There are many four-word phrases in Chinese language.People can just use one four-word pharase
to express his/her meanings instead of using sentences. This kind of usage shows the users' rich literature background. Each phrase below is obtained from the classical books and has its own special meaning.
| Chinese Chracters
| Pin Yin
| English Meaning
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| an jian shang ren | slander somebody behind his back (hidden arrow hurt people)
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| luan qi ba zao | in great confusion or in a mess (mess seven eight terrible)
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| yi mao bu ba | very stingy (one fur not pull)
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| yu ba bu neng | can't refrain from continuing ( want to stop not able to)
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| bai fei xin ji | scheme in vain ( in vain waste scheme)
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| bai wei jia chen | a multitude of feelings surges up ( hundred feelings mix )
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| ban nong shi fei | tell tales ( move make right and wrong)
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| shi bei gong ban | get half the result with twice the effort ( effort double success half)
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| shi ban gong bei | achieve maximum results with little efforts (effort hald success double)
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| wu jia zhi bao | priceless treasure (no price treasure )
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| bei xi jiao jia | mixes feelings of grief and joy ( grief joy mix)
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| li xiang bei jing | leave one's hometown ( leave hometown back well)
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| you bei wu huan | There is no danger when there is preparedness ( have preparedness without trouble)
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| ren cai bei chu | no lack of talented persons ( people talented generation appear)
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| ben mo dao zhi | put the cart before the house ( root end upside down)
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| ben shou ben jiao | be all thumbs ( stupid hands stupid feet)
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| bi bu de yi | be forced to
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| bi qing lian zhong | badly battered ( nose green face swollen)
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| bi bi jie shi | can be found everywhere
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| hou ci bo bi | treat with partiality ( thich this thin that)
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| yi bi gou xiao | cancel once for all ( one pen check appear)
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| ni hao tz bu | be urgent or essential
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| bi gong bi jing | displaying full courtesy ( completely respect)
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| bi mu yang shen | sit in repose with one's eyes closed ( close eyes to rest to attain mental tranquility)
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| zuo yi dai bi | sit there and wait for death
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| yi bei/bi zhi li | help ( one arm power)
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| jia chang bian fan | common occurrence ( home often simple meals)
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| zhen jia nan bian | hard to tell truth from falsehood (truth falsehood hard tell)
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| qian bian wuan hua | ever changing (thousand change ten thousand transform)
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| biao li bu yi | think in one way and behave in another (appearence and interior not the same)
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| bin zhi ru gui | make quests feel at home ( guests arrive like return)
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| bing jia qi qu | keep abreast of each other
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| bin cong kou ru | disease enters through the mouth
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| huo chong kou chu | misfortune goes out from the mouth
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| bo li duo xiao | small profits but a quick turnover
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| jie chang bu duan | balance weakness with strength ( cut long make up short)
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| liang xiao wu cai | be innocent playmates
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| da cai xiao yong | have one's talent wasted on a petty job ( big talent small use)
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| cai shu xue qian | little talent and less learning
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| da fang yi cai | show extraordinary talent
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| mian you cai se | look famished
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| ni hao tz bu | be too eager for success
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| shu shou wu ce | feel quite helpless
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| cha chi nan fei | no possible escape ( insert wings hard fly)
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| cha yu fan hou | at one's leisure
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| cha yan guan se | try to read someone's face
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| guo qiao chai he | be ungrateful to one who helped ( cross the river apart the bridge)
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| qing jia dang chan | lose a family fortune
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| ren zhi chang qing | what is natural and normal
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| de bu chang shi | not worth the effort ( get not pay back the lost)
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| zhao si mu xiang | yearn day and night( morning think evening think)
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