马到成功 – Ma Dao Cheng Gong – Immediate Success
马到成功 – Ma Dao Cheng Gong. This Chinese Chengyu idiom expresses having immediate success. Read how to use it in spoken Chinese and help solving the mystery of it’s origin.
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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.
乱七八糟 – Luan Qi Ba Zao – In a Total Mess
乱七八糟: Chaos seven eight messy. This Chengyu idiom is used for things in a state of total mess. Get example phrases and read what’s special about the origin of this Chengyu.
枯鱼之肆 – Ku Yu Zhi Si – When All Help Comes Too Late
枯鱼之肆: dried fish market. This Chengyu idiom is used for people or things in inevitably hopeless situations. Get example phrases and read the full story.
