历史故事

377 idioms in this topic.

• 一字千金A word is worth a thousand gold
• 一毛不拔not pluck a single hair
• 一目十行ten lines at a glance
• 一笔勾销wipe out
• 七擒七纵Seven captures and seven releases
• 七纵七擒Seven releases and seven captures
• 不分胜负No winner
• 不可救药incurable
• 不可胜数innumerable
• 不学无术unlearned and unskilled
• 不得人心Unpopular
• 不拘小节not stick to trifles
• 不毛之地barren land
• 不知所云Incomprehensible
• 不知所措At a loss
• 不知所终unknown end
• 不翼而飞vanish into thin air
• 不识大体Lacking awareness of the bigger picture
• 不识时务Out of touch
• 不遗余力Spare no effort
• 与众不同Unique
• 东施效颦Dong Shi's imitation
• 东窗事发The matter in the east window is revealed
• 丢盔弃甲Discarding helmets and armor
• 两败俱伤both sides suffer
• 两面三刀Two-faced
• 中饱私囊enrich oneself secretly
• 临危授命to give one's life in a critical situation
• 临阵磨刀sharpen one's knife at the battlefield
• 为国捐躯to die for one's country
• 举棋不定be indecisive
• 义不容辞inescapable responsibility
• 义无反顾without hesitation
• 争先恐后vie with each other
• 争权夺利scramble for power and profit
• 事后诸葛亮Monday morning quarterback
• 亦步亦趋follow suit
• 人人自危Everyone is in danger
• 人微权轻insignificant and powerless
• 从天而降From the sky
• 令人发指appalling
• 令行禁止Orders are carried out and prohibitions are enforced
• 以身作则set an example
• 以身殉职die in the line of duty
• 以身试法to test the law with one's own body
• 仰人鼻息dependent on others
• 任人唯贤Appoint people on merit
• 伯乐相马Bole and his steed
• 作奸犯科commit crimes
• 作威作福to act recklessly
• 侧目而视look sideways
• 便宜施行Act at one's discretion
• 倒行逆施regressive tyranny
• 债台高筑heavily in debt
• 倾巢出动all out
• 倾巢而出go all out
• 偃旗息鼓lower flags and cease drumming
• 偃武修文to stop warfare, cultivate arts and literature
• 假手于人entrust to others
• 偏听偏信biased hearing and belief
• 先斩后奏Act first, report later
• 先斩后闻Kill first, then report
• 克己奉公Self-discipline and Public Service
• 兔死狐悲The rabbit dies, the fox grieves
• 全军覆没complete annihilation
• 公报私仇public revenge
• 兴利除弊promote progress and eliminate ills
• 兵不血刃bloodless victory
• 养痈遗患to harbor a festering sore
• 养虎遗患Raise a tiger to leave future trouble
• 内忧外患Internal troubles and external threats
• 冒名顶替Impersonation
• 冒大不韪brave the great wrong
• 决一死战fight to the death
• 凯旋而归return in triumph
• 出人头地to rise to prominence
• 出人意料unexpected
• 出师无名to wage war without just cause
• 出言不逊rude words
• 分道扬镳part ways
• 刚愎自用self-willed and stubborn
• 刚正不阿integrity
• 前功尽弃previous efforts wasted
• 前功尽灭previous merits destroyed
• 功败垂成Failure at the verge of success
• 劫后余生Surviving a catastrophe
• 劳师动众mobilize a large number of people
• 势均力敌evenly matched
• 包藏祸心harbor malicious intentions
• 十年生聚Accumulate for Ten Years
• 千人所指Pointed out by a thousand people
• 单枪匹马single-handedly
• 卖友求荣Betraying friends for personal gain
• 危如累卵as precarious as a stack of eggs
• 厚今薄古to value the present and neglect the past
• 反败为胜Turn defeat into victory
• 发愤图强make great efforts to become stronger
• 叱咤风云dominate the scene
• 同仇敌忾united against a common enemy
• 同恶相济Collusion of evildoers
• 名正言顺rightful and just
• 后患无穷Endless future troubles
• 后来居上later surpasses the former
• 后来者居上Later comers are superior
• 后起之秀Rising star
• 含血喷人Spitting blood
• 咄咄逼人aggressive, pressing
• 哀鸿遍野Mourning Cranes All Over the Fields
• 唾手可得at one's fingertips
• 四海为家make the four seas one's home
• 回心转意change one's mind
• 困兽犹斗A trapped beast still fights
• 围魏救赵Surrounding Wei to save Zhao
• 固若金汤as strong as gold and water
• 国无宁日No peaceful days for the country
• 图穷匕见The map is exhausted and the dagger appears
• 图谋不轨plot wrongdoing
• 坐山观虎斗Watching tigers fight from a mountain
• 坐而论道to sit and discuss principles
• 垂头丧气dejected
• 堑山堙谷cut mountains and fill valleys
• 墨守成规stick to the old rules
• 壮士断腕a strong man cuts off his arm
• 多谋善断resourceful and decisive
• 夜不闭户Doors not closed at night
• 夜以继日day and night
• 夜郎自大Yelang's arrogance
• 大刀阔斧decisive and forceful
• 大势已去The situation is lost
• 大发雷霆fly into a rage
• 大吹大擂to boast
• 大庭广众in public
• 大张挞伐Large-scale attack
• 大获全胜win a complete victory
• 大逆不道outrageous rebellion
• 奇货可居A rare commodity that can be kept
• 奋不顾身selflessly
• 奔走相告spread the news
• 奴颜婢膝fawning
• 好大喜功excessive ambition
• 好整以暇well-prepared and at leisure
• 妄自尊大arrogant
• 妒贤嫉能Jealousy of the talented and envy of the capable
• 威武不屈unyielding
• 威胁利诱threats and inducements
• 嫁祸于人to shift the blame to others
• 孤军奋战fight alone
• 宾客盈门Guests fill the door
• 富可敌国rich as a country
• 寡不敌众outnumbered
• 小家子气petty
• 小心谨慎cautious and prudent
• 尸位素餐to occupy a post and do nothing; to be a parasite
• 尽心竭力with all one's heart and might
• 尾大难掉too big to fail
• 居心叵测ulterior motives
• 屈打成招forced confession
• 屯积居奇hoarding goods and selling at high prices
• 巧取豪夺Clever Deception and Forceful Seizure
• 差强人意Barely satisfactory
• 平易近民approachable and down-to-earth
• 弄假成真Fake becomes real
• 弹冠相庆to congratulate each other (in the officialdom)
• 弹尽援绝Ammunition exhausted, reinforcements cut off
• 当局者迷Those involved are blind
• 待价而沽wait for the right price
• 待时而动Wait for the right time
• 得意扬扬triumphantly
• 心怀叵测sinister
• 心悦诚服Heartfelt Conviction
• 志大才疏great ambition, but limited talent
• 志存高远High aspirations
• 忠心耿耿loyal and devoted
• 忠肝义胆loyal and righteous
• 忠言逆耳Honest advice is unpalatable
• 快刀斩乱麻Quick knife cuts through the tangled mess
• 怙恶不悛incorrigible
• 恶贯满盈evil to the full
• 悔过自新Repent and Start Anew
• 惊心动魄Thrilling
• 惊慌失措flustered and at a loss
• 惨无人道inhumane
• 惴惴不安apprehensive
• 惺惺相惜appreciating each other
• 慷慨激昂impassioned
• 戮力同心United efforts
• 手无寸铁unarmed
• 打家劫舍Rob and plunder
• 扬扬得意proud and self-satisfied
• 投鼠忌器to fear to hit the mouse for fear of breaking the vase
• 披肝沥胆to bare one's heart; to be utterly loyal
• 抽薪止沸Draw out the firewood to stop the boiling
• 招摇过市swagger through the market
• 招降纳叛recruit surrender and rebel
• 拨乱反正correct mistakes and restore the right
• 指鹿为马to call a deer a horse
• 按兵不动wait and see
• 振臂一呼raise an arm and shout
• 挺而走险take a risk
• 挺身而出stand up and come forward
• 损兵折将Heavy losses of troops and generals
• 据为己有to appropriate
• 授人以柄Give someone a handle
• 排难解纷resolve difficulties and disputes
• 探囊取物Take something out of the bag
• 揭竿而起rise up in rebellion
• 摧枯拉朽crush dry and rotten wood
• 放虎归山Release the tiger back to the mountain
• 数典忘祖Shudian wangzu
• 敲诈勒索extortion
• 文武兼备both civil and military
• 料事如神predict things as accurately as a god
• 斩尽杀绝annihilate
• 斩草除根to root out the evil
• 断垣残壁ruins
• 旗开得胜Win a victory at the very beginning
• 旗鼓相当evenly matched
• 无以复加unparalleled
• 无出其右Unsurpassed
• 无妄之灾undeserved calamity
• 日暮途穷At the end of the road
• 旷日持久protracted
• 智勇双全both intelligent and brave
• 暗度陈仓To secretly pass through Chencang
• 有备无患Preparedness prevents problems
• 有条有理logical and orderly
• 望尘不及unable to see the dust
• 朝不保夕live from hand to mouth
• 朝令夕改Morning order, evening change
• 杀人越货murder and robbery
• 杀身成仁sacrifice oneself for righteousness
• 束手就擒surrender
• 格杀勿论kill without exception
• 横行霸道act wantonly and tyrannically
• 欺世盗名Deceiving the world and stealing fame
• 死里逃生escape death
• 毛遂自荐Mao Sui Recommends Himself
• 民富国强People rich, Country strong
• 民生凋敝People's livelihood is impoverished
• 气壮山河spirit inspiring mountains and rivers
• 汗流浃背sweating profusely
• 沉冤莫白unredressed grievance
• 洞烛其奸see through someone's intrigue
• 洪福齐天Great Fortune
• 流离失所displaced and homeless
• 清正廉洁integrity and honesty
• 滥竽充数to fill a gap with inferior things
• 焚尸扬灰burn the corpse and scatter the ashes
• 照单全收accept everything on the list
• 照葫芦画瓢copy a gourd
• 爱才如命To cherish talent as one's life
• 牢不可破impregnable
• 犹豫不决hesitate
• 独占鳌头top the list
• 独当一面act independently
• 独霸一方dominate a region
• 狭路相逢A narrow road encounter
• 狼狈不堪extremely embarrassed and helpless
• 玩物丧志indulge in pleasure and lose one's ambition
• 甘拜下风willingly admit defeat
• 生灵涂炭Suffering and Misery
• 画地为牢draw a circle on the ground as a jail
• 画虎不成painting a tiger but making it look like a dog
• 疾恶如仇Hate evil as if it were one's enemy
• 百不一存Not one in a hundred remains
• 百无一存none of a hundred remains
• 监守自盗embezzlement
• 盖世英雄Legendary Hero
• 盛极必衰Rise and fall
• 盛气凌人arrogant and overbearing
• 直言不讳speak frankly
• 看破红尘See through the world
• 睚眦必报to bear a grudge over trifles
• 破釜沉舟break the pots and sink the boats
• 破铜烂铁junk
• 磨刀霍霍Sharpening knives
• 礼贤下士respect the virtuous and talented, and treat people of lower status kindly
• 离心离德estranged and at odds
• 秣马厉兵Feed horses, sharpen weapons
• 移风易俗change customs and traditions
• 竭尽全力with all one's might
• 竭泽而渔to fish out a pond
• 算无遗策foolproof plan
• 箭无虚发Every arrow finds its mark
• 精忠报国loyal devotion to the nation
• 纵横四海Traverse the four seas
• 纸上谈兵Paper tiger
• 纸醉金迷Lost in luxury
• 绝不轻饶show no mercy
• 绝世佳人stunning beauty
• 罪不容诛Unforgivable Crime
• 羞愧难当overwhelming shame and remorse
• 翻云覆雨turn clouds upside down
• 老奸巨猾cunning and insidious
• 老死不相往来Never contact again
• 老谋深算shrewd and farsighted
• 胜任愉快competently and happily
• 自不量力Overestimate oneself
• 自力更生Self-reliance
• 自投罗网to throw oneself into the net
• 自顾不暇too busy to take care of oneself
• 舌战群儒Debate with many scholars
• 良莠不齐uneven
• 艰难险阻hardships and obstacles
• 节上生枝complications arise
• 苦打成招Torture confession
• 英勇善战Brave and good at fighting
• 草芥人命to treat human lives like weeds
• 草菅人命to treat human life as grass
• 莫测高深unfathomable profundity
• 萎靡不振listless and depressed
• 萧规曹随follow the old rules
• 蒙混过关deceive one's way through
• 血流成渠Blood flowed into a river
• 装模作样pretentious
• 裹足不前hesitate
• 见利忘义to abandon righteousness for profit
• 言之成理reasonable
• 言听计从obey implicitly
• 言归于好make peace
• 言无不尽Speak frankly without reservation
• 言过其实Exaggeration
• 论功行赏Reward according to merit
• 请君入瓮invite the devil into the house
• 谈笑自若Calm and composed
• 谨慎小心cautious and careful
• 谬种流传Falsehoods spread
• 负隅顽抗stubbornly resist
• 贪得无厌insatiable
• 贪生怕死greedy for life and afraid of death
• 赏罚严明Reward and punishment are strict
• 赔了夫人又折兵Lost both wife and soldiers
• 赫赫有名well-known
• 走投无路at the end of one's rope
• 走马上任take office immediately
• 赴汤蹈火to go through fire and water
• 趾高气扬swaggering with pride
• 路人皆知Known to all
• 身首异处body and head separated
• 迅雷不及掩耳Faster than a thunderbolt can cover one's ear
• 迫不得已forced
• 造谣生事to spread rumors and stir up trouble
• 逼上梁山forced onto Liangshan Mountain
• 逼良为娼force good people into prostitution
• 里应外合inside and outside cooperation
• 量力而为Do what one can
• 铜墙铁壁impregnable fortress
• 铩羽而归to return with broken wings
• 销声匿迹disappear
• 销声敛迹disappear
• 锐不可当unstoppable
• 错过时机miss the opportunity
• 门户之争Factionalism
• 闻风而动Move at the sound of the wind
• 闻鸡起舞Hear the rooster crow and dance
• 阴谋诡计Conspiracy and intrigue
• 除恶务尽eradicate evil thoroughly
• 隐姓埋名conceal one's name and identity
• 隔岸观火watch the fire from the other side
• 雄才大略great talent and strategic vision
• 集思广益Pooling wisdom
• 非同小可not trivial
• 面如土色face like earth
• 面面相觑look at each other in bewilderment
• 鞠躬尽瘁dedicate oneself wholeheartedly
• 顺手牵羊Take a sheep conveniently
• 顾此失彼to neglect one thing while trying to handle another
• 颠倒黑白to distort right and wrong
• 风吹草动Every rustle and stir
• 骄奢淫逸luxury and debauchery
• 骇人听闻shocking
• 骑虎难下Riding a tiger, difficult to dismount
• 鱼龙混杂mixed
• 鲜血淋漓bloody
• 黑白分明clear-cut
• 齐心协力with concerted efforts
• 齐心合力united efforts