Chinese idioms 51 - 100

亡: stands for 逃亡, "to flee"/羊: "sheep"/ 补: "to mend", "to repair"/ 牢: "stable"

It literally means "to mend the sheepfold after losing a sheep" and it tells us that it’s never too late to correct the mistakes after you know it.

爱: "to love"/ 屋: "house"/ 及: "as well as"/ 乌: "bird"

It lit. means "if you love someone you should even love the crows on his/ her roof". It express the idea of loving someone and everything that is connected to this person.

盲人: "blind person"/ 摸: "to touch"/象: stands for 大象, "elephant"

It lit. means "blind person touching an elephant" It refers to a story of four blind men trying to figure out what an elephant looked like. Each of them touched only a part and reached a different conclusion.

马: "horse"/ 不: "not"/ 停: "to stop"/ 蹄: "to trotter"

It lit. means "the horse does not stop trotting", but it means "No stopping to rest", never ever have break or stop.

孟: stands for 孟子(Mencius)/ 母: short for 母亲, "Mother"/ 三. "three" (times)/ 迁: "to move"

It lit. means "Mencius' Mom Moved House Three Times". It shows the hardship of Mother's love to let her kids have the best environment to grow in; it can also indicate that the environment around you is very important.

不: "not"/ 谋: "to consult"/ 而: "yet", "however"/ 合: from 符合, "to agree"

It lit. means "to not consult but agree", and it indicates the act of agreeing with someone without any prior consultancy.

囊: stands for 口袋, "pocket"/ 中: "in", "in the middle of"/ 羞涩: "embarrassing"

It lit. means "the pocket is embarrassing". It indicates a moment when you are embarrassingly in a bad economic situation.