Vocabulary
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| 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 |
| 名正言顺 名正言順 | in a way that justifies the use of the term; genuine; proper; in a way that conforms to logic; justifiable; appropriate; perfectly legitimate | 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 |
| 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 |
| 在所不辞 在所不辭 | not to refuse to (idiom); not to hesitate to | Idiom |
| 良辰吉日 良辰吉日 | fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity | Idiom |
| 报仇雪恨 報仇雪恨 | to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom) | Idiom |
| 易如反掌 易如反掌 | easy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy; no effort at all | Idiom |
| 处心积虑 處心積慮 | to plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating | Idiom |
| 不管不顾 不管不顧 | (idiom) to pay scant regard to (sth); (idiom) unheeding; reckless | Idiom |
| 巧舌如簧 巧舌如簧 | lit. to have a tongue like the reed of a wind instrument (idiom); fig. to have a glib tongue | Idiom |
| 对症下药 對症下藥 | lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it; to take appropriate steps | Idiom |
| 轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 | to act blindly without thinking (idiom) | Idiom |
| 欲言又止 欲言又止 | to want to say sth but then hesitate | Idiom |
| 垂死挣扎 垂死掙扎 | deathbed struggle; final struggle (idiom) | Idiom |
| 良辰美景 良辰美景 | fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely | 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 |
| 混淆视听 混淆視聽 | to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods | Idiom |
| 明知故犯 明知故犯 | deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime | Idiom |
| 滴水不漏 滴水不漏 | lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument) | Idiom |
| 分崩离析 分崩離析 | to collapse and fall apart (idiom); to break up; falling to pieces | Idiom |
| 千古罪人 千古罪人 | sb condemned by history (idiom) | Idiom |
| 以毒攻毒 以毒攻毒 | to cure ills with poison (TCM); to fight evil with evil; set a thief to catch a thief; to fight fire with fire | Idiom |
| 爱莫能助 愛莫能助 | unable to help however much one would like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you.; My hands are tied. | Idiom |
| 歪打正着 歪打正著 | to succeed by a lucky stroke | Idiom |
| 寻花问柳 尋花問柳 | lit. to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery (idiom); fig. to frequent brothels; to sow one's wild oats | Idiom |
| 腥风血雨 腥風血雨 | lit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom); fig. reign of terror; carnage | Idiom |
| 突飞猛进 突飛猛進 | to advance by leaps and bounds | Idiom |
| 宽宏大量 寬宏大量 | magnanimous (idiom); generous | Idiom |
| 一清二楚 一清二楚 | to be very clear about sth (idiom) | Idiom |
| 功德圆满 功德圓滿 | virtuous achievements come to their successful conclusion (idiom) | Idiom |
| 刀光剑影 刀光劍影 | lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom); fig. intense conflict | Idiom |
| 无依无靠 無依無靠 | (idiom) having nothing to rely on; on one's own | 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 |
| 伶牙俐齿 伶牙俐齒 | clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent; having the gift of the gab | Idiom |
| 赤手空拳 赤手空拳 | (idiom) with one's bare hands (unarmed – also figuratively: without assistance) | Idiom |
| 居心不良 居心不良 | to harbor evil intentions (idiom) | Idiom |
| 以貌取人 以貌取人 | to judge sb by appearances (idiom) | Idiom |
| 不同凡响 不同凡響 | lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding; brilliant; out of the common run | Idiom |
| 孤掌难鸣 孤掌難鳴 | It's hard to clap with only one hand.; It takes two to tango; It's difficult to achieve anything without support. | Idiom |
| 感激不尽 感激不盡 | can't thank sb enough (idiom) | Idiom |
| 生灵涂炭 生靈塗炭 | people are in a terrible situation (idiom) | Idiom |
| 以防万一 以防萬一 | to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case; prepared for any eventualities | Idiom |
| 大海捞针 大海撈針 | lit. to fish a needle from the sea; to find a needle in a haystack (idiom) | 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 |
| 捕风捉影 捕風捉影 | lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations; to act on hearsay evidence | Idiom |
| 呕心沥血 嘔心瀝血 | lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom); to work one's heart out; blood, sweat and tears | 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 |