中 国 成 语（第九期）
(Chinese sayings and proverbs)
(何国龙收集整理)

·蒸蒸日上
getting more and more prosperous.

·蓬莱仙境
a fairyland.

·荡然无存
to have nothing left.

·耦断丝连
The ties are severed but not completely.

·虎头蛇尾
to start doing something with vigor but fail to see it through.

·老少无欺
to cheat neither the old nor the young.

·聚沙成塔
accumulation of small amounts result in huge quantity.

·肝胆相照
to show the deepest sincerity.

·背井离乡
to leave one’s hometown.

·胡言乱语
to talk nonsense.

·胸有成
to have had ready plans in mind.

·能歌善舞
skill in both singing snd dancing.

·能者多劳
The capable are usually the busy ones.

·自暴自弃
to abandon oneself to a dissipated life.

·置若芒闻
to turn a deaf ear to ---

·美轮美奂
splendid and magnificant.

·义愤填雁
to feel indignant at the injustice.

·翻天覆地
world -shaking.