Vocabulary
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| 鞭长莫及 鞭長莫及 | lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence; too far to be able to help | Idiom |
| 不足为奇 不足為奇 | not at all surprising (idiom) | Idiom |
| 纠缠不清 糾纏不清 | hopelessly muddled; impossible to unravel | Idiom |
| 一拍即合 一拍即合 | lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom); to hit it off; to click together; to chime in easily | Idiom |
| 瞒天过海 瞞天過海 | to cross the sea by a trick (idiom); to achieve one's aim by underhanded means | Idiom |
| 堂而皇之 堂而皇之 | overt; to make no secret (of one's presence); grandiose; with great scope | Idiom |
| 精疲力尽 精疲力盡 | spirit weary, strength exhausted (idiom); spent; drained; washed out | Idiom |
| 鸡犬不宁 雞犬不寧 | lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom); fig. great commotion; pandemonium | Idiom |
| 兵强马壮 兵強馬壯 | lit. strong soldiers and sturdy horses (idiom); fig. a well-trained and powerful army | Idiom |
| 勾心斗角 勾心鬥角 | to fight and scheme against each other (idiom); (in palace construction) elaborate and refined | Idiom |
| 风华正茂 風華正茂 | in one's prime | Idiom |
| 不干不净 不乾不淨 | unclean; filthy; foul-mouthed | Idiom |
| 以卵击石 以卵擊石 | lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible; to invite disaster by overreaching oneself | Idiom |
| 险象环生 險象環生 | dangers spring up all around (idiom); surrounded by perils | Idiom |
| 同病相怜 同病相憐 | fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company | Idiom |
| 深谋远虑 深謀遠慮 | lit. deep plans and distant thoughts; to plan far ahead (idiom) | Idiom |
| 冠冕堂皇 冠冕堂皇 | high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom) | Idiom |
| 全军覆没 全軍覆沒 | total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout | Idiom |
| 孤魂野鬼 孤魂野鬼 | wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom); person who has no family or friends to rely on | Idiom |
| 铤而走险 鋌而走險 | to take a risk out of desperation (idiom) | Idiom |
| 无人问津 無人問津 | to be of no interest to anyone (idiom) | Idiom |
| 徇私枉法 徇私枉法 | to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom) | Idiom |
| 妇人之仁 婦人之仁 | excessive tendency to clemency (idiom); soft-hearted (pejorative) | Idiom |
| 洁身自好 潔身自好 | clean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality; to shun evil influence; to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble; to keep one's hands clean | Idiom |
| 食不果腹 食不果腹 | lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom); fig. poverty-stricken | Idiom |
| 釜底抽薪 釜底抽薪 | to take drastic measures to deal with a situation; to pull the carpet from under sb | Idiom |
| 高深莫测 高深莫測 | profound mystery | Idiom |
| 神机妙算 神機妙算 | divine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom); clever scheme; supremely clever in his schemes | Idiom |
| 狼心狗肺 狼心狗肺 | lit. heart of wolf and lungs of dog (idiom); cruel and unscrupulous | Idiom |
| 置之死地而后生 置之死地而後生 | (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War") to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confro | Idiom |
| 有勇无谋 有勇無謀 | bold but not very astute (idiom) | Idiom |
| 扑朔迷离 撲朔迷離 | impossible to unravel; confusing | Idiom |
| 一窍不通 一竅不通 | lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head); I don't understand a word (idiom); it's all Greek to me | Idiom |
| 追悔莫及 追悔莫及 | too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event. | Idiom |
| 幸灾乐祸 幸災樂禍 | lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom); fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune; Schadenfreude | Idiom |
| 一触即发 一觸即發 | could happen at any moment; on the verge | Idiom |
| 浪迹天涯 浪跡天涯 | to roam far and wide (idiom); to travel the world | Idiom |
| 人生何处不相逢 人生何處不相逢 | it's a small world (idiom) | Idiom |
| 唯唯诺诺 唯唯諾諾 | (idiom) to be a yes-man | Idiom |
| 荒无人烟 荒無人煙 | desolate and uninhabited (idiom) | Idiom |
| 以身试法 以身試法 | to challenge the law (idiom); to knowingly violate the law | Idiom |
| 各取所需 各取所需 | each takes what he needs (idiom) | Idiom |
| 满园春色 滿園春色 | everything in the garden is lovely | Idiom |
| 萎靡不振 萎靡不振 | dispirited and listless (idiom); downcast | Idiom |
| 不堪一击 不堪一擊 | (idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow | Idiom |
| 害群之马 害群之馬 | lit. a horse that brings trouble to its herd (idiom); fig. troublemaker; black sheep; rotten apple | Idiom |
| 孤军奋战 孤軍奮戰 | lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom); fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support | Idiom |
| 自取灭亡 自取滅亡 | to court disaster (idiom); to dig one's own grave | Idiom |
| 不负众望 不負眾望 | to live up to expectations (idiom) | Idiom |
| 阿谀奉承 阿諛奉承 | flattering and fawning (idiom); sweet-talking | Idiom |