Chinese Idiom Story

Chinese Idiom: 晨钟暮鼓 (Chen Zhong Mu Gu)English Translation: Morning bell and evening drumpīn yīn: chén zhōng mù gǔIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 崇山峻岭 (Chong Shan Jun Ling)English Translation: Lofty and steep mountains and ridgespīn yīn: chóng shān...

Chinese Idiom: 剪烛西窗 (Jian Zhu Xi Chuang)English Translation: Cutting the candle at the western windowpīn yīn: jiǎn...

Chinese Idiom: 惊天动地 (Jing Tian Dong Di)English Translation: Shocking the heavens and moving the earthpīn yīn: jīng...

Chinese Idiom: 盘根错节 (Pan Gen Cuo Jie)English Translation: Roots and branches intertwined and crossed.pīn yīn: pán gēn...

Chinese Idiom: 盘马弯弓 (Pan Ma Wan Gong)English Translation: Riding in circles on horseback and drawing a bowpīn yīn:...

Chinese Idiom: 淡妆浓抹 (Dan Zhuang Nong Mo)English Translation: Light makeup and heavy makeuppīn yīn: dàn zhuāng nóng...

Chinese Idiom: 清风两袖 (Qing Feng Liang Xiu)English Translation: Two sleeves of clear windpīn yīn: qīng fēng liǎng xiùIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 清尘浊水 (Qing Chen Zhuo Shui)English Translation: Clear dust and murky waterpīn yīn: qīng chén zhuó shuǐIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 请君莫奏前朝曲 (Qing Jun Mo Zou Qian Chao Qu)English Translation: Please do not play the tunes of the previous...

Chinese Idiom: 读书破万卷，下笔如有神 (Du Shu Po Wan Juan, Xia Bi Ru You Shen)English Translation: Having read ten thousand volumes,...

Chinese Idiom: 害群之马 (Hai Qun Zhi Ma)English Translation: A horse that harms the herdpīn yīn: hài qún zhī mǎIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 请君入瓮 (Qing Jun Ru Weng)English Translation: Please enter the jarpīn yīn: qǐng jūn rù wēngIdiom Meaning:...

Chinese Idiom: 顽石点头 (Wan Shi Dian Tou)English Translation: Stubborn stones noddingpīn yīn: wán shí diǎn tóuIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 党同伐异 (Dang Tong Fa Yi)English Translation: Forming factions and attacking differencespīn yīn: dǎng tóng...

Chinese Idiom: 胸有成竹 (Xiong You Cheng Zhu)English Translation: Having a bamboo forest in one’s heartpīn yīn: xiōng yǒu...

Chinese Idiom: 离群索居 (Li Qun Suo Ju)English Translation: Living in solitude away from the grouppīn yīn: lí qún suǒ jūIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 悔过自新 (Hui Guo Zi Xin)English Translation: Repent and start anewpīn yīn: huǐ guò zì xīnIdiom Meaning:...

Chinese Idiom: 破釜沉舟 (Po Fu Chen Zhou)English Translation: Breaking the cauldrons and sinking the boatspīn yīn: pò fǔ...

Chinese Idiom: 破镜重圆 (Po Jing Chong Yuan)English Translation: A broken mirror rejoinedpīn yīn: pò jìng chòng yuánIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 挺身而出 (Ting Shen Er Chu)English Translation: Stand out and take actionpīn yīn: tǐng shēn ér chūIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 起死回生 (Qi Si Hui Sheng)English Translation: Bring the dead back to lifepīn yīn: qǐ sǐ huí shēngIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 家书抵万金 (Jia Shu Di Wan Jin)English Translation: A family letter is worth ten thousand goldpīn yīn: jiā...

Chinese Idiom: 难兄难弟 (Nan Xiong Nan Di)English Translation: Difficult brotherspīn yīn: nán xiōng nán dìIdiom Meaning:...

Chinese Idiom: 秦镜高悬 (Qin Jing Gao Xuan)English Translation: The Qin mirror hangs highpīn yīn: qín jìng gāo xuánIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 袖手旁观 (Xiu Shou Pang Guan)English Translation: Stand by with hands in one’s sleevespīn yīn: xiù...

Chinese Idiom: 倒悬之危 (Dao Xuan Zhi Wei)English Translation: The danger of being upside downpīn yīn: dào xuán zhī wēiIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 倒行逆施 (Dao Xing Ni Shi)English Translation: Acting in reverse and doing things contrary to reasonpīn...

Chinese Idiom: 胶柱鼓瑟 (Jiao Zhu Gu Se)English Translation: Glue the tuning pegs of the zitherpīn yīn: jiāo zhù gǔ sèIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 俯首帖耳 (Fu Shou Tie Er)English Translation: Bowing the head and drooping the earspīn yīn: fǔ shǒu tiē...

Chinese Idiom: 倾盆大雨 (Qing Pen Da Yu)English Translation: Pouring rainpīn yīn: qīng pén dà yǔIdiom Meaning: This...

Chinese Idiom: 唇亡齿寒 (Chun Wang Chi Han)English Translation: When the lips are gone, the teeth feel coldpīn yīn: chún...

Chinese Idiom: 旁敲侧击 (Pang Qiao Ce Ji)English Translation: Tapping from the sidepīn yīn: páng qiāo cè jīIdiom Meaning:...

Chinese Idiom: 旁若无人 (Pang Ruo Wu Ren)English Translation: As if there were no one aroundpīn yīn: páng ruò wú rénIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 素琴无弦 (Su Qin Wu Xian)English Translation: A guqin without stringspīn yīn: sù qín wú xiánIdiom Meaning:...

Chinese Idiom: 病入膏育 (Bing Ru Gao Huang)English Translation: Illness has entered the vital organspīn yīn: bìng rù gāo...

Chinese Idiom: 顾曲周郎 (Gu Qu Zhou Lang)English Translation: The attentive listener, Zhou Langpīn yīn: gù qǔ zhōu lángIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 狼狈为奸 (Lang Bei Wei Jian)English Translation: Colluding like a wolf and a jackalpīn yīn: láng bèi wéi...

Chinese Idiom: 晓风残月 (Xiao Feng Can Yue)English Translation: Morning breeze and the waning moonpīn yīn: xiǎo fēng cán...

Chinese Idiom: 疾风劲草 (Ji Feng Jin Cao)English Translation: Strong grass withstands fierce windspīn yīn: jí fēng jìng...

Chinese Idiom: 羞与哙伍 (Xiu Yu Kuai Wu)English Translation: Ashamed to be in the company of someone like Fan Kuai.pīn...

Chinese Idiom: 恶贯满盈 (E Guan Man Ying)English Translation: Evil deeds strung together until the rope is fullpīn yīn:...

Chinese Idiom: 捉襟见肘 (Zhuo Jin Jian Zhou)English Translation: Pulling the lapels exposes the elbowspīn yīn: zhuō jīn...

Chinese Idiom: 高山流水 (Gao Shan Liu Shui)English Translation: Lofty mountains and flowing waterpīn yīn: gāo shān liú...

Chinese Idiom: 高屋建瓴 (Gao Wu Jian Ling)English Translation: Pouring water from a high roofpīn yīn: gāo wū jiàn língIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 高山大野 (Gao Shan Da Ye)English Translation: Tall mountains and vast plainspīn yīn: gāo shān dà yěIdiom...

Chinese Idiom: 谈何容易 (Tan He Rong Yi)English Translation: Easier said than done.pīn yīn: tán hé róng yìIdiom Meaning:...

Chinese Idiom: 桃李不言，下自成蹊 (Tao Li Bu Yan, Xia Zi Cheng Xi)English Translation: The peach and plum trees don’t speak, yet...

Chinese Idiom: 兼听则明，偏听则暗 (Jian Ting Ze Ming, Pian Ting Ze An)English Translation: Listen Broadly to Be Enlightened, Listen...

Chinese Idiom: 爱莫能助 (Ai Mo Neng Zhu)English Translation: Love Is There, But Help Is Not Possiblepīn yīn: ài mò néng...