鹏程万里 – Peng Cheng Wan Li – A Bright Future
鹏程万里 – Peng Cheng Wan Li – A roc’s thousand mile journey. This Chengyu is used to wish others success in their endeavours. Read the Chengyu story and get example phrases.
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拔苗助长 – Ba Miao Zhu Zhang – Trying Too Hard
拔苗助长 – Ba Miao Zhu Zhang – Helping the shoots grow by pulling them up. Read the story behind this Chengyu, see what it means and how to use it in a phrase.
独一无二 – Du Yi Wu Er – Unique
独一无二 – Du Yi Wu Er – Only one, no second like it. This Chengyu means that something is unique. See how to use it in contemporary Chinese.
东施效颦 – Dong Shi Xiao Pin – Blindly Imitating
东施效颦 – Dong Shi Xiao Pin – Dong Shi imitates frown. This Chengyu means to copy someone for your own benefit but achieving the opposite. Read the funny story behind this idiom and see how to use it in modern Mandarin.
指鹿为马 – Zhi Lu Wei Ma – This Stag Is a Horse!
指鹿为马 – To point at a stag and say it’s a horse. This Chengyu idiom means to deliberately mislead someone. Read the amusing true story behind it and see how to use it in a sentence.
对牛弹琴 – Dui Niu Tan Qin – The Stubborn Cow
对牛弹琴 – Play the lute to a cow. This Chengyu idiom describes the wasted effort of talking to someone, who just can’t or won’t understand the message. See how to use it in a sentence and read the story behind the proverb.
破镜重圆 – Po Jing Chong Yuan – Reunion of Lovers
破镜重圆 – The broken mirror is round again. This Chengyu idiom expresses a couple reuniting after a long period of separation. See how to use it in a sentence and read the romantic story behind this proverb.
一箭双雕 – Yi Jian Shuang Diao – Two Birds With One Stone
一箭双雕: One arrow, two vultures. This Chengyu idiom means to kill two birds with one stone. Read it’s story and see how to use it in modern Chinese.
井底之蛙 – Jing Di Zhi Wa – Narrow-Minded, Ignorant
井底之蛙: The frog at the bottom of a well. This Chengyu idiom describes a narrow-minded person. Get example phrases and read what a turtle has to do with this proverb.
走马看花 – Zou Ma Kan Hua – See Things Superficially
走马看花: To look at flowers while riding a horse. This Chengyu idiom describes doing something very superficially and not paying attention to it’s deeper meaning. Get example phrases and read about this Chengyu’s origin.
