | Idiom |
| 无可厚非 無可厚非 | see 非 | Idiom |
| 一干二净 一乾二淨 | thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean | Idiom |
| 指手画脚 指手畫腳 | to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands; to criticize or give orders summarily | Idiom |
| 大名鼎鼎 大名鼎鼎 | grand reputation; renowned; famous | Idiom |
| 水落石出 水落石出 | as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom); the truth comes to light | Idiom |
| 袖手旁观 袖手旁觀 | to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger | Idiom |
| 提心吊胆 提心吊膽 | (saying) to be very scared and on edge | Idiom |
| 针锋相对 針鋒相對 | to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat; measure for measure | Idiom |
| 不言而喻 不言而喻 | it goes without saying; it is self-evident | Idiom |
| 雪上加霜 雪上加霜 | (idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury | Idiom |
| 万无一失 萬無一失 | surefire; absolutely safe (idiom) | Idiom |
| 自由自在 自由自在 | free and easy (idiom); carefree; leisurely | Idiom |
| 似曾相识 似曾相識 | déjà vu (the experience of seeing exactly the same situation a second time); seemingly familiar; apparently already acquainted | Idiom |
| 一目了然 一目了然 | obvious at a glance (idiom) | Idiom |
| 诸如此类 諸如此類 | things like this (idiom); and so on; and the rest; etc | Idiom |