成语故事
136 idioms in this topic.
- 三分鼎足three-legged tripod
- 专横跋扈Domineering and tyrannical
- 东郭先生Mr. Dongguo
- 乐于助人Willing to help others
- 乘虚而入To take advantage of the situation and enter
- 九世之仇Nine generations' feud
- 乱臣贼子rebellious ministers and treacherous sons
- 人人自为战Everyone fights for themselves
- 以古为鉴Learn from history
- 以古非今Using the past to criticize the present
- 以守为攻Defense as attack
- 以战养战Sustaining war through war
- 以退为进advancing by retreating
- 价值连城priceless
- 作壁上观to watch from the wall
- 作茧自缚bind oneself with a cocoon
- 八面威风Eight-sided imposing manner
- 冲锋陷阵charge into battle
- 决一雌雄fight to the death
- 刎颈之交Sworn brothers
- 列祖列宗Ancestors
- 利令智昏Greed clouds wisdom
- 前车可鉴Past experience as a lesson
- 割地求和cede territory for peace
- 力能扛鼎Strength to lift a cauldron
- 华而不实superficial
- 单刀赴会Single-sword meeting
- 卖官鬻爵Selling offices and titles
- 史不绝书history is full of records
- 各个击破defeat one by one
- 吴下阿蒙Wu Xia A Meng
- 周公吐哺Zhou Gong Tu Bu
- 唯我独尊Only I am supreme
- 四战之国State under siege on four fronts
- 囫囵吞枣swallowing dates whole
- 围城打援Besiege the city and attack the reinforcements
- 围点打援Encircle a point and strike at reinforcements
- 国色天香nation's color, heaven's fragrance
- 坐井观天A frog in a well
- 垂帘听政Governing from behind the curtain
- 城下之盟Treaty under the city walls
- 大人先生gentlemen
- 大而无当grandiose but impractical
- 天下大乱The whole country in chaos
- 天女散花Celestial Maiden Scattering Flowers
- 天真无邪innocent and naive
- 夸父追日Kua Fu chases the sun
- 夸父逐日Kuafu chases the sun
- 奋发图强Strive for strength
- 完璧归赵Perfect return to Zhao
- 宽宏大量magnanimous
- 尸横遍野corpses strewn across the field
- 山重水复Mountains high and waters deep
- 席地而坐sit on the ground
- 常胜将军Constant Victorious General
- 庞然大物huge thing
- 开天辟地Create heaven and earth
- 异军突起suddenly emerging as a powerful force
- 张灯结彩Hang lanterns and decorate with colorful streamers
- 弹丸之地small territory
- 得其所哉find its place
- 得陇望蜀Obtain Long, desire Shu
- 得鱼忘筌Get the fish, forget the trap
- 御驾亲征Imperial expedition in person
- 忠臣义士loyal ministers and righteous people
- 惟我独尊Only I am supreme
- 愚公移山Foolish Old Man who moves mountains
- 憨态可掬adorable
- 成王败寇the victor becomes king, the loser becomes a bandit
- 所向披靡invincible
- 折戟沉沙Broken halberd, sunken sand
- 披坚执锐Fully armed
- 披红挂彩to adorn with red and colorful
- 挂冠求去resign from office to seek retirement
- 掩耳盗铃Covering one's ears to steal a bell
- 揠苗助长pull up seedlings to help them grow
- 收买人心win over hearts and minds
- 攻其无备Attack when the enemy is unprepared
- 攻城掠地Conquer cities and plunder land
- 攻城略地attack cities and seize land
- 方寸之地one's heart; a small space
- 昏庸无道incompetent and tyrannical
- 暴虐无道Tyrannical and brutal
- 望洋兴叹Sighing at the vast ocean
- 歃血为盟Make a blood alliance
- 歧路亡羊Lost sheep on diverging paths
- 民不聊生The people cannot live
- 江东父老Elders of Jiangdong
- 海市蜃楼mirage
- 渔人之利fisherman's gain
- 渔翁得利fisherman gains
- 火中取栗to take chestnuts out of the fire
- 片甲不留Not a piece of armor left
- 独行独断act independently, decide arbitrarily
- 王侯将相Nobles and dignitaries
- 班师回朝Triumphant Return to the Court
- 病入膏肓incurable disease
- 直捣黄龙Attack Huanglong directly
- 知己知彼Know yourself, know your enemy
- 知彼知己Know yourself and your enemy
- 硕大无朋immense
- 礼坏乐崩collapse of rituals and music
- 积土成山Accumulating earth into a mountain
- 约法三章Agree on three articles
- 绳锯木断Rope saws wood
- 绿林好汉Green Forest Heroes
- 羽毛未丰undeveloped feathers
- 背水一战Fight with one's back to the water
- 胯下之辱Humiliation under the crotch
- 血流漂杵Blood flowed like a river
- 裙带关系Nepotism
- 诱敌深入lure the enemy deep
- 调虎离山lure the tiger away from the mountain
- 豁然开朗suddenly enlightened
- 负荆请罪Apologizing with thorns on one's back
- 赤膊上阵bare-chested battle
- 身首分离severed head and body
- 逐鹿中原Compete for the Central Plains
- 遗老遗少Old and young people who miss the past
- 避实击虚Avoid the strong and attack the weak
- 避实就虚Avoid the strong and attack the weak
- 避强击弱Avoid the strong, attack the weak
- 铁杵磨针Grind an iron rod into a needle
- 长驱直入To advance without stopping
- 闭关锁国Closed-door policy
- 霸王别姬Farewell My Concubine
- 项庄舞剑Xiang Zhuang dances with a sword
- 额手称庆To express joy
- 飞扬跋扈arrogant and domineering
- 马革裹尸Wrapped in horsehide and buried
- 鸡鸣狗盗Cock-crow and dog-theft
- 鸣金收兵Sounding the golden gong and withdrawing troops
- 黄袍加身Yellow robe added to the body
- 黔驴技穷Guizhou donkey's skills are exhausted
- 鼎足三分three-legged balance
- 鼎足之势Three-legged stalemate