15 Chinese Idioms to Guide Your Life | The Wisdom of the Dragon - Chinese Chéngyǔ (成语)

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The Chinese language is loaded with idioms - most of which are bits of wisdom handed down through the ages. Most of these are called 'Chengyu', or 成语 in Mandarin.
In this video I have chosen 15 of my favorites that I keep in mind to help guide me through life. Whether it's helping me to keep things in perspective, motivating me, or assisting me in navigating troubled times - there are definitely a few Chinese idioms that everyone will surely love and find extremely helpful.
Intro - 0:00
对牛弹琴 - 2:19
塞翁失马 - 3:17
一石二鸟 - 4:21
一鸣惊人 - 4:56
井底之蛙 & 夜郎自大 - 6:28
功亏一篑 - 8:08
万事开头难 - 9:06
桃李不言，下自成蹊 - 9:55
舍本逐末 - 11:20
望洋兴叹 - 11:56
知足常乐 - 13:06
随遇而安 - 14:48
日积月累 - 15:04
雷打不动 - 15:32
自力更生 - 16:24
Outro - 17:30
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[@jgdyt]

Thank you, that was nice.

[@happiman9484]

You should actually be more grateful for something the more you take it for granted because the more base to your life it is, which is why being readily grateful to exist and even have the ability to suffer is an aspirational level of insight 🙏

[@mikeatgoogle501]

Silence is golden!!

[@jasonjust-jason9489]

Idioms are my favorite travel souvenir... Something interesting/useful you can always carry around with you. Good stuff.

[@chopsticksandtrains]

You worded that extremely well! Glad you enjoyed the video Jason! 🙏🤝

[@dongshengdi773]

​@@chopsticksandtrainsmy favorite idiom is 杀猪盘 。

[@mayo9738]

自力更生 is my favorite one

[@darkhorseinamerica1935]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@zhou3998]

很棒的视频!

[@chopsticksandtrains]

谢谢！

[@juls1092]

I think my favourite is 画蛇添足 in part because the literal meaning is very funny to me haha,,

[@chopsticksandtrains]

Yeah, hehe, that is a good one :)

[@laoma4131]

Good stuff, some of them I try to follow without knowing the chengyu. It's almost like a religion. I wonder if there is an idiom of not taking everything to heart or seriously. It might already be implied with that list already as an interpretation.

[@chopsticksandtrains]

I bet there is - I'll look for it! Would be a good one to know!

[@BobJones-pj4lx]

People mountain , people see 😂

[@alantan7723]

对牛弹琴is more to describe talking to someone that lack of ability to understand the content. To describe reason with the unreasonable, 秀才遇见兵 is much closer.

[@chopsticksandtrains]

I actually didn't know that one, but I like it! Thanks!