Idioms Gallery

陰 (shade) 德 (virtue) 陽 (sunlight) 報 (repay) Hannah Arendt dreamed of it (see the letter transcribed below) and so did Truman Capote, Robert ...

怒 (anger) 蠅 (fly) 拔 (draw) 劍 (sword) You draw a sword upon the sight of a fly. Mighty anger caused by... a trifle. A fly, no less. Feel s h...

兎 (rabbit) 死 (die) 狐 (fox) 悲 (sad) The bunny dies, so the fox is sad. H e's forgotten all a bout their differences. The loss of a fellow...

今 (now) 始 (start) 初 (first) 聞 (hear) News is losing its novelty. Do you still exclaim, "Wow, that's news to me"? "News...

五 (five) 里 (1/3 mile) 霧 (fog) 中 (middle) You can't see two miles ahead of you. When there are too many uncertainties involved, it would ...

環 (ring) 肥 (fat) 燕 (swallow) 瘦 (slender) Beauty, according to 環肥燕瘦 , comes in all sizes. Whether you look like a butterball or a chopstick,...

送 (send) 舊 (old) 迎 (greet) 新 (new) Happy New Year. 新年快樂. (simplified, 新年快乐) 新 (new) 年 (year) 快 (quick) 樂 (cheer) Also, 謹賀新年 謹 (prudent) 賀 (...

井 (well) 底 (under) 之 ('s) 蛙 (frog) How small is your world view? Once upon a time, there lived a little frog who was extremely proud of ...

喋 (twitter) 喋 (twitter) 不 (not) 休 (rest) It certainly has become an age of Twitter. Non-stop chatter, babble, chirp, twitter. It is unlikely...

債 (debt) 多(much) 不 (not) 愁 (worry) Too big to fail? Too many people in the same boat? What's happened to responsibility ? False hope...

風 (wind) 前 (before) 之 (') 塵 (dust) or 風中之塵 風 (wind) 中 (midst) 之 (') 塵 (dust) *** I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment...

芝 (herb) 蘭 (orchid) 之 ('s) 交 (association) A profusion of fragrance accompanies fine friendships. 靈芝 , ("immortal fungus" or ...

Many visceral reasons you cry - the face of an abandoned puppy, a baby calling out for his mommy, little hungry faces in foreign lands and r...