Chinese idioms 1 - 50

喜: for 喜悦, "happy"/ 上: "on", "up"/ 眉: from 眉眼, "eyebrow"/梢: "tip"

It lit. means "the happiness comes out from the tip of the eyebrows". It refers to when someone is so happy that it is totally clear from his/ her face.

其实: "actually"/ 不: "not"/ 然: stands for 对, exact

It lit. means "actually it is not right". It is used to say that something is actually not how people think it is, so it is used to make a contrast, and it simply means "actually this is not so".

功成: "success"/ 身: from 自身, "oneself"/ 退: "to step back"

It lit. means "to step back after reaching a success". It refers to the moment when someone retires after receiving any kind of merit, good result.

目光: "eyesight"/ 短: "short"/ 浅: "shallow", "superficial"

It lit. means "the eyesight (is) short and superficial". It indicates that someone is short-sighted.

固: from 顽固, "stubborn"/ 执: from 固执, "obstinate"/己: from 自己, "oneself"/见. from 意见, "opinion"

It lit. means "to firmly insist in one's opinion". It indicates a person who stubbornly persist in one's opinion.

突: for 突然, "unexpectedly"/ 如: like if/ 起来: " appear", "to arise"

It lit. menas "to arise abruptly".

画: "to draw"/ 龙: "dragon"/ 点: "dot"/ 睛: from 眼睛 "eye"

It lit. means "to paint a dragon and a dot in its eyes". It indicates the action of adding the final touch to something.