Popular Chinese Idioms
Post 1 of 12
The Chinese culture is thick with idioms we have some of the more popular ones here, those in the Cantonese dialect and some also in Mandarin.
1. One eye sees over the Dragon.
2. Starting work like a worm, finishing work like a dragon.
3. The maid is more prominent than the lady.
4. So big a frog jumping around the street meh?
5. You do me 1st moon of the month, I will do you 15th moon.
6. One mountain cannot sustain two tigers.
7. Don't act like a vagabond to be a scholar.
8. One mountain has another mountain high.
9. Asking me for money is like borrowing a comb from a monk.
10. A good horse will not eat past grass.
11. The new sales person is a green hand on the job.
12. First bitter, than later comes the sweet.
**** Moby
1. One eye sees over the Dragon.
2. Starting work like a worm, finishing work like a dragon.
3. The maid is more prominent than the lady.
4. So big a frog jumping around the street meh?
5. You do me 1st moon of the month, I will do you 15th moon.
6. One mountain cannot sustain two tigers.
7. Don't act like a vagabond to be a scholar.
8. One mountain has another mountain high.
9. Asking me for money is like borrowing a comb from a monk.
10. A good horse will not eat past grass.
11. The new sales person is a green hand on the job.
12. First bitter, than later comes the sweet.
**** Moby
14 May 2007 07:47
Post 2 of 12
Replying to [Dick Moby]: It's interesting, but No. 1, 7, 11 not understood. ![[em24]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_thinking.gif)
14 May 2007 22:35
Post 3 of 12
Replying to [Dick Moby]:
Thanks for sharing, Dick. But I wish you did the translation better.
Thanks for sharing, Dick. But I wish you did the translation better.
14 May 2007 22:58
Post 4 of 12
Replying to [Dick Moby]: You have been given 100 MVPs as promised.
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14 May 2007 23:54
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Replying to [Braham S Aggarwal]:Thank you sir.
Wish you all the best with your fiancee.
Dick
Wish you all the best with your fiancee.
Dick
15 May 2007 05:46
Post 6 of 12
Replying to [Moolan99]:
1. One eye sees over the dragon, aka a cockeyed person, or a person overlooking the big details and looking for smaller ones. As the American would say: major on the minor.
7. This is more of a Fujian origin than Cantonese. It is someone who wants to act like a highly educated person, where s/he is not.
11. A new sales person is a green hand. Meaning inexperienced, and raw to the system. The Chinese meaning of a green hand.
I am sure there are many more, but Westerners could not perceive the idoms of the Chinese Culture.
Like what they say in Cantonese, they have no "water" means that they are broke.
Dick
1. One eye sees over the dragon, aka a cockeyed person, or a person overlooking the big details and looking for smaller ones. As the American would say: major on the minor.
7. This is more of a Fujian origin than Cantonese. It is someone who wants to act like a highly educated person, where s/he is not.
11. A new sales person is a green hand. Meaning inexperienced, and raw to the system. The Chinese meaning of a green hand.
I am sure there are many more, but Westerners could not perceive the idoms of the Chinese Culture.
Like what they say in Cantonese, they have no "water" means that they are broke.
Dick
15 May 2007 22:26
Post 7 of 12
Replying to [Dick Moby]:
You can find many such idioms at this link: http://chineseculture.about.com/library/extra/idiom/blidiom.htm
You can find many such idioms at this link: http://chineseculture.about.com/library/extra/idiom/blidiom.htm
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15 May 2007 23:39
Post 8 of 12
Replying to [Dick Moby]:
May be your Chinese is good than others, it is intersting.
Candy
May be your Chinese is good than others, it is intersting.
Candy
16 May 2007 09:37
Post 9 of 12
Replying to [Dick Moby]:Thanks Dick,it is interesting.
16 May 2007 16:42
Post 10 of 12
Replying to [Dick Moby]: Thank you for your kind explanation. ![[em1]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_smile.gif)
16 May 2007 22:16
Post 11 of 12
And i thought this was a business forum. well its a new toy for for some jokers like you
23 Mar 2009 21:22