Chinese Vocabulary 华文词汇表

O-Level 2019 Idioms ‣  ‣ Idioms 12

    • yī shì tóng rénto treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people

    • yī shì wú chéngto have achieved nothing; to be a total failure; to get nowhere

    • yǐ luǎn jī shílit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible; to invite disaster by overreaching oneself

    • yǐ shēn zuò zéto set an example (idiom); to serve as a model

    • yì rú fǎn zhǎngeasy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy; no effort at all

    • yǐn shuǐ sī yuánlit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring; Don't forget where your happiness come from.; Be grateful for all your blessings!

    • yíng rèn ér jiělit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom); fig. easily solved

    • yǒu yǒng wú móubold but not very astute

    • zhí mí bù wùto obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom)

    • zhǐ gāo qì yánghigh and mighty (idiom); arrogant