| 棋 | 棋 | chess |
| 齐心协力 | 齊心協力 | shoulder to shoulder |
| 千载难逢 | 千載難逢 | once in a blue moon |
| 岂有此理 | 豈有此理 | How absurd! |
| 起个大早, 赶个晚集 | 起個大早, 趕個晚集 | start early but finish late (opposite of “the early bird catches the worm”) |
| 起死回生 | 起死回生 | to revive the dead. |
| 骑虎 难下 | 騎虎難下 | When you ride a tiger,it’s hard to dismount. |
| 青出于蓝 | 青出于藍 | to surpass one’s master in learning |
| 青梅竹马 | 青梅竹馬 | the innocent affection between a boy and a girl in their childhood |
| 倾国倾城 | 傾國傾城 | Drop-dead gorgeous |
| 倾家荡产 | 傾家蕩産 | be reduced to poverty and ruin |
| 清者自清，浊者自浊 | 清者自清，濁者自濁 | The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all |
| 前赴后继 | 前赴後繼 | one man falls, another steps into the breach |
| 勤工出巧匠 | 勤工出巧匠 | Work makes the workman |
| 强扭的瓜不甜 | 強扭的瓜不甜 | You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink |
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