Chinese Chengyu Dictionary
A dictionary of chengyu, the four-character Chinese idioms. Search by expression, character or pinyin.
| Chengyu | Pinyin | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 安老怀少 | ān lǎo huái shào | Translation not yet available |
| 安乐窝 | ān lè wō | comfortable niche |
| 安良除暴 | ān liáng chú bào | Translation not yet available |
| 安眉带眼 | ān méi dài yǎn | Translation not yet available |
| 安民告示 | ān mín gào shì | a notice to reassure the public; advance notice (of an agenda) |
| 安内攘外 | ān nèi rǎng wài | Translation not yet available |
| 安贫乐道 | ān pín lè dào | to be content with poverty and strive for virtue (idiom) |
| 安贫乐贱 | ān pín lè jiàn | Translation not yet available |
| 安然如故 | ān rán rú gù | Translation not yet available |
| 安然无事 | ān rán wú shì | Translation not yet available |
| 安然无恙 | ān rán wú yàng | safe and sound (idiom); to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness) |
| 安忍无亲 | ān rěn wú qīn | Translation not yet available |
| 安如磐石 | ān rú pán shí | as solid as rock (idiom); as sure as houses |
| 安如泰山 | ān rú tài shān | as secure as Mount Taishan; as solid as a rock |
| 安身立命 | ān shēn lì mìng | (idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life |
| 安身为乐 | ān shēn wéi lè | Translation not yet available |
| 安身之处 | ān shēn zhī chù | Translation not yet available |
| 安身之地 | ān shēn zhī dì | Translation not yet available |
| 安时处顺 | ān shí chǔ shùn | Translation not yet available |
| 安室利处 | ān shì lì chù | Translation not yet available |
| 安适如常 | ān shì rú cháng | Translation not yet available |
| 安土重迁 | ān tǔ zhòng qiān | to hate to leave a place where one has lived long; to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it |
| 安危相易 | ān wēi xiāng yì | Translation not yet available |
| 安危与共 | ān wēi yǔ gòng | Translation not yet available |
| 安闲自得 | ān xián zì dé | feeling comfortably at ease (idiom) |
| 安闲自在 | ān xián zì zài | leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease |
| 安心定志 | ān xīn dìng zhì | Translation not yet available |
| 安营扎寨 | ān yíng zhā zhài | Translation not yet available |
| 安于故俗，溺于旧闻 | ān yú gù sú nì yú jiù wén | Translation not yet available |
| 安于现状 | ān yú xiàn zhuàng | to take things as they are (idiom); to leave a situation as it is; to be happy with the status quo |
| 安于一隅 | ān yù yī yù | Translation not yet available |
| 安宅正路 | ān zhái zhèng lù | Translation not yet available |
| 安枕而卧 | ān zhěn ér wò | Translation not yet available |
| 安之若命 | ān zhī ruò mìng | Translation not yet available |
| 安之若素 | ān zhī ruò sù | bear hardship with equanimity; regard wrongdoing with equanimity |
| 安坐待毙 | ān zuò dài bì | Translation not yet available |
| 鞍不离马，甲不离身 | ān bù lí mǎ jiǎ bù lí shēn | Translation not yet available |
| 鞍马劳顿 | ān mǎ láo dùn | Translation not yet available |
| 鞍马劳困 | ān mǎ láo kùn | Translation not yet available |
| 鞍马之劳 | ān mǎ zhī láo | Translation not yet available |
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The most frequent idioms are also on a separate dictionary page.
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.