4 character phrases or idioms

Question 1

说话算数
说话不算数

Answer 1

Shuō huà suàn shù
Shuō huà bù suàn shù

Keep your word
To not keep one’s word(a set idiom)

Question 2

“不为别人而活”

Answer 2

Bù wéi biérén ér huó

Don’t Live for Others

Question 3

自由自在

Answer 3

zìyóu zìzài

Free and easy (idiom); carefree / leisurely

Question 4

一蹴而就

Answer 4

Yīcù’érjiù

To get there in one step (idiom); easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight

Question 5

磨练意志

Answer 5

mó liàn yìzhì

Steal one’s willpower

Question 6

A thousand miles begins with a single step.

Answer 6

千里之行，始于足下。

Qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐ yú zúxià.

Question 7

Failure is the mother of success

Answer 7

失败是成功之母

Shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ

Question 8

A small loss is a big deal

don’t think it’s a big deal

Answer 8

因小失大
Yīn xiǎo shī dà

不要因嫌事大
bùyào yīn xián shì dà

Question 9

Crowd
（Describes the gathering of many people, like mountains and seas.）

Answer 9

人山人海
Rénshānrénhǎi

Question 10

Penny wise and pound-foolish

Answer 10

捡了芝麻，丢了西瓜

Jiǎnle zhīma, diūle xīguā

Question 11

busy traffic
Cars are like flowing water, and horses are like dragons. Describe the busy traffic, bustling and lively.

Answer 11

车水马龙

Chēshuǐmǎlóng

Question 12

a metaphor that after a disaster, new disasters are encountered one after another, making the damage more serious.

Answer 12

雪上加霜
Xuěshàngjiāshuāng

Question 13

The grass is always greener on the other side

Answer 13

这山望着那山高

Zhè shān wàngzhe nà shāngāo

Question 14

Backfire

Answer 14

拔苗助长

Bámiáozhùzhǎng

Question 15

Long way to go

Answer 15

任重道远

Rènzhòngdàoyuǎn

Question 16

(Proverb) It is a metaphor for acting without perseverance, stopping and continuing, and being unable to persevere.

Answer 16

三天打鱼两天晒网

Sān tiān dǎ yú liǎng tiān shài wǎng