| 开卷有益 | 開卷有益 | reading is always beneficial |
| 开天辟地 | 開天辟地 | the first time in history |
| 开源节流 | 開源節流 | increase income and cut down expenses |
| 看风使舵 | 看風使舵 | take one’s cue from changing conditions |
| 慷慨解囊 | 慷慨解囊 | (of one’s money) to give generously |
| 慷慨激昂 | 慷慨激昂 | be impassioned |
| 靠山吃山，靠水食水 | 靠山吃山，靠水食水 | Anyone living on a mountain lived off the mountain and those living near water lived off water. |
| 可乘之机 | 可乘之機 | an opportunity given by |
| 刻骨铭心 | 刻骨銘心 | be remembered with deep gratitude |
| 空头支票 | 空頭支票 | an empty promise |
| 空口无凭 | 空口無憑 | verbal statements are no guarantee |
| 空前绝后 | 空前絕後 | without parallel in history |
| 克己奉公 | 克己奉公 | work selflessly for the public interest |
| 刻舟求剑 | 刻舟求劍 | take measures without considering changes in circumstances |
| 口若悬河 | 口若懸河 | to let loose a torrent of words; to speak eloquently |
| 口诛笔伐 | 口誅筆伐 | to condemn both in speech and in writing; to denounce by tongue and pen |
| 口蜜腹剑 | 口蜜腹劍 | honey-mouthed and dagger-hearted |
| 口是心非 | 口是心非 | say one thing and mean another |
| 口说无凭 | 口說無憑 | verbal statements are no guarantee |
| 苦口婆心 | 苦口婆心 | remonstrate earnestly and kindly |
| 苦尽甘来 | 苦盡甘來 | Sadness and gladness succeed one another |
| 快马加鞭 | 快馬加鞭 | at top speed |
| 快刀斩乱麻 | 快刀斬亂麻 | cut the knot |
| 款款而谈 | 款款而談 | talk with ease and confidence |
| 宽宏大量 | 寬宏大量 | be magnanimous |
| 狂妄自大 | 狂妄自大 | as proud as Lucifer |
| 狂风暴雨 | 狂風暴雨 | a violent force or a dangerous situation |
| 旷世杰作 | 曠世傑作 | an unprecedented masterpiece |
| 愧不敢当 | 愧不敢當 | feel ashamed of one’s inferiority |
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