Idiomatic Expressions Flashcards

Question

记忆犹新

Answer 1

jìyìyóuxīn To remain fresh in one’s memory.

Answer 2

shìwàitáoyuán Peach Blossom Spring / a hidden land of peace and prosperity / utopia / paradise.

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yìngyùnérshēng lit. To emerge to meet a historic destiny / fig. To arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion.

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huódàolǎo, xuédàolǎo One is never too old to learn.

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fāntiānfùdì lit. Sky and the earth turning upside down / fig. Complete confusion / everything turned on its head.

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dàjiēxiǎoxiàng lit. Great streets and small alleys / fig. Everywhere in the city.

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nénggēshànwǔ lit. Can sing and dance / fig. A person of many talents.

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tiānshang diào xiànbǐng lit. A pie in the sky / fig. A free lunch.

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tiānyǒubùcèfēngyún lit. A storm may arise from a clear sky / fig. Something unexpected may happen any time.

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kàoshānchīshān, kàoshuǐchīshuǐ lit. Those living on a mountain live off the mountain, those living near the water live off the water / fig. To make living with the local advantages.

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chēshuǐmǎlóng lit. Endless stream of horse and carriages / fig. Heavy traffic.

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rúyúdéshuǐ fig. Like a fish back in water / lit. Glad to be back in one’s proper surroundings.

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báishǒuqǐjiā to build up from nothing / to start from scratch

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rùxiāngsuísú when in Rome do as the Romans do, when you enter a village follow the local customs.

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sàiwēngshīmǎ yān zhī fēi fú the old an lost his mare but it all turned out for the best, a blessing in disguise

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jǐng dǐ zhī wā “a frog at the bottom of a well.”, naïve

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jiǔ chí ròu lín lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery / sumptuous entertainment

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jiǔ ròu péng you lit. drinking buddy (idiom) / fig. fair-weather friend

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jīng míng qiáng gàn intelligent and capable (idiom)

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jǔ shǒu zhī láo lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom) / fig. a very slight effort

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bù sān bù sì dubious / shady / neither one thing nor the other / neither fish nor fowl / nondescript

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chū qí bù yì to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard

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dī shuǐ bù lòu lit. not one drop of water can leak out / watertight / rigorous (argument)

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huàng huang yōu yōu swaying / wobbling

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rú zuì rú chī lit. as if drunk and stupefied (idiom) / intoxicated by sth / obsessed with / mad about sth

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zì qī qī rén to deceive others and to deceive oneself / to believe one's own lies

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páng ruò wú rén to act as though there were nobody else present / unselfconscious / fig. without regard for others

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yī yán yǐ bì zhī to sum up in one word, in a nutshell

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yǐ rén fèi yán to reject a word because of the speaker, to judge on preference rather than merits

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hé zú guàchǐ not worth mentioning, don’t mention it

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bànjīnbāliǎng six of one and half a dozen of the other, not much to choose between the two

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máitóu kǔ gàn to bury oneself in work, up to the neck in work

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yóulái yǐ jiǔ long-standing, time-honoured

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duōduōyìshàn the more the better, the more the merrier

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jìn zài zhǐchǐ well within reach, to be close at hand

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yījǔliǎngdé kill two birds with one stone, one move two gains

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mǎmǎhǔhǔ so-so, not so bad, fair, vague

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túláowúgōng make a futile effort, work to no avail

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yījiànzhōngqíng love at first sight

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zhōngyánnì’ěr faithful words offend the ear, the truth hurts, good advice jars on the ear

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bùjiàn bú sàn even if we don’t see each other don’t give up and leave, be sure to wait!

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dúyīwú’èr unique and unmatched, unrivalled

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xiǎn’éryìjiàn clearly and easy to see, it goes without saying

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lànyúchōngshù * To be a token member of a group * To be a fraud; less talented than perceived * To pretend to have an ability in order to be part of a group * A placeholder or makeweight that is just there to fill a quota

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zhĭlùwéimă “calling a stag, a horse”, This idiom means to deliberately mislead or distort facts

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yǒu yǎn bù shí tài shān the idiom is used to show that someone is uninformed, to be uninformed

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huàshé-tiānzú to ruin something, by adding something unnecessary

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shìmùyǐdài lit. to wipe one’s eyes and wait / fig. to wait and see

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pòzàiméijié lit. pressing in on one’s eyelashes / fig. imminent

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dàbǎoyǎnfú to feast one’s eyes

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yībùyīgèjiǎoyìn lit. one step, one footprint / fig. steady progress / reliable

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zhēngxiānkǒnghòu striving to be first and fearing to be last / outdoing one another

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yìwúfǎngù lit. honour does not allow one to glance back fig. duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to proceed without hesitation

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dàshǒudàjiǎo extravagant / to throw away money by the handful / wasteful

Answer 55

duàn duàn xù xù 。 on-and-off (As in, I've been learning Chinese on-and-off for 4 years)

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bàn tú ér fèi to give up on something without achieving the goal/to give up halfway

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shì bàn gōng bèi Half the work, twice the effect

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shì bèi gōng bàn Twice the efforts, half the result

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huǎng rán dà wù To suddenly understand something

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bǐ bǐ jiē shì Everywhere/very common

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yī qiào bù tōng a complete lack of comprehension or knowledge

Idiomatic Expressions Flashcards

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