看图轻松学：汉语惯用语

Question 1

八竿子打不着

Answer 1

bā gānzi dǎ bù zháo [cannot be reached by eight poles] - not related in any way (惯用语: 形)

Question 2

保护伞

Answer 2

bǎohùsǎn [protective umbrella] - fig. person affording protection [esp. corrupt] (惯用语:名)

Question 3

背黑锅

Answer 3

bēihēiguō [carry the black wok] - to be made a scapegoat; be unjustly blamed (惯用语: 动)例: 你的儿子啊，他做错事，却让我背黑锅。

Question 4

[打] 擦边球

Answer 4

[打] cābiānqiú [edge ball {in table-tennis}] - to skirt the line legally or morally (惯用语: 动)

Question 5

炒鱿鱼

Answer 5

chǎoyóuyú [stir-fry squid] - to be fired, to fire (惯用语: 动)例: 被炒鱿鱼。 I was fired.例: 我炒老板鱿鱼了。I quit my job with dignity.

Question 6

吃醋

Answer 6

chīcù [drink vinegar] - be jealous [usu. of a rival in love], eat one’s heart out (惯用语: 动)

Question 7

吃小灶

Answer 7

chī xiǎozào [a small canteen where best meals are prepared for special diners] - to enjoy special treatment (惯用语: 动)

Question 8

穿小鞋

Answer 8

chuān xiǎoxié [give sb. tight shoes to wear] - to make life difficult for sb (惯用语: 动)
例：唉，被穿小鞋了。

Question 9

东方不亮西方亮

Answer 9

dōngfāng bú liàng xīfāng liàng [When it is dark in the east, there is light in the west] - When one door shuts, another opens (惯用语: 动)

Question 10

豆腐渣工程

Answer 10

dòufuzhā gōngchéng [bean-dregs project] - jerry-built project, shobby construstion, ect. (惯用语: 名)

Question 11

吊胃口

Answer 11

diào wèikǒ [whet one’s appetite] - [coll.] to keep sb in suspense, to tantalize (惯用语: 动)
例句：哈哈，我不说，吊吊你胃口。

Question 12

定心丸

Answer 12

dìngxīnwán [heart-soothing pill] - sth. capable of setting sb.’s mind at ease (惯用语: 名)
例句：真好，这下家长算吃了个定心丸。

Question 13

[唱] 对台戏

Answer 13

[chàng] duìtáixì [rival show] - to enter into rivalry with sb. (惯用语: 动)
例句：这两个健身会所唱起对台戏了。

Question 14

恶作剧

Answer 14

èzuòjù [mischief] - to play a practical joke on sb. (惯用语: 动)

Question 15

高不成低不就

Answer 15

gāo bù chéng, dī bú jiù [underachievement] - When choosing a job or spouse, one is unable to have his/her heart’s desire, but unwilling to accept less: a square peg in a round hole (惯用语: 动)

Question 16

赶鸭子上架

Answer 16

gǎn yāzi shàng jià [drive a duck onto a perch] - try to make sb. do sth. entirely beyond him (惯用语: 动)
例句：我？不行，别赶鸭子上架了，我短跑最差了。

Question 17

过五关斩六将

Answer 17

guò wǔ guān, zhǎn liù jiàng [force five passes and slay six generals] - fig. to surmount all difficulties [on the way to success]; lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (惯用语: 动)

Question 18

好了伤疤忘了痛

Answer 18

hǎole shāngbā wàngle tòng [forget the pain as soon as the wound heals] - Once on shore one prays no more (惯用语: 动)

Question 19

红眼病

Answer 19

hóngyǎnbìng [pinkeye disease] - envy, jealousy (惯用语: 名)

例句：唉，我看你这是红眼病吧。

Question 20

捡了芝麻丢了西瓜

Answer 20

jiǎnle zhīma, diūle xīguā [pick up the sesame seeds but overlook the watermelons] - concentrate on minor matters to the neglect of major ones; be penny wise and pound foolish (惯用语: 形)

Question 21

交学费

Answer 21

jiāo xuéfèi [pay tuition] - to regard a loss as the necessary cost for learning a lesson (惯用语: 动)
例句：别灰心，这次就算交学费了。下次，我们重新再来。

Question 22

扣帽子

Answer 22

kòu màozi [put a hat on sb.] - to label unjustly; to put a [political] label on sb. (惯用语: 动)
例句：别这么扣帽子，好不好。

Question 23

烂摊子

Answer 23

làntānzi [a broken-down stall] - in shambles, an awful mess, business that is very difficult to straighten up (惯用语: 名)

Question 24

老掉牙

Answer 24

lǎodiàoyá [a very old person whose teeth start falling out] - sth. obsolete or out of date (惯用语: 名)
例句：没什么，都是些老掉牙的歌了。

Question 25

林子大了，什么鸟都有

Answer 25

línzi dà le，shénme niǎo dōu yǒu [all kinds of birds can be found in a big forest] - It takes all sorts to make a world (惯用语: 句子)

Question 26

露马脚

Answer 26

lòu mǎjiǎo [betray the horse hoof] - to give oneself away, to let the cat out of the bag (惯用语: 动)

Question 27

马大哈

Answer 27

mǎdàhā [scatterbrain] - nickname for sb. who is a careless person or scatterbrain (惯用语: 名)

Question 28

马蜂窝

Answer 28

mǎfēngwō [hornet’s nest] - sth. that can cause a lot of trouble if stirred up (惯用语: 名)

Question 29

[放] 马后炮

Answer 29

[fàng] mǎhòupào [cannon behind a horse] - [a Chinese chess term used figuratively to mean] belated action or advice, belated effort (惯用语: 名)

Question 30

门外汉

Answer 30

ménwàihàn [man standing outside the door] - layman, novice, greenhorn, or tyro (惯用语: 名)

Question 31

没有免费的午餐

Answer 31

méiyǒu miǎnfèi de wǔcān [there is no free lunch] - It is used to warn people of a fraud or swindle which offers something free first as the bait (惯用语)

Question 32

迷魂阵

Answer 32

míhúnzhèn [bewildering scheme] - a scheme for confusing or bewildering sb., maze, trap, labyrinth (惯用语: 名) 例句：“摆迷魂阵。”

Question 33

拍马屁

Answer 33

pāi mǎpì [pat the horse’s buttocks] - to flatter (惯用语: 形)

Question 34

跑龙套

Answer 34

pǎo lóngtào [play a walk-on role] - a Peking Opera term used to describe doing minor or trivial jobs; play a walk-on part; play a bit role (惯用语: 形)

Question 35

听风就是雨

Answer 35

tīngfēngjiùshìyǔ [no sooner has one heard the wind than believing it is going to rain] - [fig.] to act merely upon hearsay, to believe rumors, to be credulous; [lit.] to believe in the rain on hearing the wind (惯用语: 动)

Question 36

墙头草

Answer 36

qiángtóucǎo [grass atop a wall] - sitting on the fence (惯用语: 动)

Question 37

敲边鼓

Answer 37

qiāo biāngǔ [beat the drum on the side] - to speak or act to assist sb. from the sidelines; to back sb. up (惯用语: 动) 例句：你可以在会上提出这建议, 我在旁边给你敲边鼓。

Question 38

人怕出名猪怕壮

Answer 38

rén pà chūmíng zhū pà zhuàng [fame is fatal to men as fatness is to pigs] - [fig.] fame has its price or portends trouble for those who attain it; Also implies that one becomes conservative after attaining fame; [lit.] people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up [for the slaughter] (惯用语: 动)

Question 39

势利眼

Answer 39

shìliyǎn [snob] - one who fawns on people with power and wealth and ignores those who are considered useless to him/her (惯用语: 名)

Question 40

铁饭碗

Answer 40

tiěfànwǎn [iron rice bowl] - secure employment (惯用语: 名)

Question 41

铁公鸡

Answer 41

teǐgōngjī [iron rooster] - a stingy person; miser (惯用语: 名)

Question 42

乌纱帽

Answer 42

wūshāmào [black gauze hat] - [fig.] official post; [lit.] black hat [worn by feudal official] (惯用语: 名)

Question 43

无事不登三宝殿

Answer 43

wú shì bù dēng sānbǎodiàn [never go to a Buddhist temple for nothing] - [fig.] to visit sb with an ulterior motive [esp. to ask for sth], to call on others only when needing their help; [lit.] One doesn’t visit a temple without a cause (惯用语: 动)

Question 44

摇钱树

Answer 44

yáoqiánshù [money tree] - [fig.] a source of easy money; [lit.] a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken (惯用语: 名)

Question 45

一刀切

Answer 45

yìdāoqiē [cut it even in one stroke] - [fig.] find a single solution for all problems without considering the different situations; [lit.] to cut all at one stroke (惯用语: 动;形) 例句：“政策上不搞一刀切。”

Question 46

一锅粥

Answer 46

yìguōzhōu [a pot of porridge] - a complete mess (惯用语: 名)

Question 47

一窝蜂

Answer 47

yìwōfēng [like a swarm of bees] - a crowd of people act in the same way at the same time; everyone swarms around pushing and shouting (惯用语: 形) 例句：“他们一窝蜂地涌出戏院。”

Question 48

有眼不识泰山

Answer 48

yǒu yǎn bù shí Tàishān [have eyes but fail to see Mount Tai] - [fig.] to fail to recognize sb important or sb’s great talent (惯用语: 形;动)
例句：王总，您好，我真是有眼不识泰山。刚才还跟您大谈经济！

Question 49

走过场

Answer 49

zǒu guòchǎng [performer going from one end of the stage to the other as a formality] - to go through the motions; to do sth. perfunctorily or superficially (惯用语: 动)

Question 50

走后门

Answer 50

zǒu hòumén [get in by the back door] - to resort to relations with influential persons or bribery to achieve certain purpose (惯用语: 动)