Results found with the tag 'learnchinese' , 191 articles in total.
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:精卫填海(Jīngwèitiánhǎi)
精卫填海比喻做事情不怕困难,坚持到底。精卫填海(Jīngwèitiánhǎi) is used to symbolize the spirit of defying the difficulty and persisting to the end.
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[Speaking]
Chinese idioms:刻舟求剑 (Kèzhōuqiújiàn )
刻舟求剑比喻事物/环境已发展变化,但是还不懂得变通,仍静止地看问题。It refers to those who consider things from a static viewpoint without taking into account the ever changing situation. It is a
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[Customs]
Chinese idioms:孔融让梨(Kǒngróng ràng lí)
“孔融让梨”是指人有礼貌,懂得谦让,尊重他人。“孔融让梨”means to be polite and respect others.
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:狐假虎威 (Hújiǎhǔwēi )
狐假虎威比喻依仗大势力,欺压他人。 Its original meaning is that the fox borrows the tiger's ferocity to bluster other animals. Its extended meaning is to bully people by virtue of somebody's infl
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:狗尾续貂 (Gǒuwěi xù diāo)
狗尾续貂比喻拿不好的东西接在好的东西后面,致使前后两部分差别很大。It means making an unworthy addition to a great work, resulting in a huge difference in the two parts.
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:邯郸学步 (Hándānxuébù )
邯郸学步比喻学习、模仿不成,反而失去了自己原有的长处、技能。People use this idiom to describe someone who imitates others blindly only to lose ones' own individuality, advantages and skills.
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:后生可畏 (hòushēng kě wèi)
后生可畏形容年轻人很优秀,能超过前辈,让人敬畏。后生:指年轻人。后生可畏 is used to describe young people that are excellent and can exceed their elders and make others stand in awe. 后生 refers
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:囫囵吞枣 (Húlúntūnzǎo)
囫囵吞枣指不嚼碎就把枣整个咽下去。比喻对事物不进行分析思考。囫囵吞枣(Húlún Tūn Zǎo) means to swallow dates whole without chewing them. It is a metaphor for taking things in without analysis o
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:画蛇添足(Huàshé-tiānzú)
画蛇添足比喻因为做了多余的事情,反而弄巧成拙、让事情变糟。 "画蛇添足" literally means drawing a snake and adding feet to it. The idiom refers to spoiling things by doing something unnecessary.
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:黄粱一梦(huáng liáng yí mèng)
黄粱一梦比喻虚幻不能实现的梦想。富贵就像做美梦一样,转瞬即逝,最后落得一场空欢喜。 It refers to an unrealistic dream. Wealth is transient dream, which ultimately is nothing more than a flash in t
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:负荆请罪 (Fù Jīng Qǐngzuì )
负荆请罪指认识到自己的错误,主动要求惩罚,真诚地请求对方的原谅。It is used when a person realizes his mistakes and offers a humble apology by accepting punishment willingly.
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:此地无银三百两 (Cǐdì wú yín sānbǎi liǎng)
此地无银三百两比喻一些自作聪明的人想要掩饰、隐瞒某些事情,结果反而使事件暴露出来。 Tt is always used as an analogy to refer to those self-assured wise men give themselves away by concealing or co
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:东山再起 (Dōngshān-zàiqǐ)
“东山再起”本义是指隐居后再出来当官。现在也比喻失败之后,重新开始再干一番大事业。“东山再起”literally means to become an official after living in seclusion. Now it means to regain power after o
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:程门立雪 (Chéng mén lì xuě)
“程门立雪”比喻尊敬师长,求学心切。程门立雪 (Chéng mén lì xuě) means to honor the teacher and be eager to learn.
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:抱薪救火 (bào xīn jiù huǒ)
“抱薪救火”比喻用错误的方法去消灭祸害,结果反而使祸害扩大。“抱薪救火”means adopting a wrong method to solve a problem, only to make it worse in the end.
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:对症下药( duì zhèng xià yào)
对症下药指针对病症用药。比喻针对事物的问题所在,采取对应、有效的措施。It is to prescribe a medicine specific to the illness. Later, it was used as a metaphor to find specific ways to solve each i
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:东施效颦 (Dōngshī xiàopín)
东施效颦指不知道别人的优点和自己的缺点,胡乱模仿,效果很差。Someone who, without understanding other people's strength and their own weakness, tries to copy others, achieving a very unsatisfactor
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:对牛弹琴 (Duìniútánqín )
对牛弹琴比喻试图和不讲道理的人理论。也可以讽刺那些不看对象是谁就大发言论的人。It is also used ironically to refer to those who talk without noticing who their audience is.
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:鹬蚌相争渔翁得利 Yùbàngxiāngzhēngyúwēndělì
鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利比喻双方争执不下,两败俱伤,让第三方得到了利益。It means the snipe and clam ended in a deadlock which are easily caught by the fisherman. It means the third party benefits from
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[Vocabulary]
Chinese idioms:沉鱼落雁(Chényú luòyàn)
沉鱼落雁形容女孩子非常美丽。Chényú luòyàn is that the beauty of a woman can make fish sink to the river floor and wild geese fall out of the sky. It can be used to describe a very beautiful