L26-33 spoken expressions/proverbs Flashcards
**早霞不出门,晚霞行千里
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.
**杞人忧天
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.
秋老虎
The autumn tiger, idiom for very hot days in the early fall
半个天
Half the sky
大晴天
Very clear day
撒腿就跑
To start running immediately
**小菜一碟儿
piece of cake
怎么寄到自己这儿了
how come you mailed it to yourself
都看花了
there are so many things and you do not know where to look
面熟
familiar looking person
**南辕北辙
if you’re not going in the right direction, you’re wasting your time and effort.
出丑
to make a fool of oneself
打的
to take a taxi
公交
colloquial expression for 公共汽车
出那种事
for that kind of thing to happen
**吃一堑,长一智
you can learn from every mistake
**千里送鸿毛,礼轻情意重
Chinese idiom about expressing appreciation for a gift. You carry a feather thousands of miles, even though it’s light its meaning is significant.
白跑
to make a trip in vain
接我的短
to expose my weaknesses
**上当受骗
to be tricked/fooled and suffer a loss
**金玉其外,败絮其中
gold and jade on the outside, but spoiled cotton filling inside
太油了
too much of a smooth-talker
你过奖了
you flatter/overly praise me
算了
forget it
**丢三落四的
Someone constantly losing things; losing three items and leave behind other four items.
**一毛不拔
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.
外卡曲线
to withdraw cash from a foreign credit card
我这个人
myself
看你那个高兴的样子
look how happy you are
**井底之蛙
Chinese idiom about a frog in the bottom of the well. A narrow-minded person.
**塞翁失马
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.
眼大肚子小
when someone has taken more food than they can eat. “my eyes are bigger than my stomach”
肚子撑破了不值得
“if your stomach bursts, it isn’t worth it”. Used to tell people to stop eating if they’re full.
劳驾
excuse me
我听你的
i’ll listen to you
打包
to pack a to-go/doggy bag
使劲
to make an effort
**见世面
to see the world
不要紧
it does not matter
**老黄历
very old