Vocabulary
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| 伤天害理 傷天害理 | to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven; outrageous acts | Idiom |
| 自生自灭 自生自滅 | to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom) | Idiom |
| 生灵涂炭 生靈塗炭 | people are in a terrible situation (idiom) | Idiom |
| 开山祖师 開山祖師 | founding master of a monastery; founder; originator | Idiom |
| 如日中天 如日中天 | lit. like the sun at noon (idiom); fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc | Idiom |
| 贩夫走卒 販夫走卒 | lit. peddlers and carriers; common people; lower class | Idiom |
| 痛哭流涕 痛哭流涕 | weeping bitter tears | Idiom |
| 打草惊蛇 打草驚蛇 | lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others | Idiom |
| 明争暗斗 明爭暗鬥 | (idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly | Idiom |
| 锦衣玉食 錦衣玉食 | brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury; extravagance | Idiom |
| 解甲归田 解甲歸田 | to remove armor and return to the farm; to return to civilian life | Idiom |
| 雕虫小技 雕蟲小技 | insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment | Idiom |
| 不遗余力 不遺餘力 | to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost | Idiom |
| 抛头露面 拋頭露面 | to put oneself out in the public eye | Idiom |
| 尔虞我诈 爾虞我詐 | lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. each tries to outwit the other; deceit and treachery | Idiom |
| 将功补过 將功補過 | to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom) | Idiom |
| 不识时务 不識時務 | to show no understanding of the times (idiom); cannot adapt to current circumstances; not amenable to reason | Idiom |
| 玩物丧志 玩物喪志 | lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress; excessive attention to trivia saps the will | Idiom |
| 感情用事 感情用事 | to act impetuously (idiom); on an impulse | Idiom |
| 孤家寡人 孤家寡人 | one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path; (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person) | Idiom |
| 非亲非故 非親非故 | lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom); fig. unrelated to one another in any way | Idiom |
| 逍遥法外 逍遙法外 | unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes); still at large | Idiom |
| 魂飞魄散 魂飛魄散 | lit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff; spooked out of one's mind; terror-stricken | Idiom |
| 生死存亡 生死存亡 | matter of life and death | Idiom |
| 手无缚鸡之力 手無縛雞之力 | lit. lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying); fig. weak; unaccustomed to physical work | Idiom |
| 杀人不眨眼 殺人不眨眼 | to murder without blinking an eye (idiom); ruthless; cold-blooded | Idiom |
| 忠心耿耿 忠心耿耿 | loyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true | Idiom |
| 牵强附会 牽強附會 | to make an irrelevant comparison or interpretation (idiom) | Idiom |
| 大彻大悟 大徹大悟 | to achieve supreme enlightenment or nirvana (Buddhism) | Idiom |
| 豺狼虎豹 豺狼虎豹 | lit. jackals, wolves, tigers and panthers (idiom); fig. nasty, cruel people | Idiom |
| 守口如瓶 守口如瓶 | lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped; reticent; not breathing a word | Idiom |
| 足不出户 足不出戶 | lit. not putting a foot outside; to stay at home | Idiom |
| 苟延残喘 苟延殘喘 | (idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door | Idiom |
| 闷闷不乐 悶悶不樂 | depressed; sulky; moody; unhappy | Idiom |
| 出神入化 出神入化 | to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement | Idiom |
| 以讹传讹 以訛傳訛 | to spread falsehoods; to increasingly distort the truth; to pile errors on top of errors (idiom) | Idiom |
| 不登大雅之堂 不登大雅之堂 | lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork); not presentable; coarse; unrefined | Idiom |
| 雷厉风行 雷厲風行 | pass like thunder and move like the wind (idiom); swift and decisive reaction | Idiom |
| 招蜂引蝶 招蜂引蝶 | lit. (of a flower) to attract bees and butterflies (idiom); fig. to flirt | Idiom |
| 运筹帷幄 運籌帷幄 | lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom); fig. planning strategies | Idiom |
| 费尽心机 費盡心機 | to rack one's brains for schemes (idiom); to beat one's brains out | Idiom |
| 风口浪尖 風口浪尖 | where the wind and the waves are the fiercest; at the heart of the struggle | Idiom |
| 纠缠不清 糾纏不清 | hopelessly muddled; impossible to unravel | Idiom |
| 吉人天相 吉人天相 | Heaven helps the worthy (idiom) | Idiom |
| 舟车劳顿 舟車勞頓 | travel-worn | Idiom |
| 堂而皇之 堂而皇之 | overt; to make no secret (of one's presence); grandiose; with great scope | Idiom |
| 赴汤蹈火 赴湯蹈火 | lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom); fig. to brave any danger; to go to any lengths (for a noble cause) | Idiom |
| 颠倒黑白 顛倒黑白 | lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately; to misrepresent the facts; to invert right and wrong | Idiom |
| 老气横秋 老氣橫秋 | old and decrepit; proud of one's age and experience (idiom) | Idiom |
| 融为一体 融為一體 | to fuse together (idiom); hypostatic union (religion) | Idiom |