Chinese Vocabulary 华文词汇表

O-Level 2019 Idioms ‣  ‣ Idioms 5

敷
衍
塞
责

    • fū yǎn sè zéto skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously

各
有
千
秋

    • gè yǒu qiān qiūeach has its own merits (idiom)

功
亏
一
篑

    • gōng kuī yī kuìlit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)

光
明
正
大

    • guāng míng zhèng dàjust and honorable; open and aboveboard; without tricks (idiom)

海
底
捞
针

    • hǎi dǐ lāo zhēnlit. to fish a needle from the sea; to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)

好
逸
恶
劳

    • hào yì wù láoindolent

和
睦
共
处

    • hé mù gòng chǔlive together in peace

狐
假
虎
威

    • hú jiǎ hǔ wēilit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connections to intimidate people
  • “ 狐假虎威 ” 是 用来 比喻 借 别人 的 势力 耀武扬威 。
    “Hújiǎhǔwēi” shì yòng lái bǐyù jiè biérén de shìlì yàowǔyángwēi.
    Fake fake tiger prestige is used as a metaphor to take advantage of others' power to show off.

胡
思
乱
想

    • hú sī luàn xiǎngto indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild; to have a bee in one's bonnet; unrealistic utopian fantasy

胡
作
非
为

    • hú zuò fēi wéito run amok (idiom); to commit outrages