Chinese idioms 2

Question 1

塞翁失马

Answer 1

A loss may turn out to be a gain under certain circumstances

Question 2

三思而行

Answer 2

Think thrice before you act–Look before you leap

Question 3

伤天害理

Answer 3

Outrageous; Do something inhuman, cruel or against reason and nature

Question 4

舍己为人

Answer 4

Sacrifice one’s own interests for the sake of others

Question 5

实事求是

Answer 5

Seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

Question 6

事半功倍

Answer 6

Get twice the result with half the effort, Effective

Question 7

视死如归

Answer 7

Look upon death as going home –Face death fearlessly

Question 8

守望相助

Answer 8

Keep watch and help defend each other among neighboring villages

Question 9

守株待兔

Answer 9

Stand by a stump waiting for more hares to come and smash themselves against it; place trust in chance and windfalls; hoping for miracles

Question 10

熟能生巧

Answer 10

Practice makes perfect

Question 11

水落石出

Answer 11

Doubts will clear up when facts are known; as the water recedes the stones appear. When the truth surfaces

Question 12

司空见惯

Answer 12

A commonsight; A common occurrence

Question 13

天渊之别

Answer 13

As far as heaven from the abyss of the ocean; as far apart as the land and sky. Extremely different

Question 14

同甘共苦

Answer 14

Through thick and thin; go through storm and stress together with

Question 15

同心协力

Answer 15

Work in full cooperation and with unity of purpose; unite all efforts for common purpose

Question 16

宰相肚里好撑船

Answer 16

Forgiving; magnanimous

Question 17

此地无银三百两

Answer 17

A guilty person gives himself away by conspicuously protesting his innocence

Question 18

恻隐之心，人皆有之

Answer 18

A heart of sympathy; sense of compassion

Question 19

司马昭之心，路人皆知

Answer 19

Open display of scheming, cold ambitious

Question 20

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳

Answer 20

Once bitten, twice shy. The burnt child dreads the fire