中 国 成 语(第六期)
(Chinese sayings and proverbs)
(何国龙收集整理)

·起死回生
to revive the dead.

·趁火打劫
to plunder a house when it is on fire.

·越俎代庖
to go beyond one’s duties to meddle with another’s affairs.

·足智多谋
wise and resouceful.

·跳出火坑
to free oneself from a life of torture.

·身败名裂
to lose both fortune and honor.

·载歌载舞
to sing and dance at the same time.

·反败为胜
to turn a defeat into a vitory.

·转移视线
to draw attention to some other matter.

·转危为安
to turn a perilous situation into a safe one.

·转弯抹角
to talk in a roundabout way.

·明辨是非
to distinguish right from wrong.

·办公时间
office hours.

·虚张声势
to make a deceptive show of power.

·融会贯通
to blend harmoniously and grasp thoroughly.

·街头巷尾
throughout the city.

·冲口而出
to blurt out without thinking.

·衣食住行
clothing,food,housing and transportation.(the four essential equirements of people)