Vocabulary
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| 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 |
| 起早贪黑 起早貪黑 | to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late | 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 |
| 斤斤计较 斤斤計較 | to haggle over every ounce; (fig.) to fuss over minor matters; to split hairs | 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 |
| 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 |
| 爱屋及乌 愛屋及烏 | lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected; Love me, love my dog. | Idiom |
| 拉拉扯扯 拉拉扯扯 | to tug at; to pull at sb aggressively; to take sb's hand or arm in a too familiar way; (derog.) to hobnob; to consort | Idiom |
| 阴魂不散 陰魂不散 | lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom); fig. the influence still lingers on; the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive | 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 |
| 眼不见为净 眼不見為淨 | what remains unseen is deemed to be clean; what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over (idiom) | Idiom |
| 心满意足 心滿意足 | perfectly contented (idiom); perfectly satisfied | Idiom |
| 丧心病狂 喪心病狂 | (idiom) deranged; demented; berserk | 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 |
| 多愁善感 多愁善感 | (idiom) emotionally sensitive and prone to melancholy | Idiom |
| 足不出户 足不出戶 | lit. not putting a foot outside; to stay at home | Idiom |
| 游刃有余 遊刃有餘 | handling a butcher's cleaver with ease (idiom); to do sth skillfully and easily | Idiom |
| 出神入化 出神入化 | to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement | Idiom |
| 耿耿于怀 耿耿於懷 | to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding | Idiom |
| 良辰美景 良辰美景 | fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely | Idiom |
| 挑拨离间 挑撥離間 | to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between | Idiom |
| 别出心裁 別出心裁 | to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality; to adopt an original approach | Idiom |
| 同仇敌忾 同仇敵愾 | anger against a common enemy (idiom); joined in opposition to the same adversary | Idiom |
| 铁证如山 鐵證如山 | irrefutable evidence | Idiom |
| 纠缠不清 糾纏不清 | hopelessly muddled; impossible to unravel | Idiom |
| 独当一面 獨當一面 | to assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section | Idiom |
| 一网打尽 一網打盡 | lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom); fig. to scoop up the whole lot; to capture them all in one go | Idiom |
| 冠冕堂皇 冠冕堂皇 | high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom) | Idiom |
| 误入歧途 誤入歧途 | to take a wrong step in life (idiom); to go astray | Idiom |
| 釜底抽薪 釜底抽薪 | to take drastic measures to deal with a situation; to pull the carpet from under sb | Idiom |
| 神机妙算 神機妙算 | divine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom); clever scheme; supremely clever in his schemes | 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 |
| 负荆请罪 負荊請罪 | lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom); fig. to offer sb a humble apology | Idiom |
| 追悔莫及 追悔莫及 | too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event. | Idiom |
| 专心致志 專心致志 | (idiom) single-minded; fully focused | Idiom |
| 鼻青脸肿 鼻青臉腫 | a bloody nose and a swollen face; badly battered | Idiom |
| 凶神恶煞 兇神惡煞 | (idiom) fiends; devils; monsters | Idiom |
| 功败垂成 功敗垂成 | to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure; to fall at the last hurdle; snatching defeat from the jaws of victory | Idiom |
| 一掷千金 一擲千金 | lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly; extravagant | Idiom |
| 惨绝人寰 慘絕人寰 | extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality | Idiom |
| 并驾齐驱 並駕齊驅 | (idiom) to run neck and neck; to keep pace with; to keep abreast of; on par with one another | Idiom |
| 珠联璧合 珠聯璧合 | string of pearl and jade (idiom); ideal combination; perfect pair | Idiom |
| 淋漓尽致 淋漓盡致 | lit. extreme saturation (idiom); fig. vividly and thoroughly; in great detail; without restraint; (of a performance) brilliant | Idiom |
| 西装革履 西裝革履 | dressed in Western-style clothes; impeccably attired | Idiom |
| 落荒而逃 落荒而逃 | to flee in defeat; to bolt | Idiom |
| 原形毕露 原形畢露 | original identity fully revealed (idiom); fig. to unmask and expose the whole truth | Idiom |
| 视死如归 視死如歸 | to view death as a return home; to not be afraid of dying; to face death with equanimity (idiom) | Idiom |
| 旁若无人 旁若無人 | to act as though there were nobody else present; unselfconscious; fig. without regard for others | Idiom |