123 common Chinese idioms in English

 

1. Love me, love my dog.

2. Never heard of seeing is believing.

3. worse off than some, better off than fail; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.

4. Stupid birds fly first a slow sparrow shoshould make an early start.

5. sleepless night white night

6. Do not take things as joy or sorrow. Not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

7. Spare no effort to spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

8. No discord, no concord.

9. Remove the east wall and add the west wall rob Peter to pay Paul

10. New bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

11. Things make things try first to make their mistake sound less serous and then to reduce it to nothing at all

12. Open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; Be an eye-opener

13. The country flourishes and people live in peace

14. Too far behind going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little

15. Hard work: Everything comes to him who waits.

16. I forgot to hurt my scars. Once on shore, one prays no more

17. Good news: Never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

18. Harmony brings wealth.

19. The old one is never too old to learn.

20. Let bygones be bygones

21. Gold is perfect. Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

22. Jin Yu mantang treasures fill the home.

23. be down-to-earth

24. Two ships on foot sit on the fence

25. The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

26. Conventional saying: cut and dried, clich é

27. lishang exchanges courtesy CILS for reciprocity.

28. Stay in the mountains where there is life, there is hope.

29. Successful achieve immediate vic.pdf; Win instant success

30. Gain in both fame and wealth

31. mouseton open be suddenly enlightened

32. nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. 33. on festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away during festivals. it is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.

34. People seek advice in the planning lies with man, the outcome with heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.

35. Be Too smart by half; cunning outwits itself

36. masterpiece

37. Lost and lost. throw good money after bad

38. A Modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

39. Cut off all means of retreat; burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

40. Take advantage of the preemptive opportunities

41. It's hard to make a meal without rice. If you have no hand you can't make a fist. One can't make bricks without straw.

42. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a thousand-li journey begins with the first step -- the highest Eminence is to be gained step by step

43. Never forget the lessons learned by past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 44. When the people planted the tree, take the cold one generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests. One sows and anoreaps.

45. Fear wolf before fear tiger fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something

46. The strong dragon cannot press the head snake even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt-powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

47. Win-win co-operation

48. A timely snow promises a good harvest.

49. Man's nature at birth is good.

50. Everyone is happy. Joy puts heart into a man.

51. Human and sea tactics huge-crowd strategy

52. There is no difficulty in the world as long as you are willing to climb where there is a will, there is a way.

53. World Taoyuan a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

54. After the crash, my heart stops beating

55. Year Old Ping An peace all year round.

56. There is suhang just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth under heaven

57. Sai Weng was confused about misfortune may be an actual blessing.

58. Set a man shocould be independent at the age of thirty. At thirty, A man shocould be able to think for himself.

59. Upgrade updating and upgrading (of products)

60. Forty don't confuse life begins at forty.

61. Who said nothing about such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. 62. Rising boat height when the river rises, the boat floats high.

63. Don't wait for time and tide wait for no man.

64. Break a butterfly on the wheel

65. seeking truth from facts seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

66. said Cao, Cao to talk of the dedevil and he comes.

67. To be honest, speak the plain truth; call a spade; tell it as it is

68. practice is the only criterion for testing truth. practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

69. If the mountain is not high, the fairy name will be 'no matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy ;'

70. hide one's capacities and bide one's time

71. sugar-coated shell sugar-coated bullets

72. Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

73. unity is strength. unity is strength.

74. "jumping into the Yellow River cannot be washed" 'Eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean -- there's nothing one can do to clear one's name'

75. Evil spirits unhealthy practices and edevil Phenomena

76. Things are clustered by groups of birds of a feather flock together.

77. Past Events like wind 'the past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; what in past, is pas

78. Hope Jackie Chan holds high hopes for one's child

79. when the house was leaked, it was raining again. Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

80. 文 military expertise; military strategy

81. Profit is the figure draw water to one's Mill

82. No source water, no source water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

83. Make create something out of nothing

84. No wind and no waves there are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire. 85. Privacy Law bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

86. A new broom sweeps clean

87. modestly improving people, pride lagging behind modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

88. accumulate strength for a take-off

89. May all your wish come true

90. Do not reveal have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 91. First impressions are firmly entrenched.

92. Catch the ball before the bound first

93. Ant like an ant on a hot pan

94. appearance description warn people by taking oneself as an Example

95. sinkers pour oil on troubled waters

96. Mixed mingled hope and fear

97. Step by step

98. A safe journey: Speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

99. be strict with yourself and be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

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101. When a lover is born, 'Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well .'

102. Money can make money makes the mare go. Money talks.

103. people of insight of vision

104. brave enough to use brawn rather than brain

105. separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

106. Keep Pace with the Times

107. People-oriented people oriented; People Foremost

108. Teach students according to their aptitude

109. For a thousand miles, take the next floor 'to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; ascend further, were you to look farther; wowould eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight. 'A land of milk and honey

110. speed is less than haste does not bring success.

111. Survival of the fittest Val of the fittest

112. What heroes see is slightly the same as great minds think alike.

113. We recommend that you use better make friends than make enemies.

114. Incorrect case 'cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongrong charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases'

115. In a word, it's hard to catch a real man never goes back on his words.

116. Lucky Money and treasures will be plentiful

117. Debt enhancement become debt-ridden

118. Achilles 'heel

119. Target of public criticism

120. Know yourself, know yourself, know yourself, and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

121. Be an armchair strategist

122. Paper bag will come to light sooner or later.

123. dilemma between the dedevil and the deep blue sea

124. Do as Romans do in Rome.
125. If you do not want to know, unless you are not whatever a man can invent, another can discover