‘虎头蛇尾’ is an idiom that literally means ‘ti

The idiom 骑虎难下 literally means 'riding a tiger

‘虎将’ literally means ‘tiger general’ — comb

‘虎口’ literally means 'tiger’s mouth'—a compo

‘Lǎo hǔ’ literally combines ‘lǎo’ (old) and

‘Máquè’ (麻雀) literally combines ‘má’ (hem

‘膊子’ (bó zi) is a regional term—primarily us

‘肯綮’ (kěn qìng) is a classical Chinese liter

'瘦肥' (shòu féi) is a fixed noun phrase meaning

‘养肥’ literally combines 养 (yǎng, 'to raise'

肥美 (féi měi) is an adjective describing food—

'Dǔ fèi tāng' literally means 'stomach-and-lung

‘Máo dù’ literally means ‘hairy stomach’—‘

肚丝 (dǔ sī) literally means 'stomach threads'

猪肚 literally means 'pig stomach' and refers spec

羊肚 (yáng dǔ) literally means 'sheep stomach' a

牛肚 (niú dǔ) literally means 'cow stomach' and

‘联盟’ (liánméng) is a compound noun meaning

‘聚积’ is a compound verb meaning ‘to accumulat

‘聚拢’ is a compound verb meaning 'to draw toget

聚集 is a verb meaning 'to gather' or 'to congrega

耐寒 (nàihán) literally combines 耐 (nài), mean

A yǔshàn (feather fan) is a traditional Chinese

‘Yǔhuà’ literally means 'feather transformatio

羽翼 literally means 'feathers and wings'—'羽' (y

‘羽绒’ (yǔróng) literally combines ‘羽’ (yǔ

‘羽毛球’ literally means ‘feather ball’ — com

‘羽毛’ (yǔmáo) literally combines ‘羽’ (yǔ)

美丽 (měi lì) is a common two-character adjectiv

‘绝技’ (jué jì) literally combines ‘绝’ (ju

细线 literally means 'fine thread' — combining 细

约衡 (yāo héng) is a formal, literary term meani

约量 (yāo liàng) literally means 'to measure by

约重 (yāo zhòng) is a noun meaning 'approximate

‘约秤’ (yāo chèng) is a traditional Chinese ba

A jìlùpiàn (documentary film) is a non-fictiona

This four-character idiom literally means 'a slow

‘笨重’ is a compound adjective formed by combini

护身符 (hù shēn fú) literally means 'protect-th

‘符咒’ (fú zhòu) is a compound noun meaning ‘