Vocabulary
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| 坐以待毙 坐以待斃 | to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate | Idiom |
| 贪官污吏 貪官污吏 | grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption | Idiom |
| 不依不饶 不依不饒 | not to overlook, nor spare (idiom); unwilling to forgive; to treat severely without listening to excuses | Idiom |
| 草菅人命 草菅人命 | to have disregard for human life (idiom) | Idiom |
| 身无分文 身無分文 | (idiom) penniless; completely broke | Idiom |
| 风调雨顺 風調雨順 | (idiom) to have good weather for crops | Idiom |
| 轻举妄动 輕舉妄動 | to act blindly without thinking (idiom) | Idiom |
| 横生枝节 橫生枝節 | to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom) | Idiom |
| 闷闷不乐 悶悶不樂 | depressed; sulky; moody; unhappy | Idiom |
| 一丝一毫 一絲一毫 | one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit; an iota | Idiom |
| 挑拨离间 挑撥離間 | to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between | Idiom |
| 心惊胆战 心驚膽戰 | lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear; scared witless | Idiom |
| 冠冕堂皇 冠冕堂皇 | high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom) | Idiom |
| 贪得无厌 貪得無厭 | avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied | Idiom |
| 玄之又玄 玄之又玄 | mystery within a mystery; the mysteries of the Dao according to Laozi | Idiom |
| 凶神恶煞 兇神惡煞 | (idiom) fiends; devils; monsters | Idiom |
| 苛捐杂税 苛捐雜稅 | exorbitant taxation (idiom) | Idiom |
| 天时地利人和 天時地利人和 | the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom); a good time to go to war | Idiom |
| 一清二楚 一清二楚 | to be very clear about sth (idiom) | Idiom |
| 孤苦伶仃 孤苦伶仃 | solitary and impoverished (idiom) | Idiom |
| 省吃俭用 省吃儉用 | to live frugally | Idiom |
| 凶多吉少 凶多吉少 | lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster | Idiom |
| 聪明伶俐 聰明伶俐 | (idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted | Idiom |
| 蓬荜生辉 蓬蓽生輝 | Your presence brings light to my humble dwelling; see also | Idiom |
| 暴殄天物 暴殄天物 | to waste natural resources recklessly; not to know how to use things sparingly | Idiom |
| 难言之隐 難言之隱 | a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom); sth too embarrassing to mention; an embarrassing illness | Idiom |
| 借花献佛 借花獻佛 | lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers (idiom); fig. to win favor or influence using sb else's property; plagiarism | Idiom |
| 不打不相识 不打不相識 | lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship; no discord, no concord | Idiom |
| 不知好歹 不知好歹 | unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one; unable to recognize others' good intentions | Idiom |
| 和颜悦色 和顏悅色 | amiable manner; pleasant countenance | Idiom |
| 黑灯瞎火 黑燈瞎火 | pitch dark | Idiom |
| 油嘴滑舌 油嘴滑舌 | glib; oily-mouthed and smooth talking | Idiom |
| 冤家路窄 冤家路窄 | lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom); fig. rivals inevitably cross paths | Idiom |
| 千载难逢 千載難逢 | extremely rare (idiom); once in a blue moon | Idiom |
| 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 |
| 绰绰有余 綽綽有餘 | (idiom) more than enough | Idiom |
| 权宜之计 權宜之計 | plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure; makeshift stratagem; interim step | Idiom |
| 引狼入室 引狼入室 | lit. to show the wolf into the house (idiom); fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble | Idiom |
| 丧家之犬 喪家之犬 | lit. stray dog (idiom); fig. one who has nothing to rely on | Idiom |
| 锦衣玉食 錦衣玉食 | brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury; extravagance | 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 |
| 百依百顺 百依百順 | docile and obedient; all obedience | Idiom |
| 背井离乡 背井離鄉 | to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom) | Idiom |
| 雕虫小技 雕蟲小技 | insignificant talent; skill of no high order; minor accomplishment | Idiom |
| 抛头露面 拋頭露面 | to put oneself out in the public eye | Idiom |
| 相濡以沫 相濡以沫 | lit. (of fish) to moisten each other with spittle (when out of the water) (idiom); fig. to share meager resources and support each other in times of difficulty | Idiom |
| 童叟无欺 童叟無欺 | cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike. | Idiom |
| 鸡毛蒜皮 雞毛蒜皮 | lit. chicken feathers and garlic skins (idiom); fig. trivial (matter) | Idiom |