Academic Chengyu From Web Flashcards
平易近人
Ping2 Yi4 Jin4 Ren2. Someone who is warm and likeable. 对待人没有架子使人容易接近. 作谓语、宾语;含褒义 (bao1yi4 commendatory); 指人或文章等
宽宏大度
Kuan1 Hong2 Da4 Du4. Someone magnanimous – 形容度量大,能容人; 作谓语 (wei4yu3 predicate)、定语(adjective);指人的气量 (tolerance, mangaminity)大. Also sometime kuanhongdaliang
冰清玉洁
Bing1Qing1Yu4Jie2; 意思是比喻人的操行清白(多用于女子). 像冰那样,清澈像玉那样洁白. Considered sexist and a bit old. 作谓语、状语(ZHUANG4YU3 - ADVERB);形容人品高尚、操行清白
持之以恒
chí zhī yǐ héng. 褒义谓语; 持:坚持;恒:恒心。Does things for a very long time, enough time, eg learning a sport or language; persevere
锲而不舍
qiè ér bù shě; “契”同“锲”,前者音为qì,后者为qiè。
作谓语、定语、状语; 中性词 比喻义 比喻有恒心,有毅力
“Work with perseverense, keep on chipping away at something”
Attributive but also predicate
废寝忘食
fèi qǐn wàng shí; 作谓语、定语、状语;形容人刻苦努力。Usually over not a short time, like over a few months; for a thing like a passion “comsuming”;
大义凛然
dà yì lǐn rán; 褒义; 由于胸怀正义而神态庄严; Bravely stand up for justice (even if you feel cold due to no one else being with you, cold is metaphor for solitary); inspire awe by committing to justice
临危不俱
lin2wei1bu4ju4; 遇到危难的时候,一点也不怕。临:遇到;危:危险;惧:怕。
光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò; 形容人的行为正直坦白,毫无隐私暧昧不可告人之处。磊落:心地光明坦荡,胸怀坦白,正大光明。作谓语、定语、状语;含褒义; straightforward; open and above board
不屈不挠
bù qū bù náo; 屈:屈服;挠:弯曲。比喻在压力、困难、威胁面前不屈服,表现十分顽强(wan2qiang2 indombinable, corageous)。作谓语、定语、状语;形容人顽强; nao2 = to scratch, hinder or yeild
Frequently used as attibutive and predicate. When used as attributive frequently followed by some kind of struggle 斗争 dou4zheng1
鞠躬尽瘁,死而后已
jū gōng jìn cuì,sǐ ér hòu yǐ; 作谓语、定语、宾语;Spare no effort in one’s duty; 多半用于形容人的伟大; 褒义 谓语
料事如神
liào shì rú shén
用法:含褒義。多用于人對事物的推測、預料能力。一般作謂語、賓語、定語。
Used for someone making guesses about the future which frequently turn out to be correct.
解釋:料事:揣度事情的發展和結局。如神:形容極其奇妙靈驗或預料事情非常準確。預料事情就如同神一樣。形容對事情的預料和事情發生的完全一樣。
出處:宋·楊萬里《提刑徽猷檢正王公墓志銘》:“公器識宏深;襟度寬博;議論設施加人數等;料事如神;物無遁情。”
例子:他~;是我們這一帶有名的小“諸葛亮”。
足智多谋
zú zhì duō móu
用法
联合式;作谓语、宾语、定语;含褒义
解释
形容人善于料事和用计。
学贯中西
xué guàn zhōng xī
形容学问贯通了中国和西方的种种知识。
分开解释
中西:
1.中国和西洋。
Have a thorough knowledge of both Western and Chinese
博古通今
bó gǔ tōng jīn
通:通晓;博:广博,知道得多。对古代的事知道得很多,并且通晓现代的事情。形容知识渊博。
To be erudite, to be learned
Understanding the past to the extent that it can be applied.