在這裡我們收集了一些中國成語的英譯，為了讓妳查閱的方便，我們採用筆劃的方式來讓妳查詢。比如說，妳想知道「忠言逆耳」英文怎麼說，妳就先要知道「忠」是八劃，然後就到八劃的地方去找，就對了。希望這些成語對妳有幫助！
Happy learning
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| 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩 | Once bitten, twice shy. |
| 一言既出，駟馬難追 | A word spoken is past recalling. |
| 一見鍾情 | to fall in love at first sight |
| 一箭雙鵰/一舉兩得 | Kill two birds with one stone. |
| 一寸光陰一寸金 | Time is money. |
| 一失足成千古恨 | The error committed on impulse may turn out to be the sorrow of a whole life. |
| 一將功名萬古枯 | What millions died that Caesar might be great. |
| 一年之計在於春，一日之計在於晨 | Plan your year in spring and your day at dawn. |
| 一人難稱百人意 | You cannot please everyone. |
| 一氣呵成 | Never make two bites of a cherry. |
| 一白遮三醜 | A white complexion is powerful enough to hide seven faults. |
| 一知半解 | A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. |
| 一心一意 | John is a person who always works with undivided attention. |
| 一丘之貉 | These people are cut from the same cloth./are tarred with the same brush. |
| 一目了然 | His words just leapt to the eye. Do you need me to explain it? |
| 一帆風順 | His business has gone off without a hitch. |
| 一刻千金 | You have to make good use of time. After all, every time counts. |
| 一事無成 | I am happy to know that all have ended in smoke about him. |
| 一敗塗地 | The outcome of the election just bit the dust. |
| 一針見血 | His comment on the current affairs always hits the right nail on the head. |
| 一清二楚 | The accounts don't seem to be as clear as crystal. |
| 一意孤行 | That boy is always going her own way. He won't listen to his parents' advice. |
| 一落千丈 | My son's schoolwork has gone to pot. He really lets me down. |
| 一鳴驚人 | His performance at school really comes as a bombshell. |
| 一諾千金 | He never goes back on his word. He is as good as his word. |
| 一時興起 | Don't always do things by fits and snatches. |
| 一蹴可及 | You should know that it is impossible to make it at one stroke. |
| 一籌莫展 | I really have no idea what to do. Now I am at my wit's end. |
| 一覽無遺 | If you stand here looking down at the city. The wonderful scene will be in full view. |
| 一竅不通 | What you said is all Greek to me. |
| 一視同仁 | He treats everyone across the board. |
| 一模一樣 | These twins look as like as two peas. |
| 一時興起 | He does everything on the spur of the moment. |
| 九死一生 | to have a hair-breadth escape |
| 九牛一毛 | Compared with mine, his was simply a drop in the bucket. |
| 人生如夢 | Life is but a dream. |
| 人生自古誰無死 | Death comes to all men. |
| 人生百歲古來稀 | It is seldom that a man lives to be a hundred years old. |
| 人定勝天 | Man can conquer nature. |
| 人不可貌相 | Appearances are often deceptive./ Never judge a look by its cover. |
| 人生而平等 | All men are created equal. |
| 人山人海 | How many people are there in the stadium? Believe it or not, a sea of faces |
| 人之常情 | It's hamun nature for me to help those who need help. |
| 人云亦云 | Don't echo others' words. Sometimes you've got to find out the truth. |
| 人去樓空 | Regretful to say, when the master was absent, his mansion was dead. |
| 人面獸心 | He is cruel enought to kill that girl; he's really a wolf in sheep's clothing. |
| 人言可畏 | Always remember what I say to you. Opinion rules the world. (Fling dirt enought and some will stick.) |
| 十年風水輪流轉 | Every dog has its day. |
| 十全十美 | The show just leaves nothing to be desired. |
| 十拿九穩 | We have winning the game in the bag. |
| 十萬火急 | I am writing in hot haste to let you know that I will be there on time. |
| 了無瓜葛 | That politician claimed that he had nothing to do with that scandal. |
| 力不從心 | A:Can you do me a favor? B:Sorry, my spirit is willing, but my flesh is weak. |
| 力挽狂瀾 | He tried to stem the tide, but in vain. |
| 入境隨俗 | Do in Rome as the Romans do. |
| 入木三分 | It actually gave a vivid picture of cut the quick. (leave an indelible impression) |
| 七上八下 | Don't talk to me now because I am greatly upse now. (with one's heart going pitapat) |
| 七竅生煙 | He was in a great fury (fuming with anger; in a great rage; terribly furious) and swore to get even with the opposite(跟對方報復). |
| 七零八落 | After the quake, the buildings went to rock and ruin. |
| 八面玲瓏 | In fact, she dances and sings all weathers. (her mill goes with all winds.) |
| 三思而後行 | Look before you leap. |
| 三句不離本行 | to talk shop |
| 三個臭皮匠勝過一個諸葛亮 | Two heads are better than one. |
| 三番兩次 | This guy is at me(找我碴) time after time.(time and again; time and time again.) |
| 三緘其口 | You'd better hold your peace, or you'll ask for trouble. |
| 千鈞一髮 | to hang by a hair thread / at the critical time |
| 千錘百煉 | A good nail does not fear the hammer. (steeled and tempered; gone through fire and water) |
| 千載難逢 | It only happens once in a blue moon. (It chances in an hour that happens not in seven years.) |
| 千變萬化 | The unexpected always happens. |
| 大刀闊斧 | It's said that the new executive will go the whole hog (reform in a big way.) |
| 大同小異 | The two articles are much of muchness ( be alike with minor difference ; There's not a pin to choose between the two ) in appearance and quality. |
| 大言不慚 | You really blow your own trumpet. (talk big; overshoot oneself) |
| 大快朵頤 | They are so delicious that I ate my fill. (gorge oneself; tuck in at; have [take] one's fill.) |
| 大功告成 | The big project finally came off with honors (bring home the bacon; come thoough with flying colors). |
| 大智若愚 | He who canot play the fool is not a wise man. |
| 大器晚成 | Rome was not built in a day. |
| 大海撈針 | Finding your lost contact lens is just like looking for a needle in a haystack. |
| 山窮水盡 | at the end of one's resources |
| 山中無老虎，猴子稱大王 | Among the blind the one-eyed is king./When the cat's away, the mice will pay. |
| 小題大做 | Make a mountain out of a molehill. ( fuss about trifles; a tempest in a teapot; a storm in a teacup; break a butterfly on a wheel ) |
| 小洞不補，大來吃苦 | A stitch in time saves nine. |
| 小不忍則亂大謀 | Patience is a virtue. |
| 工欲善其事，必先利其器 | You cannot make bricks without straw. |
| 己所不欲勿施於人 | Do unto others as you would be done. |
| 仁者無敵 | The benevolent have no enemy. |
| 工欲善其事必先利器 | You cannot make bricks without straw. |
| 亡羊補牢 | Better late than never./ It's never too late to mend. |
| 上氣不接下氣 | I got out of breath when I climbed those stairs. |
| 寸步不離 | He always keeps book at his elbow. (keep close to) |
| 口若懸河 | He always talks nine words at once. (rattle on) |
| 口是心非 | He often speaks with his tongue in his cheek. (play a double game; say one thing and mean another ) |
| 口蜜腹劍 | A honey tongue, a heart of gall. ( be nasty-nice; Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. ) |
| 久別情疏 | Out of sight, out of mind. (Far from eye, far from heart. Long absent, soon forgotten. Seldom seen, soon forgotten.) |
| 不告而別 | to take French leave |
| 不要不自量力 | Don't put a quarter into a pint pot. |
| 不要厚此薄彼 | Don't make fish of one and flesh of another. |
| 不畏艱難 | Take the bull by the horns. |
| 不戰而屈人之兵 | The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. |
| 不入虎穴焉得虎子 | How can one obtain tiger-cubs without entering the tiger's lair. |
| 不經一事，不長一智 | Experience is the mother of wisdom. |
| 不舍畫夜(24小時) | Some convenience stores offer around the clock service. |
| 不勝其煩 | Your little brother is a pain in the neck. |
| 不可一世 | I really don't know why she is always as proud as a peacock. |
| 不可救藥 | His deep-rooted bad habits are simply beyond remedy. |
| 不由自主 | He is often absent-minded and dozed off in spite of himself in class. |
| 不自量力 | If he does so, he really goes beyond his depth. No one can beat that guy. (bite off more than one ches; overreach oneself; |
| 不屈不撓 | Although he has failed several times, he still keeps his chin up. (as steady as a rock; firm and unyielding; fight for tooth and nail; hang on by the eyelashes; stick to one's color) |
| 不知死活 | John is really heedless of consequences. I believe some day he will ask for trouble. |
| 不知好歹 | Take my advice into consideration. Don't know chalk from cheese. |
| 不恥下問 | To improve your studies, you got to be not above asking questions. |
| 不假思索 | He is good at speech. He often speaks impromptu. |
| 不偏不倚 | You should believe that the judge held the scales even. |
| 不期而遇 | I came across an old friend of mine in a department store. (chance to meet; bump into; come upon; meet...accidentally/unexpectedly/by chance/by accident) |
| 不速之客 | You are really a thick-skinned and gate-crasher. |
| 不義之財 | Don't be envious. Ill-gotten money comes easily and goes easily too. |
| 不謀而合 | Do you see eye to eye with him on that plan? |
| 不厭其煩 | The teacher often takes the trouble to instruct his pupils. |
| 不遺餘力 | But the conspirators leave no avenue unexplored to re-establish contact with Britain. |
| 不擇手段 | He just did the work by hook or by crook. |
| 不翼而飛 | Did you see that plane? It seems that it just vanished from sight. |
| 不聲不響 | It's implite for one to be as quiet/silent/still as a mouse and left. |
| 不識抬舉 | Bring a cow to the hall and she will run to the byre. (Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.) |
| 少年老成 | to have an old head on young shoulders |
| 少不更事 | Although she is 20, she was still wet behind the ears in some ways. |
| 天無絕人之路 | God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. |
| 天下烏鴉一般黑 | Crows are black all over the world. |
| 天無絕人之路 | God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb./ When one door shuts another opens. |
| 天助自助者 | Heaven helps those who help themselves. |
| 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福 | It is the unexpected that always happens. |
| 天衣無縫 | These two ideas just fit like a glove. |
| 天涯海角 | I'll find him to the ends of the earth. (out-of-the-way places; the uttermost part of the earth) |
| 天經地義 | It's a matter of course to respect our elders. (a universal truth; it goes without saying that...) |
| 毛遂自薦 | to recommend one's own person |
| 心正不怕雷打 | A good conscience is a soft pillow. |
| 心甘情願 | He did all this of his own accord. |
| 心不在焉 | You look absent-minded; what's wrong? |
| 心滿意足 | The little boy sat there smiling, as happy as a clam. |
| 心力交瘁 | I don't know what to do. I just burned the candle at both ends. |
| 心灰意冷 | He was in black despair when he failed in the joint examination.(down in the bushes/in the dumps/lose heart |
| 心有餘悸 | A burned child dreads the fires. (Once bitten, twice shy) |
| 心安理得 | No matter what he said, I have the peace of mind. (have an easy conscience) |
| 心血來潮 | He did it just on the impulse of the moment. |
| 心花怒放 | My heart sings with joy because I receive over 300 letters a week from people around the world |
| 心直口快 | John is frank and out spoken, so I prefer to remain with him. |
| 心滿意足 | You can eat to your heart's content. |
| 心猿意馬 | He often carry fire in one hand and water in the other. |
| 心曠神怡 | Standing here feel on top of the world. |
| 化干戈為玉帛 | Bury the tomahwak(hatchet). |
| 仁者無敵 | The benevolent have no enemy. |
| 今日事今日畢 | Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today. |
| 文勝於武 | The pen is mightier than the sword. |
| 文不對題 | His composition is wide of the mark. ( beside the point ) |
| 六親不認 | As to the business, he often cuts loose from old ties. ( turn one's back on one's own flesh and blood ) |
| 火上加油 | Don't bother her, or you'll pour oil on the flame. |
| 支離破碎 | The car was so seriously damaged that it was torn to pieces. (in shreds; rip apart) |
| 匹夫之勇 | Fighting with him is just courage without discipline . (brute courage) |
| 比比皆是 | This kind of mall can be found here and there and everywhere. (right and left) |
| 切膚之痛 | No one knows where the shoe pinches like the wearer. |
| 夫唱婦隨 | A good Jack makes a good Jill. |
| 引狼入室 | I know I'll set a fox to keep the geese if I take him for a good friend. |
| 引以為榮 | I am really proud of myself. (plume oneself on; pride oneself on; take pride in) |
| 日薄西山 | Now he knows that his days are numbered. (not to be long for this world; The sands are running out.) |
| 水乳交融 | That couple are really hand and (in) glove with each other. (be finger and glove with) |
| 水性楊花 | They got divorced for he thinks his wife was unstable as water. (as changeable as the moon; A woman's mind and winter wind change off.) |
| 水深火熱 | The rebels were in deep water and oppressed every day. |
| 水落石出 | The police are now looking into the case, and I suppose, the truth will out soon. (be brought to light; come out in the wash; Murder is out Truth lies at the bottom of a well.) |
| 分文不值 | What you bought yesterday is actually not worth a dump. |
| 分身乏術 | I'm now doing my homework, so I can't be in two places at once. |
| 分秒必爭 | Every minute counts. |
| 分道揚標鑣 | They have already gone separate ways. (part company) |
| 化險為夷 | It is John who helps me weather the storm. (escape/go/get off scot-free; bear a charmed life) |
| 斤斤計較 | Forget about it. Don't strain at gnat. He needs money lately. (look at both sides of a penny; skin a flint) |
| 以身作則 | You got to practice what one practices. ( set a good example for others) |
| 以毒攻毒 | to set a thief to catch a thief |
| 以怨報德 | He is a person who bites the hand that feeds one. |
| 以逸待勞 | To wait at ease till the enemy is exhausted. |
| 以寡敵眾 | to fight against longer odds |
| 以德報怨 | I think it is better for you to render/return good for evil . |
| 以其人之道還治其人之身 | Set a thief to catch a thief. |
| 以子之矛，攻子之盾 | to turn a person's battery against himself |
| 以柔克剛 | Willows are weak yet they bind other wood. (Soft and fair goes far.) |
| 以和為貴 | A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit. |
| 以卵擊石 | What you do is throw a straw against the wind. (run one's head against a stone wall; Whether the pitcher strikes the stone or the stone strikes the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher.) |
| 四大皆空 | All is vanity. |
| 四海之內皆兄弟 | All are brothers within the four seas. |
| 四面八方 | These folks come from in all directions (far and wide; there and everywere; length and breadth) |
| 四海為家 | I don't know where Jack is now; in my mind, he is a person who is here today and gone tomorrow. |
| 未雨綢繆 | Keep some extra money for a fainy day. |
| 目不識丁 | not know A from B / an illiterate |
| 失敗為成功之母 | Failure is the mother of success. |
| 失之毫釐，差之千里 | A miss is as good as a mile. |
| 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 | Little strokes fell great oaks. |
| 毛遂自薦 | to recommend one's own person |
| 毛骨悚然 | That weird-looking person really makes my hair stand on end. (get goose bumps; make one creep all over; make one's flesh creep) |
| 打落水狗 | to hit a person when he's down |
| 打鐵趁熱 | Strike while the iron is hot.(Make hay while the sun is shining.) |
| 打抱不平 | He often bullies you. I really take up the cudgel for you. |
| 打草驚蛇 | Let's stay here in order not to wake a sleeping dog. (wake a sleeping lion/woof) |
| 犯錯是人之常情，寬恕是超凡的 | To err is human; to forgive divine. |
| 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針 | Little strokes fell great oaks. |
| 白費唇舌 | to waste your breath on him |
| 生於憂患，死於安樂 | Adversity spurs vitality, while comfort breeds sloth . |
| 永垂不朽 | The general's name will be always remembered and eternally immortal. |
| 平白無故 | Don't take others' money without rhyme or reason. (without provocation) |
| 平分秋色 | He did quite well, but I still think his is one equal terms with her. |
| 平步青雲 | What an amazing thing! He should make a smashing hit in short a time. (beat the top of the ladder; come to the top over night; hit the jackpot; skyrocket to fame) |
| 平易近人 | He is a person easy to get along with. (be well disposed; free and easy; have a taking way with one have the common touch) |
| 未雨綢繆 | Don't take everyting for granted. It's better for you to lay up against a rainy day. (prepare for foul in fair weather; prepare for a rainy day) |
| 功敗垂成 | I hate to tell you that your plan is a slip betwixt cup and the lip. |
| 可歌可泣 | His sacrifice for the country set us in a melting mood. |
| 本末倒置 | Don't put the cart before the horse. |
| 甘拜下風 | Would you like to play with me again? No, I'd rather play second fiddle. |
| 甘之如飴 | He lived a plain life and smacked his lips. |
| 世外桃源 | Switzerland is like Utopia, which I always dream of visiting. |
| 世界末日 | Don't be so depressed. It's not Doomsday. |
| 半斤八兩 | John is no better than Peter. They are just Tweedledum and Tweedledee. (be as broad as it is long; six of one and half a dozen of the other) |
| 半信半疑 | A: Jimmy will invite you to dinner tonight? B: No, I don't think so. I will take it half in doubt. ( take with a grain of salt) |
| 石沉大海 | I couldn't find her. It seemed that her whereabouts sank into oblivion. |
| 左右逢源 | It appears that everything goes well with him. |
| 司空見慣 | The situation is already order of the day. (par for the course) |
| 目瞪口呆 | She was already tongue-tied, and didn't what to do. (lose one's tongue; struck dumb; stunned and speechless) |
| 目光如豆 | He is a person who sees no further than his nose. |
| 出爾反爾 | He is not a guy worthy of our trust. He often goes back on his word. (blow hot and cold) |
| 出口成章 | He is a learned person. His tongue is the pen of a ready writer. |
| 出人頭地 | Through his hard work, he finally came to the fore. |
| 出類拔萃 | John towers above the rest in math. (in a class by itself; out of the common run) |
| 史無前例 | His excellent performance at that play is without precedent in history. |
| 令人髮指 | His cruelty to animals make our hair stand on end. |
| 令人咋舌 | What he did really took my breath away. |
| 付之一炬 | Because of a blast, that new house just committed to the flames. |
| 生龍活虎 | Nessie says it is alive and kicking under different names By Sussy. |
| 仗勢欺人 | John always pulls rank on others. |
| 白手起家 | He is a successful business who started from scratch. |
| 任勞任怨 | to bear hardship without complaint |
| 自作自受 | As you make your bed so you must lie on it. |
| 自討苦吃 | to make a rod for one's own back |
| 自力更生 | to shift for oneself |
| 自掃門前雪 | After us the deluge. |
| 回頭浪子 | the return of a prodigal |
| 先下手為強 | Offence is the best defence. |
| 同甘共苦 | to share one's joys and sorrows |
| 因地制宜 | act according to circumstances |
| 有勇無謀 | more brave than wise |
| 有備無患 | Good watch prevents misfortune. |
| 有志者事竟成 | Where there is a will, there is a way. |
| 有錢能使鬼推磨 | Money makes the world go around. /Money talks. |
| 有其父必有其子 | Like father, like son. |
| 江山易改本性難移 | The child is father of the man. |
| 江山易改本性難移 | A leopard cannot change it's spots. |
| 百無一失 | Not a single miss in a hundred times. |
| 百依百順 | She expects us to jump through hoops for her. |
| 百聞不如一見 | To see is to believe. (Seeing is believing.) |
| 吃得苦中苦，方為人上人 | If you wish to be the best man, you must be prepared to suffer the bitterest of the bitter. |
| 每人一生中皆有得意之日 | Every dog has his day. |
| 色是假，美是空 | Charm is deceitful, and beauty empty. |
| 吉人自有天相 | The good are protected by Heaven. / All's wel that ends well. |
| 如願以償 | The mayor finally got his way with the city council. |
| 如人飲水冷暖自知 | Only the wearer knows where the shoes pain. |
| 吃得苦中苦，方為人上人 | No gain without pain. |
| 早起的鳥兒有蟲吃 | The early bird catches the worm. |
| 奇裝異服 | a fantastic garb |
| 忠言逆耳 | Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear |
| 明辨是非 | to distinguish right from wrong |
| 知足常樂 | Happy is he who is content |
| 知足者富 | He who feels contented is rich |
| 知人知面不知心 | It's easy to know men's faces, but not their hearts. |
| 知己知彼百戰百勝 | Know your enemy and know yourself. |
| 空中樓閣 | castles in the air |
| 金科玉律 | the gold rule |
| 奇裝異服 | a fantastic garb |
| 明辨事非 | to distinguish right fromwrong |
| 雨後春筍 | like bamboo shoots after a spring shower |
| 雨過天青 | After a storm comes a calm. |
| 秀才不出門能知天下事 | A scholor does not step outside his gate, yet he knows the happenings under the sun. |
| 事實勝於雄辯 | Facts are most convincing. |
| 來得容易去得快 | Easy come, easy go. |
| 金玉其外敗絮其中 | All that glitters is not gold. |
| 兔子不吃窩邊草 | The fox preys farthest from his hole. |
| 若要人不知除非己莫為 | If you would not be known to do anything, never do it. |
| 沒有笑臉不出門 | A man without a smiling face must not open a shop. |
| 虎父無虎子 | Like father, like son. |
| 往者不可諫，來者猶可追 | A mill cannot grind with the water that is past. |
| 見異思遷 | Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. |
| 物競天擇 | "Survival of the fittest," describes the runners finishing the marathon races. |
| 物以類聚 | Birds of a feather flock together. |
| 夜以繼日 | The nurse was with the patient day and night. |
| 英雄所見略同 | Great minds think alike. |
| 於事無補 | Complaining is of little(no) avail. It is better for you to take action now. |
| 姻緣天註定 | Marriages are made in heaven. |
| 逆來順受 | to make the best of a bad bargain |
| 流芳百世 | a niche in the temple of fame |
| 為虎作倀 | to act as guide to a tiger |
| 孤注一擲 | to put all one's egg in one basket |
| 勇者不懼 | A brave man will not shrink from dangers. |
| 洗心革面 | to turn over a new leaf |
| 美中不足 | a fly in the ointment |
| 背道而馳 | to run counter |
| 走湯蹈火 | to go through fire and water |
| 風燭殘年 | to have one foot in the grave |
| 風聲鶴唳，草木皆兵 | to apprehend danger in every sound |
| 活到老學到老 | It's never too late to learn./ Live and learn. |
| 前事不忘後事之師 | Remember the past and it will guide your future. |
| 星星之火可以燎原 | A single spark can start a prairie fire. |
| 待人寬容如待己 | Live and let live. |
| 按部就班 | Learn to walk before you run. |
| 南轅北轍 | The salesmen were working at cross purposes with their supervisor. |
| 病從口入禍從口出 | Illness comes in by mouth and comes out by it. |
| 笑裏藏刀 | a smile to hide one's hate |
| 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 | Where there's life there's hope |
| 海底撈月 | to fish in the air |
| 海底撈針 | to look for a needle in a bundle of hay |
| 差之毫釐失之千里 | A miss is as good as a mile |
| 既往不咎 | Let the dead bury their dead. |
| 殺身成仁 | to sacrifice one's life to preserve one's virtue complete |
| 殺雞焉用牛刀 | Take not a musket to kill a butterfly |
| 飢不擇食 | A good appetite is a good sauce. |
| 害群之馬 | black sheep |
| 家醜不可外揚 | Don't wash your dirty linen in public. |
| 恩威並濟 | alternate weakness with severity |
| 旁觀者清 | The outside sees the best of the game. |
| 時運不濟 | to have a bad time |
| 殊途同歸 | All roads lead to Rome. |
| 眾志成城/團結就是力量 | Union is strenth. |
| 疾風知勁草 | Adversity reveals genius. |
| 旁觀者清，當局者迷 | Lookers-on see most of the game. |
| 莫在太歲頭上動土 | Let sleeping dogs lie. |
| 畢恭畢敬 | He always treats his boss cap in hand. |
| 得意忘形 | to leap out of one's skin |
| 捷足先登 | The early bird catches the worm. |
| 欲速則不達 | Haste makes waste |
| 欲速則不達 | More haste, less speed. |
| 欲加之罪，何患無辭 | Give a dog a bad/an ill name and hang him. |
| 混水摸魚 | to fish in troubled waters |
| 貪小失大 | penny-wise and poundfoolish |
| 習慣成自然 | once a use forever a custom |
| 掛羊頭賣狗肉 | cry up wine and sell vinegar |
| 貧無立錐之地 | as poor as a church mouse |
| 雪中送炭真君子/患難見真情 | A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| 異想天開 | to give loose to one's fancy |
| 集思廣義 | Two heads are better than one. |
| 得過且過 | to live from hand to mouth |
| 情人眼裏出西施 | Love is blind. |
| 情有獨鐘 | All the girls liked Kevin, but he had eyes only for Mary. |
| 冤家宜解不宜結 | Better remove enmity than contract it. |
| 眼不見為淨 | Out of sight, out of mind. |
| 脫口而出 | A slip of the tongue can sometimes land you in trouble. |
| 設身處地 | Sometimes you have to learn to be in my shoes. |
| 智者千慮，必有一失 | Homer sometimes nods. |
| 勝不驕敗不餒 | to be not elated by success nor disturbed by failure |
| 富貴在天 | Riches and honors come from heaven. |
| 智者不惑 | A wise man is free from perplexities. |
| 無風不起浪 | There is no smoke without fire. (Where there is smoke, there is fire.) |
| 畫蛇添足 | to paint the lily |
| 趁火打劫 | to fish in troubled waters |
| 量入為出 | to cut one's coat according to one's cloth/ make both ends meet |
| 陽奉陰違 | ostensible obedience |
| 跑了和尚跑不了廟 | The monk may run away, but the temple can't run with him. |
| 萬物之靈 | the lords of creation |
| 萬事開頭難 | Everything is difficult at the start |
| 萬無一失 | not a single miss in a thousand times. |
| 落井下石 | to hit a person when he's down |
| 隔牆有耳 | Pitchers have ears; walls have ears. |
| 開夜車/挑燈夜戰 | Burn the midnight oil. |
| 開誠佈公 | He always opens his heart to his spouse when he has a problem. |
| 盜亦有道 | Dog does not eat dog. |
| 善有善報 | One kindness is the price of another. |
| 損人利己 | to enrich oneself at others expense |
| 置之死地而後生 | Put the troops in death ground and they will live. |
| 道高一尺魔高一丈 | While the priest climbs a foot, the devil climbs ten. |
| 預防勝於治療 | Prevention is better than cure. |
| 新官上任三把火 | New brooms sweep clean. |
| 塞翁失馬焉知非福 | Misfortune might be a blessing in disguise. |
| 路遙知馬力日久見人心 | A distant journey tests the strength of a horse and a long task proves the character of a man. |
| 滄海一栗 | a drop in the bucket |
| 蓋棺論定 | Judge none blessed before his death. |
| 歲月不饒人 | Time and tide wait for no man. |
| 經驗即良師 | Experience is the teacher. |
| 微不足道 | The police crackdown on speeding is just a drop in the ocean in solving Taiwan's traffic problems. |
| 勤能補拙 | Diligence can make up for lack of intelligence. |
| 壽終正寢 | to die a natural death (to die in one's bed) |
| 寡不擊眾 | There is no contending against odds. |
| 對牛彈琴 | to cast pearls before swine |
| 禍不單行 | Misfortunes never come single. |
| 飽食終日無所事事 | to eat the bread of idleness |
| 慷他人之慨 | to be free with other's money |
| 遠親不如近鄰 | Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors. / A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin. |
| 種瓜得瓜種豆得豆 | You must reap what you have sown. / As you sow, so shall you reap. |
| 樂極生悲 | After joy comes sadness. |
| 說曹操到曹操就到 | Talk of the devil and the devil comes. |
| 團結就是力量 | Union is strength. |
| 需要為發明之母 | Necessity is the mother of invention. |
| 滿招損，謙受益 | Haughtiness invites ruin; humility receives benefits. |
| 惡有惡報 | He that does evil shall find evil. |
| 惡事傳千里 | Bad news travels quickly. |
| 熟能生巧 | Practice makes perfect. |
| 緩兵之計 | a fabian policy |
| 緣木求魚 | to get water from a flint |
| 適者生存 | the survival of the fittest |
| 窮寇莫追 | A cornered animal is a dangerous foe. |
| 積少成多 | Every little makes a mickle. |
| 積少成多 | Every little helps. |
| 錢可通神 | Money can move even the gods. |
| 謀事在人成事在天 | Man proposes and God disposes. |
| 學問無捷徑 | There is no royal road/shortcut to learning. |
| 機不可失 | Opportunity seldo knocks twice. |
| 優勝劣敗 | The weakest goes to the wall. |
| 聲東擊西 | to look one way and row another |
| 膾炙人口 | in everyone's mouth |
| 螳臂擋車 | to kick against the pricks |
| 鞠躬盡瘁 | to give the last measure of devotion |
| 聰明反被聰明誤 | to suffer for one's wisdom |
| 舊調重談 | to harp on the same string |
| 禮尚往來 | Courtesy on one side cannot last long. |
| 禮多必詐 | full of courtesy, full of craft |
| 聲嘶力竭 | He was talking at the top of his voice. |
| 覆水難收 | What's done cannot be undone./There is no use crying over spilt milk. |
| 轉石不生苔 | A rolling stone gathers no moss. |
| 轉敗為勝 | to convert defeat into victory |
| 鞭長莫及 | beyond one's grasp |
| 關公門前耍大刀 | There's no need to teach a fish to swim. |
| 嚴以責己寬以待人 | to be severe with oneself and lenient with others |
| 鐵石心腸 | a heart of steel |
| 聽天由命 | to be guided by destiny |
| 驕者必敗 | Pride goes before a fall. |