(4)Learning Chinese Language and Modern popular Chinese idioms by means of English


中國成語

Modern
popular Chinese idioms

現代通用中國成語解譯

Common
interpretation of modern Chinese idioms

4

1.

 

(liáo) (liáo) wú  jǐ

 

(寥)(寥)無幾

 

Too small to calculate the
number of

 

xíng
róng shù liàng fēi cháng xī shǎo ,gū dān。

 

形容數量非常稀少,孤單。

 

Describe the number of very
rare, alone.

2.

 

(liú) fāng bǎi shì

 

(流)芳百世

 

Let good deeds, spread a hundred
years

 

ràng
měi hǎo de míng shēng, liú chuán yú hòu shì。

 

讓美好的名聲,流傳於後世。

 

Make
a better reputation, spread to future generations.

3.

 

lǜ  shuǐ (qīng) shān

 

綠水(青)山

 

Blue green water of the mountain

 

xíng
róng měi lì、 yōu měi de hé shān。

 

形容美麗、優美的河山。

 

Describe the beautiful rivers
and mountains.

 

 

 


shuǐ hé qīng shān shì hù xiāng duì yìng ,yòng lái miáo
xiě fēng jǐng de cí yǔ。

 

綠水和青山是互相對應,用來描寫風景的詞語。

 

Green
water and the Mountain are mutually correspond to the words used to describe
landscape

 

 

4

 

( jiá ) rán ér zhǐ

 

(戛)然而止

 

Sudden stop

yòng lái mó nǐ niǎo míng shēng huò shēng yīn tū rán

tíng zhǐ。

 

用來模擬鳥鳴聲或聲音突然停止。

 

Used
to simulate the sound of birds or the sound suddenly stopped.

 

duǎn cù xiǎng liàng de shēng yīn。

 

短促響亮的聲音。

 

Short
loud sound.

 

 

5

 

( jì ) wǎng kāi lái

 

(繼)往開來

 

Continuation of the tradition of
the past and look forward to the future

 

 

 


chéng qián rén de shì yè ,kāi
zhǎn wèi lái yào jì xù xiàng qián de shì yè 。

 

 

繼承前人的事業,開展未來要繼續向前的事業。

 

 

Inherited cause of their
predecessors, continue to carry forward the cause of the future.

6

 

jǔ yī (fǎn) sān

 

舉一(反)三

 

Cite one example, three
conclusions can lead to other

 

 

yóu yí jiàn shì
qíng de tuī lǐ,

 

由一件事情的推理,

 

Reasoning
from the one thing,

 

kě yǐ lǐ jiě qí tā xiāng lèi sì de xǔ duō lì zi。

 

可以理解其他相類似的許多例子。

 

Can
understand many other similar examples.

 

 

7

 

(shǎo) ān wú zào

 

(少)安毋躁

 

Maintain a calm state of mind,
do not hurry

 

nài xīn děng dài yí,

 

耐心等待一會兒,

 

Wait
a while,

 

tài du bǎo chí cóng róng

 

態度保持從容,

 

Attitude
to keep calm,

 

nài xīn děng dài, bú yào xīn jí。

 

耐心等待,不要心急。

 

Wait,
do not hurry

 

8.

 

páng
(zhēng) bó yǐn

 

旁(徵)博引

 

Look for evidence

guǎng fàn de yǐn yòng lì zhèng zuò wéi shì qíng tuī lǐ yī jù,

 

廣泛地引用例證作為事情推理依據,

 

Widely
cited example of what reasoning as the basis for

 

 

xiàng bié rén
biǎo shì zì jǐ yǒu chōng fèn de zhèng jù。

 

向別人表示自己有充份的証據。

 

To others that they have
sufficient evidence.

 

 

9

 

 

shì
wài táo ( yuán )

 

世外桃(源)

 

Beautiful ideal living place

táo yuān míng zài《
táo huā yuán jì》 miáo xiě de

shēng huó ān lè de lǐ xiǎng shì jiè,

 

陶淵明在《桃花源記》描寫的生活安樂的理想世界,

 

Tao
in the “Land of Peach Blossoms" describe well-being of the ideal
world of life,

 

lǐ xiǎng shì
jiè yǔ xiàn shí shè huì hù xiāng bǐ jiào

 

理想世界與現實社會互相比較

 

 

Ideal to compare with the real
world

 

 


cǐ huì yǒu hěn dà jù lí

 

彼此會有很大距離。

 

Each other, there will be a
great distance.

 

 

 

xíng
róng huán jìng yōu jìng, shēng huó ān yì de dì
fāng 。

 

 

形容環境幽靜,生活安逸的地方。

 

Described
as quiet, comfortable place to live.

 

 

10

 

( shǒu ) qū yì zhǐ

 

(首)屈一指

 

Has been the first, no one can
match

yì bān rén yòng shǒu zhǐ jì suàn shù zì,

 

一般人用手指計算數字,

 

Most
people calculate the number of fingers

 

 

shǒu xiān yào bǎ dà mǔ zhǐ wān dī,

 

首先要把大拇指彎低,

 

First,
make the thumb bent low,

 

 

rán hòu, zuì hòu bǎ dà mǔ zhǐ shù gāo ,yǐ biǎo

shì wèi jū dì yī。

 

然後,最後把大姆指豎高,以表示位居第一。

 

Then,
finally the thumb vertical high to indicate the first place.

 

 

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