Vocabulary
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| 人来人往 人來人往 | people coming and going; a constant stream of people (idiom) | Idiom |
| 狮子大开口 獅子大開口 | lit. a lion opening its mouth wide (idiom); fig. to make exorbitant demands; to ask a sky-high price | Idiom |
| 罪该万死 罪該萬死 | (idiom) the crime deserves ten thousand deaths; a thoroughly heinous, unforgivable offense | Idiom |
| 不仁不义 不仁不義 | devoid of benevolence and righteousness (idiom); heartless and unjust | Idiom |
| 深居简出 深居簡出 | to live in seclusion and rarely go out (idiom); to lead a reclusive life | Idiom |
| 安安稳稳 安安穩穩 | (idiom) safe and secure; calm and steady; peaceful and settled | Idiom |
| 十年寒窗 十年寒窗 | lit. ten years studying by a cold window (idiom); long years of hard study (toward the imperial exams) | Idiom |
| 回头是岸 回頭是岸 | lit. turn your head and the shore is there (idiom, Buddhist); fig. repent and salvation is at hand; it's never too late to mend | Idiom |
| 目无尊长 目無尊長 | to show no respect for elders or superiors; insolent toward one's betters (idiom) | Idiom |
| 人丁兴旺 人丁興旺 | the family is thriving with many offspring (idiom); a flourishing, populous household | Idiom |
| 蜂虿有毒 蜂蠆有毒 | lit. even wasps and scorpions have venom (idiom); fig. do not underestimate a small or weak enemy | Idiom |
| 轻徭薄税 輕徭薄稅 | light corvee and low taxes (idiom); fig. lenient government that eases the people's burden | Idiom |
| 千夫所指 千夫所指 | lit. pointed at by a thousand fingers (idiom); fig. condemned by all; the object of universal scorn | Idiom |
| 乐以忘忧 樂以忘憂 | to be so happy as to forget one's worries (idiom); to find joy that dispels all cares | Idiom |
| 分文未取 分文未取 | to take not a single cent (idiom); to accept no payment at all; to do something free of charge | Idiom |
| 肝胆过人 肝膽過人 | surpassing others in courage and boldness (idiom); exceptionally brave and daring | Idiom |
| 好声好气 好聲好氣 | in a kindly tone and good temper (idiom); speaking gently and amiably | Idiom |
| 怨天怨地 怨天怨地 | to blame heaven and earth (idiom); fig. to complain about everything; to grumble endlessly at one's lot | Idiom |
| 暗度陈仓 暗度陳倉 | lit. to secretly cross at Chencang (idiom); fig. to advance by a covert route while feigning another; a surprise maneuver | Idiom |
| 见钱眼开 見錢眼開 | to open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain; money-grubbing | Idiom |
| 苦尽甘来 苦盡甘來 | bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning | Idiom |
| 岂有此理 豈有此理 | how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd | Idiom |
| 斩草除根 斬草除根 | to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely | Idiom |
| 眉开眼笑 眉開眼笑 | brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy; all smiles | Idiom |
| 面红耳赤 面紅耳赤 | flushed with anger (or excitement) | Idiom |
| 顾全大局 顧全大局 | to take the big picture into consideration (idiom); to work for the benefits of all | Idiom |
| 水涨船高 水漲船高 | the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend; to develop according to the situation | Idiom |
| 愁眉苦脸 愁眉苦臉 | to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable | Idiom |
| 心急如焚 心急如焚 | to burn with impatience; torn with anxiety | Idiom |
| 无所作为 無所作為 | attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom); without any initiative or drive; feckless | Idiom |
| 精打细算 精打細算 | meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom) | Idiom |
| 一举两得 一舉兩得 | one move, two gains (idiom); two birds with one stone | Idiom |
| 天经地义 天經地義 | lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course | Idiom |
| 翻来覆去 翻來覆去 | to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again | Idiom |
| 一干二净 一乾二淨 | thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean | Idiom |
| 层出不穷 層出不窮 | more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom) | Idiom |
| 顺理成章 順理成章 | logical; only to be expected; rational and clearly structured (of text) | Idiom |
| 袖手旁观 袖手旁觀 | to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger | Idiom |
| 走投无路 走投無路 | to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate | Idiom |
| 自由自在 自由自在 | free and easy (idiom); carefree; leisurely | Idiom |
| 应有尽有 應有盡有 | everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand; to have all one needs | Idiom |
| 源源不断 源源不斷 | a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream | Idiom |
| 一帆风顺 一帆風順 | propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom); plain sailing; to go smoothly; have a nice trip! | Idiom |
| 齐心协力 齊心協力 | to work with a common purpose (idiom); to make concerted efforts; to pull together; to work as one | Idiom |
| 名副其实 名副其實 | not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named; worthy of the name | Idiom |
| 自以为是 自以為是 | to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated | Idiom |
| 一无所有 一無所有 | not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together | Idiom |
| 吹了 吹了 | failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship) | Xiehouyu |
| 多心 多心 | oversensitive; suspicious | Xiehouyu |
| 没辙 沒轍 | at one's wit's end; unable to find a way out | Xiehouyu |