Most Common and Useful Chinese idioms You Should Know
Chinese, like any language over the world, has its own idiomatic expressions—成语(chénɡ yǔ), there are about 5,000 chengyu in the Chinese language according to the official definition. Most Chinese idioms consist of four Chinese characters , so it is also called "four-character idioms". It has a long history and still used in both writing language and spoken language. Now I would like to introduce top 5 popular Chinese idioms. 1. pò fǔ chén zhōu 破 釜 沉 舟 "破釜沉舟pò fǔ chén zhōu"，which means "break the woks, sink the boats". Here is a history story of the general Xiang Yu 项羽 . It is said that when Xiang Yu cross a river into his enemy's territory, he ordered the army to destroy all cauldrons and boats and at last, he won the battle. Example: miànduì kùnnɑn, wǒ mén yào yǒu pò fǔ chén zhōu de yǒnɡqì 面对困难，我们要有破釜沉舟的勇气。 2. qǐ rén yōu tiān 杞 人 忧 天 In case the sky should fall "杞人忧天qǐ rén yōu tiān", which refers to unnecessary or groundles...