Vocabulary
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| 倒背如流 倒背如流 | to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards) | Idiom |
| 一本万利 一本萬利 | small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out | Idiom |
| 没精打采 沒精打采 | listless; dispirited; washed out; also written | Idiom |
| 痛心疾首 痛心疾首 | bitter and hateful (idiom); to grieve and lament (over sth) | Idiom |
| 宽宏大量 寬宏大量 | magnanimous (idiom); generous | Idiom |
| 焦头烂额 焦頭爛額 | lit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom); fig. hard-pressed; under pressure (from a heavy workload, creditors etc) | Idiom |
| 暴殄天物 暴殄天物 | to waste natural resources recklessly; not to know how to use things sparingly | Idiom |
| 干净利落 乾淨利落 | squeaky clean; neat and tidy; efficient | Idiom |
| 战战兢兢 戰戰兢兢 | trembling with fear; with fear and trepidation | Idiom |
| 掩人耳目 掩人耳目 | to fool people (idiom); to pull the wool over people's eyes | Idiom |
| 千锤百炼 千錘百鍊 | after hard work and numerous revisions (idiom); the vicissitudes of life | Idiom |
| 天造地设 天造地設 | lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom); ideal; perfect; (of a match) made in heaven; to be made for one another | Idiom |
| 居心不良 居心不良 | to harbor evil intentions (idiom) | Idiom |
| 迷魂汤 迷魂湯 | potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka); magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions | Idiom |
| 后悔莫及 後悔莫及 | too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event. | Idiom |
| 自投罗网 自投羅網 | to walk right into the trap | Idiom |
| 脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 | to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist; to turn over a new leaf; fig. to change wholly; to create from other material (story, artwork etc) | Idiom |
| 灰飞烟灭 灰飛煙滅 | lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom); fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke | Idiom |
| 临阵脱逃 臨陣脫逃 | to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom); to get cold feet | Idiom |
| 逍遥自在 逍遙自在 | free and at leisure (idiom); unfettered; outside the reach of the law (of criminal); at large | Idiom |
| 堂堂正正 堂堂正正 | displaying strength and discipline; impressive; upright and frank; square | Idiom |
| 背道而驰 背道而馳 | to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to | Idiom |
| 易如反掌 易如反掌 | easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy; no effort at all | Idiom |
| 绰绰有余 綽綽有餘 | (idiom) more than enough | Idiom |
| 以防万一 以防萬一 | to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case; prepared for any eventualities | Idiom |
| 功亏一篑 功虧一簣 | lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom) | Idiom |
| 打退堂鼓 打退堂鼓 | lit. to beat the return drum (idiom); fig. to give up; to turn tail | Idiom |
| 百折不挠 百折不撓 | to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom); to be undaunted by repeated setbacks; to be indomitable | Idiom |
| 做贼心虚 做賊心虛 | to feel guilty as a thief (idiom); to have sth on one's conscience | Idiom |
| 梦寐以求 夢寐以求 | lit. to yearn for sth even in one's dreams (idiom); fig. to deeply long for; to covet | 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 |
| 礼尚往来 禮尚往來 | lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom); fig. to return politeness for politeness | Idiom |
| 起早贪黑 起早貪黑 | to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late | Idiom |
| 命中注定 命中註定 | decreed by fate (idiom); destined; fated | Idiom |
| 感情用事 感情用事 | to act impetuously (idiom); on an impulse | 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 |
| 神魂颠倒 神魂顛倒 | lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated | Idiom |
| 先斩后奏 先斬後奏 | lit. first execute the criminal, then report it to the emperor (idiom); fig. to take some drastic action without the prior approval of higher authorities | Idiom |
| 比翼双飞 比翼雙飛 | lit. a pair of birds flying close together (idiom); fig. two hearts beating as one; name of a sweet and sour chicken wing dish | Idiom |
| 同心协力 同心協力 | to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts; to pull together; to work as one | Idiom |
| 轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 | to act blindly without thinking (idiom) | Idiom |
| 仗势欺人 仗勢欺人 | to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom); to kick people around | 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 |
| 眉清目秀 眉清目秀 | pretty; with delicate features | 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 |
| 赶尽杀绝 趕盡殺絕 | to kill to the last one (idiom); to exterminate; to eradicate; ruthless | Idiom |
| 心满意足 心滿意足 | perfectly contented (idiom); perfectly satisfied | Idiom |
| 拐弯抹角 拐彎抹角 | lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way; to equivocate; to beat about the bush | Idiom |
| 语无伦次 語無倫次 | incoherent speech; to talk without rhyme or reason (idiom) | Idiom |
| 甜言蜜语 甜言蜜語 | (idiom) sweet words; sweet talk; cajolery | Idiom |