Idioms Gallery

不 (no) 約 (pact) 而 (yet) 同 (sync) How well are promises kept? With so many variables around us, every promise comes with an implicit caveat w...

磨 (grind) 斧 (axe) 作 (make) 針 (needle) or 磨斧爲針 磨 (grind) 斧 (axe) 爲 (be) 針 (needle) Grind down an axe blade long enough, you'll eventually...

共 (common) 存 (exist) 共 (common) 生 (live) Let's review what John Locke told us, "No one ought to harm another in his life, health, l...

心 (mind) 心 (mind) 相 (mutual) 印 (stamp) Sometimes you just get someone, with not so many words, gestures. Isn't it better that way? bal...

The government is certainly hoping for the best, preparing for the worst, just in case the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus turns out to be as...

電 (lightning) 光 (light) 石 (stone) 火 (fire) How fast does an eye blink? For less than half a second, normally. In this digital age (the...

千 (thousand) 篇 (article) 一 (one) 律 (rule) Aren't you?

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...