1. 安居樂業live and work in peace and contentment

白手起家build up from nothing / build up from scratch / start from scratch

百里挑一one in a hundred / the cream of the crop

2. 百折不撓be indomitable

半途而廢give up halfway / leave sth. unfinished

包羅萬象all-embracing / all-inclusive

3. 飽經風霜weather-beaten

卑躬屈膝bow and scrape / cringe

悲歡離合vicissitudes of life

4. 背道而馳run counter to / run in the opposite direction

本末倒置put the cart before the horse

必由之路the only way

5. 閉關自守close the country to international intercourse

變本加厲be further intensified

別有用心have ulterior motives

6. 彬彬有禮refined and courteous / urbane

兵不厭詐in war nothing is too deceitful

博古通今erudite and informed

7. 不敗之地invincible position

不恥下問feel not ashamed to learn from one’s subordinates

不可救藥be past praying for / beyond redemption

8. 不勞而獲reap where one has not sown

不屈不撓fortitude / perseverance / persevere / tenacity

不速之客gate crasher / uninvited guest

9. 不同凡響outstanding

不言而喻speak for itself / tell its own story / tell its own tale / go without saying

不遠千里go to the trouble of travelling a long distance

10. 不約而同happen to coincide

不擇手段by any kind of means / by hook or crook / play hard by fair means or foul

不知所措be at a loss / be all adrift / lose one’s head / out of one’s wits

11. 才疏學淺have little talent and learning

慘絕人寰extremely cruel

滄海桑田time brings a great change to the worlds

12. 滄海一粟 / 九牛一毛a drop in the bucket

草木皆兵a state of extreme nervousness

察言觀色carefully watch what sb. is doing and saying

13. 姹紫嫣紅very beautiful flowers

車水馬龍heavy traffic

稱心如意well-content

14. 趁熱打鐵strike while iron is hot

誠惶誠恐with reverence and awe

誠心誠意with sincere desire

15. 承上啟下a connecting link between the preceding and the following

吃里扒外live on sb. while helping others secretly

癡心妄想、胡思亂想wishful thinking

16. 叱咤風云ride the whirlwind

愁眉苦臉pull a long face / snoot

臭名遠揚，臭名昭著notorious / flagrant

17. 出口成章have an outstanding eloquence

出奇制勝defeat sb. by a surprise action

出生入死go through fire and water

18. 觸類旁通comprehend by analogy

綽綽有余more than sufficient

此起彼伏as one falls, another rises / keep cropping up / keep emerging

19. 從容不迫go easy / take one’s time

粗枝大葉careless / slapdash / sloppy

措手不及unaware / unprepared

20. 打草驚蛇act rashly and alert the enemy

大材小用waste one’s talent on a petty job

大惑不解be extremely puzzled

21. 大驚小怪a storm in a teacup

大快人心afford general satisfaction

大名鼎鼎famous / well known

22. 大器晚成great minds mature slowly

大千世界the boundless universe

大失所望greatly disappointed

23. 大顯身手、大顯神通strut one’s stuff

大義凜然inspiring awe by upholding justice

大義滅親place righteousness above family loyalty

24. 大智若愚Still waters run deep / An empty vessel makes the most sound / Still water runs deep

呆若木雞dumbstruck / transfixed

待人接物the way one gets along with others

25. 殫思極慮rack one’s brains

膽戰心驚的funky

淡泊明志not seek fame and wealth

26. 道貌岸然be sanctimonious

得過且過drift along / muddle along

得天獨厚的advantaged

27. 得心應手handy / with facility

得意忘形 / 得意洋洋 bloat / get dizzy with success / ride high / high-blown / perky / triumphant

德才兼備have both ability and moral integrity

28. 德高望重sainted / saint-like

登峰造極reach the limit / reach the peak of perfection

地大物博vast territory and abundant resources

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