Each country has colloquialism. After learning Chinese for quite some time and knowing a lot of characters, however, once immersed among local Chinese, you’ll still find yourself totally lost. Because you don’t understand the Chinese idioms and colloquialisms. This series of articles will help you learn these. Today we will learned five of them.
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Chinese Idioms and Colloquialisms (2)
Each country has colloquialism. After learning Chinese for quite some time and knowing a lot of characters, however, once immersed among local Chinese, you’ll still find yourself totally lost. Because you don’t understand the Chinese idioms and colloquialisms. This series of articles will help you learn these. Today we will learned five of them.
Chinese idioms：The fox borrowing the awe of the tiger
Hú jiǎhǔwēi
狐假虎威 Zài màomì de sēnlín li ， yǒu yì zhī lǎohǔ zhèng zài xúnzhǎo shíwù .
在 茂密 的 森林 里， 有 一 只 老虎 正 在 寻找 食物。
Chinese idioms：望梅止渴——Quench one’s thirst by looking at plums
Among the outstanding figures of Chinese history, famous either for their intelligence or treachery, cao cao is one of the foremost.
Chinese Idioms and Colloquialisms (1)
Each country has colloquialism. After learning Chinese for quite some time and knowing a lot of characters, however, once immersed among local Chinese, you'll still find yourself totally lost. Because you don't understand the Chinese idioms and colloquialisms. This series of articles will help you learn these. Today we will learned five of them.
Chinese idioms：卧薪尝胆——Sleep on Brushwood and Taste Gall
chūnqiū shíqī wúɡuó hé yuèɡuó zhījiān jìnxínɡ le yìchǎnɡ zhànzhēnɡ春秋时期，吴国和越国之间进行了一场战争，
Chinese idioms：名落孙山 Fall behind Sun Shan
zài wǒɡuó sònɡcháo de shíhòu yǒu yíɡe mínɡjiào sūn shān de cáizǐ
在我国宋朝的时候，有一个名叫孙山的才子，
Chinese idioms：门庭若市 A Courtyard as Crowded as a Marketplace
zhànɡuǒ shí qíɡuó de xiānɡɡuó zōu jì shēncái ɡāodá rónɡmào duānzhuānɡ
Chinese idioms：Chinese idioms:不寒而栗
不寒而栗 (bù hán ér lì) Shiver all over though not cold — tremble with fear
Drink Joyful Spirits
lì lì jié hūn le wǒ zhōu mò qù hē tā de xǐ jiǔ le
Simon：丽丽结婚了，我周末去喝她的喜酒了。
Lily has married, and I attended her wedding feast at the weekend.
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