Chengyu

Question 1

人山人海 (rén shān rén hǎi)

Answer 1

Lit: people mountain, people see

Extremely crowded

Question 2

盲人摸象 (máng rén mō xiàng)

Answer 2

blind men feeling an elephant

Question 3

对牛弹琴 （duì niú tán qín)

Answer 3

to play the guqin to a cow

i.e. to not know one’s audience (particularly if they can’t appreciate what one’s doing)

Question 4

先苦后甜 （xiān kǔ hòu tián)

Answer 4

first bitter, then sweet

something like “no pain, no gain”

Question 5

夸父逐日 (kuāfù zhú rì)

Answer 5

Kuāfù chases the Sun

said in the context of someone pursuing something unattainable that will be to their detriment

Question 6

愚公移山 (Yúgōng yí shān)

Answer 6

Foolish old man moves mountains

sort of like the opposite of Kuāfù chases the Sun. Something like “where there’s a will, there’s a way”

Question 7

磨杵成针 (mò chǔ chéng zhēn)

Answer 7

grind a pestle into a needle

Question 8

咬文嚼字 (yǎo wén jué zì)

Answer 8

to bite language and chew characters

meaning: to be overly picky

Question 9

守株待兔 (shǒu zhū dài tù)

Answer 9

to wait under a tree for a rabbit

meaning: to wait for good things to come to you rather than going out and getting them

Question 10

举一反三 (jǔ yī fǎn sān)

Answer 10

raise one, infer three

to be able to generate several further examples given a small number of them; to catch on to the pattern

Question 11

井底之蛙 (jǐng dǐ zhī wā)

Answer 11

well (井) bottom (底) ‘s(之) frog (蛙) — frog at the bottom of the well

to have a limited perspective, thinking where you are is the best without knowing the alternatives

Question 12

狐假虎威 (hú jiǎ hǔ wēi)

Answer 12

fox (狐) falsely borrows (假) tiger’s (虎) might (威)

to use someone else’s reputation for your own advantage

Question 13

马马虎虎 (mǎmǎ hǔhǔ)

Answer 13

horse horse tiger tiger

so-so

Question 14

天马行空 (tiān mǎ xíng kōng)

Answer 14

sky (天) horse (马) go (行) space (空)

free-flowing creativity

Question 15

朗朗上口 (lǎng lǎng shàng kǒu)

Answer 15

clear (朗) on (上) the mouth (口)

catchy

这首诗歌写得非常优美，朗朗上口，让人很容易记住。
Zhè shǒu shīgē xiě dé fēicháng yōuměi, lǎnglǎng shàng kǒu, ràng rén hěn róngyì jì zhù.

Question 16

眼见为实 (yǎn jiàn wéi shí)

Answer 16

seeing is believing

Question 17

无穷无尽 (wúqióng wújìn)

Answer 17

endless, infinite, without limit

Question 18

如鱼得水 (rú yú dé shuǐ)

Answer 18

like a fish in water

Question 19

画蛇添足 (huà shé tiān zú)

Answer 19

drawing legs on a snake - to ruin something by adding unnecessary details or doing something superfluous.

Question 20

一石二鸟 (yī shí èr niǎo)

Answer 20

two birds, one stone

Question 21

自相矛盾 (zì xiāng máo dùn)

Answer 21

to contradict oneself

Question 22

以毒攻毒 (yǐ dú gōng dú)

Answer 22

use poison to attack poison (similar to “hair of the dog”)