中 国 成 语（第八期）
(Chinese sayings and proverbs)
(何国龙收集整理)

·自寻烦恼
to look for trouble.

·自食其力
to live by one’s own exertion.

·自食其果
to suffer the consequences of one’s own doing.

·举目无亲
There is not a single friend around.

·举一反三
to infer the rest from what is already known.

·若无其事
as if nothing had happened.

·茅塞顿开
to come to an understanding all of a sudden.

·茶饭无心
to have no appetite.

·含辛茹苦
to undergo all possible hardship.

·草菅人命
to treat human life as grass.

·豆寇年华
marriageable age.

·万念俱灰
completely discouraged.

·万籁俱寂
All sounds are hushed.

·万寿无疆
May you attain bou7ndless longevity!

·落井下石
to beat a person when he is already down.

·落叶归根
When a person gets old ,he thinks of going back home.

·蒙在鼓里
to be kept completely in the dark.