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Idioms

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Eating Words

Idioms and phrases for everyday sustenance

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Oct. 16, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Lunar Language

Mid-Autumn sayings about the moon

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Sept. 11, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Doo-wop of Dewdrops

Brief and wondrous idioms about dew

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Sept. 4, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Sexist Sayings

Ancient idioms were not kind to females

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Aug. 28, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Sharp Words

Incisive idioms about one of humankind’s oldest tools

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Aug. 21, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Phantom Phrases

Spooky and spectral sayings about ghosts

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Aug. 14, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Maxims on Melons

Saying about a refreshing summer fruit (and ancient love token)

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

Aug. 7, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Friendly Remarks

Sayings about friendship old and new—and broken

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

July 31, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Fire Away

Literal and figurative phrases about fire

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

July 25, 2019

LANGUAGE

Choice Chengyu: Chess Talk

Chess-inspired idioms for strategizing and winning

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

July 17, 2019

IDIOMS

Choice Chengyu: Fast Phrases

Sayings that go by like a flash

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

July 10, 2019

LANGUAGE

Choice Chengyu: Heated Expressions

Idioms for the dog days of summer

Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)

July 3, 2019

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