Phrases & Idioms

Question 1

一 直 往 前 走

Yì zhí wâng qián zôu

Answer 1

Go straight ahead

Question 2

不 入 虎. 穴 焉 得 虎 子

Bú rù hû xuè yān dé hû zî

Answer 2

Don’t enter tiger cave, how get tiger cub?
How can you get the tiger cub if you don’t go into the cave?
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Question 3

鱼 和 熊 掌 不 可. 兼 得

Yú hé xióng zhâng bù kê jiān dé.

Answer 3

Fish and bear paw can’t simultaneously hold/have.
One cannot have fish and bear’s paw at the same time.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

Question 4

趁 热 打 铁

Chèn rè dâ tiê

Answer 4

Take advantage of heat strike iron.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Question 5

心 急 吃 不 了 热 豆 腐

Xīn jí chī bù liâo rè dòu fū

Answer 5

Impatient (to) eat, unable to (eat) hot tofu.
Hasty men can’t eat hot tofu.
Just be patient.
Haste makes waste.

Question 6

现在是几点
Xiàn zài shi jî diân?

现在几点了？
Xiàn zài jî diân le?

Answer 6

Now time?

What time is it (right now)?

Question 7

一不做, 二不休

yī bù zuò, èr bù xiū

Answer 7

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Don’t make, don’t rest.

(Gān cuì … shenme shenme)

Question 8

天下无不散之宴席

Tiān xià wú bú sàn zhi yàn xí

Answer 8

There are no feasts in the world which do not break up at last
All good things come to an end.

Question 9

一言既出驷马难追

Yì yán jì chū, sì mâ nán zhui.

Answer 9

One word escapes, four horses can’t catch it.