汉语成语 - 1

Question 1

东张西望

Answer 1

look this way and that; gaze around; gaze right and left; look all around

Question 2

滔滔不绝

Answer 2

spout eloquent speeches; an unceasing flow of words; exhaust oneself by talking; flow on without stopping

Question 3

望子成龙

Answer 3

hope one’s children will have a bright future; have great ambitions for one’s child; hold high hopes for one’s child; mean to have one’s son succeed

Question 4

乐极生悲

Answer 4

Too great pleasure will bring about sadness; After joy comes sadness; Drunken days all have their tomorrows; Extreme joy begets sorrow

Question 5

哭笑不得

Answer 5

be able neither to cry nor to laugh; be at a loss whether to cry or to laugh; be unable either to laugh or to cry; do not know whether to cry or to laugh

Question 6

思前想后

Answer 6

think back and forth to oneself; Ideas revolved in one’s mind; ponder on the past and future; ponder over， think of the past and future; think over again and again

Question 7

通情达理

Answer 7

show common sense; be reasonable and fair; be understanding and amenable to reason; have the grace to

Question 8

无可奈何

Answer 8

feel helpless; against one’s will; be at the end of one’s resources; become unable to do anything with

Question 9

一本正经

Answer 9

be poker-faced; become serious; humourless; in all seriousness

Question 10

热泪盈眶

Answer 10

One’s eyes run over with tears; eyes glistening with tears; Hot tears welled up in one’s eyes; One’s eyes brim over warm tears

Question 11

如释重负

Answer 11

feel a sense of relief; as if a heavy weight had been lifted from one’s mind; as if a load had been lifted; as if relieved from a big burden

Question 12

不可开交

Answer 12

Get rid of or get away form duties, pressure, etc.

Question 13

脱口而出

Answer 13

escape one’s lips; a ready tongue; being quick with one’s tongue; blurt out，say the first thing that comes into one’s head

Question 14

开门见山

Answer 14

The door opens on a view of mountains; come straight to the point; come straight to the question; cut the cackle and come to the horses

Question 15

循规蹈矩

Answer 15

His behavior appears rather stiff – too observant of conventional standards; accord with the custom and law; behave in a fit and proper way; be very orthodox in one’s behaviour

Question 16

幸灾乐祸

Answer 16

take pleasure in other people’s misfortune; be glad when other people are in difficulties; chuckle at sb.’s discomfiture; delight in the misfortunes of others

Question 17

模棱两可

Answer 17

ready to accept either course; ambiguous; inconclusive; betwixt and between

Question 18

无理取闹

Answer 18

make trouble out of nothing; be deliberately provocative; find fault with sb. for no reason whatsoever; frivolous quibbling