Vocabulary
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| 乱臣贼子 亂臣賊子 | rebels and traitors (idiom); general term for scoundrel | Idiom |
| 轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 | to act blindly without thinking (idiom) | Idiom |
| 闷闷不乐 悶悶不樂 | depressed; sulky; moody; unhappy | Idiom |
| 自投罗网 自投羅網 | to walk right into the trap | 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 |
| 感激不尽 感激不盡 | can't thank sb enough (idiom) | Idiom |
| 尽心尽力 盡心盡力 | making an all-out effort (idiom); to try one's heart out; to do one's utmost | Idiom |
| 天翻地覆 天翻地覆 | sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head | Idiom |
| 忠心耿耿 忠心耿耿 | loyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true | Idiom |
| 马首是瞻 馬首是瞻 | to follow blindly (idiom); to take as one's only guide | Idiom |
| 铁证如山 鐵證如山 | irrefutable evidence | Idiom |
| 大张旗鼓 大張旗鼓 | (idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale | Idiom |
| 草菅人命 草菅人命 | to have disregard for human life (idiom) | Idiom |
| 大逆不道 大逆不道 | disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society) | Idiom |
| 天罗地网 天羅地網 | inescapable net (idiom); trap; dragnet | Idiom |
| 天衣无缝 天衣無縫 | lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom); fig. flawless | 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 |
| 小题大作 小題大作 | variant of | Idiom |
| 丧心病狂 喪心病狂 | (idiom) deranged; demented; berserk | Idiom |
| 无计可施 無計可施 | no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end; at the end of one's tether; powerless | Idiom |
| 尽心竭力 盡心竭力 | to spare no effort (idiom); to do one's utmost | Idiom |
| 一败涂地 一敗塗地 | lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom); fig. to suffer a crushing defeat | Idiom |
| 落井下石 落井下石 | to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom); to hit a person when he's down | Idiom |
| 不足为奇 不足為奇 | not at all surprising (idiom) | Idiom |
| 全军覆没 全軍覆沒 | total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout | Idiom |
| 赤子之心 赤子之心 | pure and innocent like the heart of a newborn; sincere | Idiom |
| 如火如荼 如火如荼 | like wildfire (idiom); unstoppable | Idiom |
| 安营扎寨 安營紮寨 | to set up camp; Taiwan pr. [an1 ying2 zha2 zhai4] | Idiom |
| 无拘无束 無拘無束 | free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered; unbuttoned; without care or worries | Idiom |
| 精神百倍 精神百倍 | lit. vitality a hundredfold (idiom); refreshed; one's vigor thoroughly restored | Idiom |
| 未雨绸缪 未雨綢繆 | lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead; to prepare for a rainy day | Idiom |
| 咄咄逼人 咄咄逼人 | overbearing; forceful; aggressive; menacing; imperious | Idiom |
| 兴风作浪 興風作浪 | to incite trouble; to stir up havoc | Idiom |
| 一意孤行 一意孤行 | obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom); willful; one's own way; dogmatic | 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 |
| 尸位素餐 尸位素餐 | to hold a sinecure (idiom) | Idiom |
| 处心积虑 處心積慮 | to plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating | Idiom |
| 狼子野心 狼子野心 | ambition of wild wolves (idiom); rapacious designs | Idiom |
| 不管不顾 不管不顧 | (idiom) to pay scant regard to (sth); (idiom) unheeding; reckless | Idiom |
| 风平浪静 風平浪靜 | lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; all is quiet; a dead calm (at sea) | Idiom |
| 破釜沉舟 破釜沉舟 | lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat; to burn one's boats | 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 |
| 生死存亡 生死存亡 | matter of life and death | Idiom |
| 罪有应得 罪有應得 | guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom); entirely appropriate chastisement; the punishment fits the crime | Idiom |
| 一丝一毫 一絲一毫 | one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit; an iota | Idiom |
| 时过境迁 時過境遷 | things change with the passage of time (idiom) | Idiom |
| 高枕无忧 高枕無憂 | to sleep peacefully (idiom); (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries | Idiom |
| 留有余地 留有餘地 | to leave some leeway; to allow for the unpredictable | Idiom |
| 百思不得其解 百思不得其解 | to remain puzzled after pondering over sth a hundred times (idiom); to remain perplexed despite much thought | Idiom |