Tag: Chinese Idiom

Chinese idioms to fish in troubled waters 浑水摸鱼 (húnshuǐ mō yú) A: Leo bought the shares of that company a

Chinese idioms paddle one’s own canoe 自力更生 (zìlì ɡēnɡshēnɡ ) A: I just cut up my credit cards. 我刚才把我的信用卡都剪了。 (wǒ

Chinese idioms skate on thin ice 如履薄冰 (rúlǚ bóbīnɡ ) A: Someone has to tell the boss he’s wrong. 总得有人告诉老板,他错了。

Opportunity rarely knocks twice. 

机不可失,失不再来

(jī bù kě shī,shī bù zài lái )

What’s done can not be undone. 

木已成舟

(mù yǐ chénɡ zhōu)A: You look so upset. 

你看起来很失落。

(nǐ kàn qǐlái hěn shīluò.)

Where there is life, there is hope.

留得青山在,不怕没柴烧

(liúdé qīnɡshān zài, bùpà méi chái shāo)

A: I heard that Lao Li’s company went bankrupt. He has been down recently. 

听说老李的公司破产了。他最近一直很低落。

(tīnɡshuō lǎolǐ de ɡōnɡsī pòchǎn le. tā zuìjìn yīzhí hěn dīluò.)

B: Yes, but he has started to look for job opportunities. 

恩,不过他现在开始找工作了。

(ēn, bùɡuò tā xiànzài kāishǐ zhǎo ɡōnɡzuò le.)

A: Where there is life, there is hope. There are many opportunities in the future.

留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。以后还会有机会的。

(liúdé qīnɡshān zài, bùpà méi chái shāo. yǐhòu háihuì yǒu jīhuì de.)