Vocabulary
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| 马首是瞻 馬首是瞻 | to follow blindly (idiom); to take as one's only guide | Idiom |
| 乱臣贼子 亂臣賊子 | rebels and traitors (idiom); general term for scoundrel | Idiom |
| 骨肉相残 骨肉相殘 | close kindred slaughter one another (idiom); internecine strife | Idiom |
| 滴水不漏 滴水不漏 | lit. not one drop of water can leak out; watertight; rigorous (argument) | Idiom |
| 罪大恶极 罪大惡極 | guilty of terrible crimes (idiom); reprehensible | Idiom |
| 一言难尽 一言難盡 | hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly | Idiom |
| 风马牛不相及 風馬牛不相及 | to be completely unrelated to one another (idiom); irrelevant | Idiom |
| 宽宏大量 寬宏大量 | magnanimous (idiom); generous | Idiom |
| 聪明伶俐 聰明伶俐 | (idiom) bright; clever; quick-witted | Idiom |
| 畅所欲言 暢所欲言 | lit. fluently saying all one wants (idiom); to preach freely on one's favorite topic; to hold forth to one's heart's content | Idiom |
| 祸国殃民 禍國殃民 | to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom) | Idiom |
| 出谋划策 出謀劃策 | to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory); to give advice (idiom) | Idiom |
| 不拘小节 不拘小節 | to not bother about trifles (idiom) | Idiom |
| 耀武扬威 耀武揚威 | to show off one's military strength (idiom); to strut around; to bluff; to bluster | Idiom |
| 掩人耳目 掩人耳目 | to fool people (idiom); to pull the wool over people's eyes | Idiom |
| 不打自招 不打自招 | to confess without being pressed; to make a confession without duress | Idiom |
| 兴风作浪 興風作浪 | to incite trouble; to stir up havoc | Idiom |
| 天衣无缝 天衣無縫 | lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom); fig. flawless | 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 |
| 生灵涂炭 生靈塗炭 | people are in a terrible situation (idiom) | Idiom |
| 置之不理 置之不理 | to pay no heed to (idiom); to ignore; to brush aside | Idiom |
| 处心积虑 處心積慮 | to plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating | Idiom |
| 锦衣玉食 錦衣玉食 | brocade garments, jade meals (idiom); a life of luxury; extravagance | Idiom |
| 死于非命 死於非命 | violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster; an unnatural death | Idiom |
| 井井有条 井井有條 | everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy | Idiom |
| 将功补过 將功補過 | to make up for one's faults by doing good deeds (idiom) | Idiom |
| 闻所未闻 聞所未聞 | unheard of; an extremely rare and unprecedented event | Idiom |
| 束手无策 束手無策 | lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis | Idiom |
| 入土为安 入土為安 | buried and at rest (idiom); Resquiescat in pacem (RIP) | 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 |
| 闷闷不乐 悶悶不樂 | depressed; sulky; moody; unhappy | Idiom |
| 因祸得福 因禍得福 | to have some good come out of a bad situation (idiom); a blessing in disguise | Idiom |
| 一丝一毫 一絲一毫 | one thread, one hair (idiom); a tiny bit; an iota | Idiom |
| 蠢蠢欲动 蠢蠢欲動 | to begin to stir (idiom); to get restless; to become threatening | Idiom |
| 别出心裁 別出心裁 | to hit on sth new (idiom); to display originality; to adopt an original approach | Idiom |
| 同仇敌忾 同仇敵愾 | anger against a common enemy (idiom); joined in opposition to the same adversary | Idiom |
| 狼狈为奸 狼狽為奸 | villains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends) | Idiom |
| 一败涂地 一敗塗地 | lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom); fig. to suffer a crushing defeat | Idiom |
| 树大招风 樹大招風 | lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom); fig. a famous or rich person attracts criticism | Idiom |
| 奋不顾身 奮不顧身 | to dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers; regardless of perils | Idiom |
| 大张旗鼓 大張旗鼓 | (idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale | Idiom |
| 不敢高攀 不敢高攀 | lit. not dare to pull oneself up high (humble term); I cannot presume on your attention | Idiom |
| 才疏学浅 才疏學淺 | (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,... | Idiom |
| 一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 | lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom); to kill two birds with one stone | Idiom |
| 如虎添翼 如虎添翼 | lit. like a tiger that has grown wings; with redoubled power (idiom) | Idiom |
| 孤注一掷 孤注一擲 | to stake all on one throw | Idiom |
| 犯上作乱 犯上作亂 | to rebel against the emperor (idiom) | Idiom |
| 顺藤摸瓜 順藤摸瓜 | lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon; to track sth following clues | Idiom |
| 鞠躬尽瘁 鞠躬盡瘁 | to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost | Idiom |
| 用兵如神 用兵如神 | to lead military operations with extraordinary skill | Idiom |