L26-33 spoken expressions/proverbs

Question 1

**早霞不出门，晚霞行千里

Answer 1

Proverb predicting the weather. If there are red clouds in the morning don’t go out, and if there are red clouds in the evening you can go thousands of miles.

Question 2

**杞人忧天

Answer 2

Chinese idiom about someone who constantly worries that the sky is going to fall. The moral of the story is to not worry about something that isn’t your concern or in your contro.

Question 3

秋老虎

Answer 3

The autumn tiger, idiom for very hot days in the early fall

Question 4

半个天

Answer 4

Half the sky

Question 5

大晴天

Answer 5

Very clear day

Question 6

撒腿就跑

Answer 6

To start running immediately

Question 7

**小菜一碟儿

Answer 7

piece of cake

Question 8

怎么寄到自己这儿了

Answer 8

how come you mailed it to yourself

Question 9

都看花了

Answer 9

there are so many things and you do not know where to look

Question 10

面熟

Answer 10

familiar looking person

Question 11

**南辕北辙

Answer 11

if you’re not going in the right direction, you’re wasting your time and effort.

Question 12

出丑

Answer 12

to make a fool of oneself

Question 13

打的

Answer 13

to take a taxi

Question 14

公交

Answer 14

colloquial expression for 公共汽车

Question 15

出那种事

Answer 15

for that kind of thing to happen

Question 16

**吃一堑，长一智

Answer 16

you can learn from every mistake

Question 17

**千里送鸿毛，礼轻情意重

Answer 17

Chinese idiom about expressing appreciation for a gift. You carry a feather thousands of miles, even though it’s light its meaning is significant.

Question 18

白跑

Answer 18

to make a trip in vain

Question 19

接我的短

Answer 19

to expose my weaknesses

Question 20

**上当受骗

Answer 20

to be tricked/fooled and suffer a loss

Question 21

**金玉其外，败絮其中

Answer 21

gold and jade on the outside, but spoiled cotton filling inside

Question 22

太油了

Answer 22

too much of a smooth-talker

Question 23

你过奖了

Answer 23

you flatter/overly praise me

Question 24

算了

Answer 24

forget it

Question 25

**丢三落四的

Answer 25

Someone constantly losing things; losing three items and leave behind other four items.

Question 26

**一毛不拔

Answer 26

Chinese idiom about a stingy person. A person who does not allow a single hair to be pulled from their body even if it would benefit the whole world.

Question 27

外卡曲线

Answer 27

to withdraw cash from a foreign credit card

Question 28

我这个人

Answer 28

myself

Question 29

看你那个高兴的样子

Answer 29

look how happy you are

Question 30

**井底之蛙

Answer 30

Chinese idiom about a frog in the bottom of the well. A narrow-minded person.

Question 31

**塞翁失马

Answer 31

Chinese idiom about the old man at the border loses his horse. Means that good things can come from bad situations and bad things can come from good situations.

Question 32

眼大肚子小

Answer 32

when someone has taken more food than they can eat. “my eyes are bigger than my stomach”

Question 33

肚子撑破了不值得

Answer 33

“if your stomach bursts, it isn’t worth it”. Used to tell people to stop eating if they’re full.

Question 34

劳驾

Answer 34

excuse me

Question 35

我听你的

Answer 35

i’ll listen to you

Question 36

打包

Answer 36

to pack a to-go/doggy bag

Question 37

使劲

Answer 37

to make an effort

Question 38

**见世面

Answer 38

to see the world

Question 39

不要紧

Answer 39

it does not matter

Question 40

**老黄历

Answer 40

very old