bù zú wéi jù

cannot prove the point; to be insufficient evidence

bù zú qīng zhòng

worthless; negligible

bù wén bù wèn

to not bother to ask or to listen; to show no interest in; to be indifferent to

直译: to neither hear nor question

shì shì nán liào

worldly affairs are difficult to predict

shì dào rén xīn

ways of the world and public sentiment

shì fēng rì xià

the world's morals are worsening day by day.

dōng shān zài qǐ

to come back from a previous failure; to rise again

直译: to rise again from Dongshan

出处: Based on Xie An (謝安) of the Jin (晉) dynasty, who quit his office and lived in seclusion in Dongshan (a mountain in Zhejiang, China), but later returned to office.

dōng xī nán běi

east, west, south and north; everywhere; all corners of the world

dōng xī nán běi zhōng

east, west, south, north and centre; all places

dōng fēng huà yǔ

good fortune and education

直译: east wind and rain

diū rén xiàn yǎn

to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself lose face

liǎng shǒu kōng kōng

💡 Гар хоосон, юу ч авчираагүй, юу ч олоогүй.

jiǔ bìng chéng yī

experience is the best teacher

直译: Prolonged illness makes a doctor of a patient.

jiǔ wén dà míng

I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time

lè zài qí zhōng

💡 Хийж буй зүйлээсээ өөрөө баяр таашаал олох.

出处: From the Analects, Book 7 (《論語·述而》)

jiǔ niú yī máo

a drop in the bucket

直译: one hair from nine oxen

出处: From Sima Qian's letter to Ren An

xí fēi chéng shì

to be accustomed to mistakes that they instead are regarded as right

shū xiāng mén dì

family of teachers and scholars

直译: family filled up with the aroma of books

shì dào rú jīn

as things stand; currently; getting this far; up to this point

èr zhě bì jū qí yī

it must be one or the other

wǔ yīn bù quán

to be tone-deaf; can't carry a tune

wǔ fēng shí yǔ

favorable weather conditions for farming

直译: It winds every five days and rains every ten days

rén lì huí tiān

to rely on human effort to save a difficult situation

rén qù lóu kōng

deserted

rén shān rén hǎi

💡 Хүн маш олон, уул далай шиг.

出处: A chengyu expressing the idea of "a mountain (山 (shān)) of people (人 (rén)), a sea (海 (hǎi)) of people (人 (rén))".

rén xīn suǒ xiàng

popular sentiment; common aspiration of the people

rén qíng shì gù

💡 Хүмүүсийн хоорондын харилцааны ёс, амьдралын мэдлэг.

rén suǒ gòng zhī

to be known by everyone; to be common knowledge

rén huān mǎ jiào

people bustling and horses neighing: (of a country scene) busy; prosperous

jīn shēng jīn shì

in this lifetime; for the rest of one's life

cóng yī ér zhōng

to be faithful to one's husband and not remarry; to be fully devoted to someone or something

yǐ jiù huàn xīn

💡 Хуучнаа өгөөд шинээр солих.

yǐ lǐ fú rén

💡 Хүч биш, учир зүйгээр хүнийг ятгах.

yǐ shēn shì fǎ

to deliberately violate the law

xiū yǎng shēng xī

to rest and recuperate; to convalesce; (of society) to recover (after a war or upheaval) and regain vitality

nǐ fǎ wǒ xiào

When you talk about the rule of law, I find it ridiculous.

出处: From a quote in an interview with Zhou Weiming, director of a Legislative Affairs Office, condensed to resemble a four-character chengyu (idiom)

biàn yí xíng shì

to act at one's discretion

xìn yǐ wéi zhēn

💡 Худал зүйлийг үнэн гэж итгэх.

xìn kǒu kāi hé

to speak carelessly, rapidly and voluminously like the outflow of river water when the sluice gates are opened; to talk nonsense; to talk at random