Final

Question 1

居高不下

Answer 1

Jū gāo bùxià consistently high

Question 2

邪不胜正

Answer 2

Xié bùshèng zhèng evil not triumph over virtue

Question 3

争权夺利

Answer 3

Zhēngquánduólì vie for power and contend for wealth

Question 4

勾心斗角

Answer 4

Gōuxīndòujiǎo vie for position

Question 5

门当户对

Answer 5

Méndānghùduì the families are well-matched in terms of social status (idiom) / (of a prospective marriage partner) an appropriate match

Question 6

茶余饭后

Answer 6

Cháyúfànhòu leisure time

Question 7

大吃大喝

Answer 7

Dà chī dà hè eat and drink excessively

Question 8

今不如昔

Answer 8

Jīn bùrú xī modern times not equal to the past

Question 9

始作俑者

Answer 9

Shǐzuòyǒngzhě lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom) / fig. the originator of an evil practice

Question 10

心有余悸

Answer 10

Xīnyǒuyújì Lingering fear

Question 11

当务之急

Answer 11

Dāngwùzhījí vital matter of immediate urgency, top priority

Question 12

无处不在

Answer 12

Wú chù bùzài prevalent/ubiquitous/pervasive

Question 13

久负盛名

Answer 13

Jiǔfùshèngmíng have along history of good reputation

Question 14

以权谋私

Answer 14

Yǐquánmóusī abuse of power for personal gain

Question 15

自相矛盾

Answer 15

Zì xiāng máodùn contradict oneself

Question 16

追根究底

Answer 16

Zhuī gēnjiū dǐ probe or investigate exhaustively

Question 17

层出不穷

Answer 17

Céngchūbùqióng to come out one after the other

Question 18

意想不到

Answer 18

Yì xiǎngbùdào unexpected; previously unimagined

Question 19

每况愈下

Answer 19

Měikuàngyùxià go from bad to worse

Question 20

国富民穷

Answer 20

Guó fùmín qióng Rich country, poor people

Question 21

一落千丈

Answer 21

Yīluòqiānzhàng Drop dramatically

Question 22

无地自容

Answer 22

Wúdìzìróng To disgraced

Question 23

善有善报，恶有恶报

Answer 23

Shàn yǒu shàn bào, è yǒu è bào good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil

Question 24

有情人终成眷属

Answer 24

Yǒuqíng rén zhōng chéng juànshǔ couple in love, a marriage from above

Question 25

赫然在列

Answer 25

Hèrán zài liè impressive arangement

Question 26

（从~中）可见一斑

Answer 26

(Cóng ~zhōng) kějiàn yībān able to deduce from one example

Question 27

公之于众

Answer 27

Gōngzhīyúzhòng make public

Question 28

无处遁形

Answer 28

Wú chù dùn xíng nowhere to hide