成语 1-25 Flashcards

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不劳而获

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to reap without sowing

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杯弓蛇影

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extremely suspicious

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班门弄斧

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To show off one’s skills/talent before an expert

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百年树人

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It takes a hundred years to educate the people

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长袖善舞

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Be resourceful; socially active; given facilities/assistance, things are easily done; success is assured

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不耻下问

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Not to feel ashamed to ask and learn from one’s subordinates

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不翼而飞

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Disappear without a trace

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城门失火,殃及池鱼

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A fire on the city wall brings disaster to the fish in the moat (the innocent are involved)

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闭门造车

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To act blindly

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草木皆兵

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Every bush and tree looks like an enemy (state of extreme nervousness)

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长年累月

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Year in, year out; over the years

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不务正业

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Not attend to one’s proper duties; not engage in honest work

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按部就班

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To follow the prescribed order; keep to the working routine

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13
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百折不挠

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To keep fighting in spite of all setbacks

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14
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半途而废

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To give up halfway

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15
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不胜枚举

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Too numerous to enumerate

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不可救药

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Incurable; incorrigible

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不知所措

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To be at a loss; lose one’s bearings

18
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爱屋及乌

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To love me; love my dog

19
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沧海桑田

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Time brings great changes

20
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兵不厌诈

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In war nothing is too deceitful

21
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悲天悯人

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To bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind

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不二法门

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The one and only way

23
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不自量力

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To overestimate one’s abilities

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杯水车薪

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A cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom) an utterly inadequate measure