Chinese Chengyu Dictionary
A dictionary of chengyu, the four-character Chinese idioms. Search by expression, character or pinyin.
| Chengyu | Pinyin | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 哀哀父母 | āi āi fù mǔ | Translation not yet available |
| 哀哀欲绝 | āi āi yù jué | Translation not yet available |
| 哀兵必胜 | āi bīng bì shèng | an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom) |
| 哀而不伤 | āi ér bù shāng | deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom) |
| 哀感天地 | āi gǎn tiān dì | Translation not yet available |
| 哀感顽艳 | āi gǎn wán yàn | Translation not yet available |
| 哀感中年 | āi gǎn zhōng nián | Translation not yet available |
| 哀告宾服 | āi gào bīn fú | Translation not yet available |
| 哀鸿遍野 | āi hóng biàn yě | lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land |
| 哀毁骨立 | āi huǐ gǔ lì | Translation not yet available |
| 哀梨蒸食 | āi lí zhēng shí | Translation not yet available |
| 哀莫大于心死 | āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ | Translation not yet available |
| 哀丝豪竹 | āi sī háo zhú | Translation not yet available |
| 哀思如潮 | āi sī rú cháo | Translation not yet available |
| 哀天叫地 | āi tiān jiào dì | Translation not yet available |
| 哀痛欲绝 | āi tòng yù jué | Translation not yet available |
| 唉声叹气 | āi shēng tàn qì | sighing voice, wailing breath (idiom); to heave deep sighs; to sigh in despair |
| 挨风缉缝 | āi fēng jī fèng | Translation not yet available |
| 挨家挨户 | āi jiā āi hù | to go from house to house |
| 挨肩并足 | āi jiān bìng zú | Translation not yet available |
| 挨肩擦膀 | āi jiān cā bǎng | Translation not yet available |
| 挨肩擦背 | āi jiān cā bèi | Translation not yet available |
| 挨肩擦脸 | āi jiān cā liǎn | Translation not yet available |
| 挨肩搭背 | āi jiān dā bèi | Translation not yet available |
| 挨门逐户 | āi mén zhú hù | Translation not yet available |
| 挨三顶五 | āi sān dǐng wǔ | Translation not yet available |
| 挨山塞海 | āi shān sè hǎi | Translation not yet available |
| 蔼然可亲 | ǎi rán kě qīn | Translation not yet available |
| 蔼然仁者 | ǎi rán rén zhě | Translation not yet available |
| 矮人看场 | ǎi rén kàn chǎng | Translation not yet available |
| 矮子看戏 | ǎi zǐ kàn xì | Translation not yet available |
| 碍口识羞 | ài kǒu shí xiū | tongue-tied for fear of embarrassment (idiom) |
| 碍手碍脚 | ài shǒu ài jiǎo | to be in the way; to be a hindrance |
| 爱别离苦 | ài bié lí kǔ | Translation not yet available |
| 爱博而情不专 | ài bó ér qíng bù zhuān | Translation not yet available |
| 爱不忍释 | ài bù rěn shì | to love sth too much to part with it (idiom) |
| 爱不释手 | ài bù shì shǒu | (idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible |
| 爱才如渴 | ài cái rú kě | Translation not yet available |
| 爱才若渴 | ài cái ruò kě | Translation not yet available |
| 爱财如命 | ài cái rú mìng | lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom); fig. avaricious; tightfisted |
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12,999 chengyu listed.
What a chengyu is, and what it is not
A chengyu is almost always four characters long, and it is not a proverb. It is a compressed classical phrase that Chinese still uses in ordinary speech and writing: the characters keep an old order and an old meaning, and unpacking them word by word will not give you the sense. That is why looking one up is a different job from looking up a word.
This tool searches the table of idioms by expression, character or pinyin. If you already have the four characters in front of you, that is the way in. If you do not, and you want to see which idioms are common enough to be worth knowing first, the browseable list is the other half of the same subject.