Chengyu: Four-Character Chinese Expressions

心神不宁 (xīn shén bù níng): “to feel bad about nothing”
损人利己 (sǔn rén lì jǐ): “to seek benefit at the expense of others”
幸灾乐祸 (xìng zāi lè huò): “to enjoy others’ misfortunes”
力不从心 (Lì bù cóng xīn): “the qualities aren’t at the level of the aspirations”
亦步亦趋 (yì bù yì qū): “to blindly imitate someone”
桃李满天下 (táolǐ mǎn tiān xià): “to have pupils everywhere”
省吃俭用 (shěng chī jiǎn yòng): “to live frugally”
厮守终生 (sīshǒu zhōngshēng): “to be together forever”
囫囵吞枣 (hú lún tūn zǎo): “to swallow information without assimilating it”
塞翁失马 (焉知非福) (sài wēng shī mǎ (yān zhī fēi fú)): “not all bad comes to cause harm”
依依不舍 (yī yī bù shě): “to be reluctant to leave something”
废寝忘食f (èi qǐn wàng shí): “forgetting to eat and sleep so as to do something”
一门心思 (yī mén xīn si): “to be solely concentrated on doing something”
深情厚谊 (shēn qíng hòu yì): “long and intimate friendship”
与众不同 (yǔ zhòng bù tóng): “different than the crowd”
心甘情愿 (xīn gān qíng yuàn): “to be extremely happy to do something”
眼见为实 (yǎn jiàn wéi shí): “to believe in what can be seen”
耳听为虚 (ěr tīng wèi xū): “to not believe in what you hear”
星火燎原 (xīng huǒ liáo yuán): “a single spark creates a blaze”
举目无亲 (jǔ mù wú qīn): “to be a stranger in a strange land”
四海为家 (sì hǎi wéi jiā): “to make every place your home; live as a hobo”
焕然一新 (huàn rán yī xīn): “to take on a completely new appearance”
无所不谈 (wú suǒ bù tán): “to talk about everything under the sun”
栩栩如生 (xǔ xǔ rú shēng): “as vivid as life”
忙里偷闲 (máng lǐ tōu xián): “to find time for pleasure between work”
见利忘义 (jiàn lì wàng yì): “to forget integrity so as to achieve gain”
下不为例 (xià bù wéi lì): “it will not set a precedent”
无理取闹 (wú lǐ qǔ nào): “to create problems for no reason”
理直气壮 (lǐ zhí qì zhuàng): “to do something while knowing you’re in the right”
思前想后 (sī qián xiǎng hòu): “to accurately ponder over something”
千言万语 (qiān yán wàn yǔ): “thousands and thousands of words”
大惊小怪 (dà jīng xiǎo guài): “great fuss over something ordinary; to complain unjustifiably”
天涯海角 (tiān yá hǎi jiǎo): “far off worlds (expressing a very large distance)
垂垂老矣 (chuí chuí lǎo yǐ): “always older”
安贫乐道 (ān pín lè dào): “happy to live a virtuous life even if in a state of poverty”
光明磊落 (guāng míng lěi luò): “in broad daylight; cards showing; correctly and legitimately”
知足常乐 (zhī zú cháng lè): “to be content with what you have”
班门弄斧 (bān mén nòng fǔ): “to show your talent is of little account in front of a true expert on the material”
孟母三迁 (mèng mǔ sān qiān): “a wise mother works to find a healthy educational environment for her children”
开卷有益 (kāi juàn yǒu yì): “reading always brings benefits”
心如止水 (xīn rú zhǐ shuǐ): “a peaceful heart; a heart as calm as still water”
厚德载物 (hòu dé zài wù): “to be of strong moral character”
知行合一zhī xíng hé yī): “the union of practice and knowledge”
一日为师，终身为父 (yī rì wèi shī, zhōngshēn wèi fù): “teacher for a day, father for a lifetime”