Learn Chinese Chengyu: Eight Chinese idioms/chengyu (成语) that you can start using TODAY

Do you think that Chinese idioms (chengyu) are boring and always serious?
Do you know that you can use Chinese chengyu to curse😤, or pick up a girl/guy😎? Let me show you in this video!
The first chengyu starts from
02:25 长话短说
03:10 说来话长
04:00 潜移默化
05:02 丢三落四
06:05 莫名其妙
07:55 胡说八道
08:24 胡思乱想
09:21 洗耳恭听
10:15 赤子之心
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[@defunctchannel2167]

My favorite Chengyu is 滴水穿石 (dripping water penetrates stone). In other words, be persistent

[@paulpaulsen7777]

Savanto Icamnao We have the same idiom in Germany really. „Steter Tropfen 💧 höhlt den Stein“ Means, continuously falling drops (of water), are carving holes into stones. 😃👍

[@wmq1900]

It can also be called “水滴石穿”

[@ShanePingStyle]

very good one, I love it a lot too!

[@adrielalves531]

@@paulpaulsen7777 in Portuguese too! but it's like "água mole, pedra dura, tanto bate até que fura" (soft water, hard stone, beat till until pierces [it's a rhyme])

[@paulpaulsen7777]

@@adrielalves531 Thank you for sharing this too 😃👍🙏

[@coldgirl538]

I'm an Arabic and I want to say that CHINESE IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE , IT SOUNDS SO GOOD

[@paulpaulsen7777]

Ha 😃 I like 求知若渴虚心若愚 the most. Steve Jobs said that at a university speech to students - „Stay hungry(for knowledge), stay foolish“ Love that one

[@ShanePingStyle]

this is very good one, you are so cool!

[@firebrand9578]

We need a whole series of moustache Shuoshuo

[@milys8902]

It's a really great idea

[@JosephMama305]

I've completed my Chinese language studies at university and your videos are honestly critical in my continuing self-study. Thank you!

[@leoncalv1206]

我来自印尼🇮🇩我喜欢的成语是“雪中送炭”，我希望在生活中，只要有朋友在困难中，我会为ta排忧解难，我也希望会成为一个有求必应的好朋友。😊😊 I'm from Indonesia 🇲🇨 the chéngyǔ that I love the most is 雪中送炭 (to send charcoal in snowy weather, which means to provide help in sb's hour of need), I hope that I can always help my friends to relieve their worries and help solve their problem when they are in difficulties. 😊😊

[@wengzet]

加油

[@xuyenchinguyen2329]

Love your video. I’m a Vietnamese-born Chinese living in Hanoi trying to reconnect with my heritage through Mandarin so your videos are always precious to me :))))

[@AnastasiaKhomenko]

Shuo, thank you so much for all the great content that you provide for us! I really love your easy and casual explanation method. Words are being remembered themselves! :D Many thanks!! 非常感谢 ! :)))

[@BKPrice]

I happened upon this channel while researching for a novel I'm writing and it has become one of my favorite channels. I really like your teaching method. I've learned a lot of interesting things even without formally trying to learn Chinese at this time.

[@marshalllab8986]

so great!!! what I really appreciate is how you give examples of how to actually use chengyu in conversation. that's what I never know - even if I learn a bunch of these, I am never sure how to actually use them when I'm talking to someone. this really helped a LOT!

[@phuongthaongt4954]

finally , I’ve seen interesting lessons for Chinese on YT. Hope you can make more..谢谢。你的英语太好了。👍

[@Emily-xs8um]

爱死你了！我是一个在加拿大生活的学生。在中国出生的，可是在加拿大长大的，很多成语都忘了，现在要自学。谢谢你的视频。英文说的很棒！

[@daveshongkongchinachannel]

I have been learning written Chinese casually for many years as well as spoken Cantonese and more recently Mandarin. There are so many gaps and you really hit upon some of the excuses and reasons for my poor knowledge of 成語. Your videos are great and help to inspire me to renew my efforts - thanks.

[@mikec.4519]

a lot of WORK in this video! respect!

[@eternalsecretforgettingfor8525]

The first chengyu starts from 02:25 长话短说 Long Speech short Say 03:10 It isA long Story 04:00 GoUnderWater Move Silent Change ie Act Subliminally 05:02 Lose this Leave that; Forgetful, Careless 06:05 Can't Name it's Mystery 07:55 Do Something Talk Nonsensly 08:24 Go of into flight of fancy and give way to foolish thoughts. 09:21 Wash ear Respectful Listen 10:15 Naked ba6y of heart ie pure heart

[@xufengjinmi4250]

thanks but these are useless bcs shuo is an interesting teacher i surely wont need to skip any parts😂

[@noolhodofuracao6768]

Thank you Eternal Secret. You 学以致用(put in practice what one has learnt) by summarising (长“课”短说) the lesson. Thank you also for enriching the lesson by providing translations in English.

[@hienluu7146]

Thank you for your useful information and I can relate to you. In Vietnamese, we also use a lot of 成语 in our daily life. Most of the times we use them to talk with friends and family because it can express our thoughts in a clearer way in a certain situation.

[@smbigle9161]

Perfect additional information while learning Mandarin. Thank you!

[@katasnowlets2257]

Your video is quite helpful to me. I decided to start memorizing chengyu from today!

[@chrystels.1]

你太牛了吧！你的视频很有意思。非常感谢

[@soniasajjabi5283]

“说曹操，曹操到” (shuo1 cao2 cao1, cao2 cao1 dao4) is my favourite 成语. I love the way it rhymes. Literal meaning: Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao will arrive. Figurative meaning: Speak of the devil and he will appear.

[@juliakrystal19]

名列前茅 无忧无虑 平白无故 十年树木百年树人 寸步难行 高处不胜寒 These are the ones that I used recently or came spontaneously to my mind.

[@sha2616]

It’s really interesting to see how differently we define 成語. (Taiwanese here) but I enjoy watching your videos and I’d love to become a Chinese teacher too. Best of luck!

[@b00mie95]

Thank you so much teacher, your videos are just way too helpful and informative.

[@rahul-gm2rd]

非常感谢!老师! 我一直在寻找这部影片很久了。谢谢您来自印度。

[@salihzanatta3116]

Enjoying your training. Thanks from Australia mate.

[@Hei1Bao4]

I really appreciate what I learn from this channel. Kindness and honesty are the best traits to have and seek in long term relationships. The latest 成语 I have learned is 可歌可泣。

[@ctq4915]

比较喜欢《可口可乐》

[@robertsmithers9059]

Thank you for the lessons, you are the best Chinese teacher on KZbin. And I wouldn't go three days without calling you either... ;)

[@diahanggrah4847]

I love this, more chengyu please ❤️😊

[@julietamkrtumyan]

谢谢你老师，今天我学了很多成语，太开心😍😍😍😊😊

[@nguyenthu6023]

amazing! thank you for sharing! From Viet Nam with love

[@dpayO2]

Recently I've been partial to 刻舟求剑 -- Act without considering changing circumstances. Cool story behind it too.

[@MikeDillion]

Awesome video! One of my favorites.

[@carlb8845]

我觉得胡说八道是我最喜欢的成语，因为它是我学了的第一个成语之一也让我记得美好的时刻。随着时间的推移，我发现了越来越多很有趣的成语，比如博大精深，先入为主，画蛇添足等。其实对我来说，画蛇添足及五花八门很有用。 我近来开开心心地发现你的视频，对我而言，它们蛮有意思喽

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

哈哈哈，真不错！

[@williamk9490]

This is really interesting video, thankyou, I understand better; I try to find out more about chengyu

[@kuntanaarjuna7330]

i really can see your pure intention in sharing your valuable lessons. 加油。谢谢老师。 i am from indonesia.

[@jinghuaella1567]

我很喜欢你的视频，既有趣又有用💕

[@Thefunhouse48]

🦀🦀老师。Really liked your last comment. In life be more like a teacher than a business person. 🌟

[@lucy-ferprofiler5379]

awesome !!! more chengyu !!!!

[@kostasyian4788]

I very much like your humor Shuo! Genuinely funny videos!

[@pavel.pantoja]

Best videos, with examples, context, good explanation, funny stories. Excellent Los mejores videos, con ejemplos, contexto, graciosos.

[@ilgenio]

最喜欢的成语是问心无愧

[@user-Thaimom]

Thank you for sharing, I just started studying Chinese , I"ll get it and improve on my channal too.

[@tinama7372]

讲得很好👍希望你的频道越来越好，加油💪

[@reginaburris4412]

Great content! I wish I had even more thumbs up to give you. You are an excellent teacher

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

哈哈哈，谢谢😂

[@MeyuniGusnadi]

Thankyou Shuo Laoshi for your dedicstion on teaching Mandarin. I pray for your health and happiness

[@a.g.4843]

your videos are really interesting. You fill the content gaps which the other youtube teachers let open. Thats good

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

😆😆谢谢

[@user-mw8pd5nx5w]

硕老师的视频总是非常有趣！谢谢妳

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

不用谢 :)

[@JonaJoshProductions]

Thank you so much. I love idioms and especially if I can use them in my daily life. Keep the video's coming please!

[@sanzhang5412]

where are u from? do u speak chinese in ur daily life?(i am curious)

[@JonaJoshProductions]

@@sanzhang5412 I'm from The Netherlands but I live in Indonesia with my wife and son and her family of Chinese descent. A lot of her relatives can speak or at least understand Mandarin. I have always been interested since in The Netherlands I used to have many Chinese friends as well. Just a couple of months ago when the lockdown began I started learning Mandarin, along with some other languages, through the app with the green owl. My son learns Mandarin once a week in school and I'm trying my best to keep up and help him where he needs.

[@marklyn5779]

Greetings from Canada. Really enjoy your videos as they are current and easy to follow. I would like to suggest that you summarize before you end the video e.g. show a page with all 8 idioms/chengyu with pin yin and English translation.

[@lienbui6297]

你的声音真好听 and have attraction. It's helpful for me. Thank you 😊

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

No No 😊

[@virginiafontana8486]

OK the ad as time to think really got me! Very funny

[@knguyennguyen5559]

My favourite 成语 is probably 随机应变, I like it because in my mother tounge Vietnamese we also have it (tùy cơ ứng biến) and I use it everyday

[@leolau5026]

I don’t know vietnamese. I wanna know if this 成語 literally makes sense if you don’t know the Chinese base of it?

[@ShanePingStyle]

good to hare you say this one!

[@k.4057]

Awwww i love this :) thank you

[@sarajohanna6474]

amazing content. thank you!

[@sanduniindeewarilokuwithan2313]

很有意思。多谢您 ！

[@minat.4401]

Love your examples. I had a good laugh。

[@jhonatanchambi478]

Beautiful teacher!

[@engincan8593]

Thank you very much for your information

[@youtubeadsarecancer785]

5:35 一言九鼎 (promising) 一目十行 (read fast) 一刀兩段 (one cut into two piece = break up without looking back, usually use in relationship, family) 九死一生 (luckily survive) 聽不到 三心兩意 (hesitation) 一心一意 (wholeheartly) 三言兩語 (3 dialect, 2 language, not really an ancient idiom, just a modern idiom to decribe someone who learn multiple languages) 三番五次 (應該是三番四次) (do sth negative again and again, like 三番四次 being late) 五光十色 (colourful light) 聽不到 七零八落 (incompleted, loose usually decribes a room/a place after party etc.) 十全十美 (perfect)

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

哇！你这么棒啊！

[@knguyennguyen5559]

The fifth on is 一石二鸟 (kill to bird with one stone). Also 三言两语 is more like describing very little word (for example: 这件事不是三言两语就能说清楚的）

[@NOUSSAROM]

So good. Well done

[@LucyMaynard]

你讲的真好，跟你学习如何讲成语👍

[@biydhaa]

你长话短说吧 😂😂😂😂 ， very useful lesson . Thank you 🙏

[@reshamneupane6902]

非常感谢！

[@nesyaalesya2630]

Woah I just starting to search more chengyu and kinda like to use it😂😂

[@macarezzamelendez201]

这个视频帮助我很多。。。谢谢你💖💖

[@jimchen5537]

这个视频帮了我不少。。。谢谢您

[@mengliu38]

不知道为什么我一个华人每次都及时看你视频的更新哈哈哈，好喜欢你讲普通话和英语的节奏感。

[@michael0830]

Great video!!!

[@mvdmusicvideostorefreshthe3224]

Thank you Shuo.

[@glack2239]

Nice video...i learn a lot and smile too.😄😄

[@chamleypeiris8226]

谢谢老师！

[@mgarcia2397]

Thanks for the nice video. I learned a lot from it. One nice chengyu is 沉鱼落雁 to say a woman is very beautiful; it also has a wonderful story behind it

[@dvn.b__samu-han]

marmaid? :v cuz marmaid is beautiful :V

[@knguyennguyen5559]

Oh yes, 沉鱼落雁，闭月羞花, these 2 idioms are about the 4 great beauties of China. 闭月 is about 貂蝉, 羞花 is about 杨贵妃, 沉鱼 is 西施 and 落雁 is about 王昭君

[@africasteel1515]

@@knguyennguyen5559 but all of them finally got horrible life ending. So there is an another word 红颜薄命

[@no.1weare446]

中文的成语很有意思！ 我喜欢的成语是“全力以赴“。

[@davisliz159]

竭尽全力

[@chlidera75]

WONDERFUL ! 请给我们介绍更多的成语 ！👍

[@LingoLewi-27]

So true! My favourite is this one: 孔子曰:只要功夫深铁杵磨成针 🙏

[@kino797]

Hahaha, good but it's not said by Confucius. It's a story related with famous Chinese poet Libai.

[@cannncannn]

I don’t know if you gonna read this but I’ve been binge-watching your videos these past few days and I LOVE THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN THINGS 😭😭😭 I love each and every content of your channel, be it chengyu, short story for HSK, or simply daily phrases/expressions 😭❤️❤️❤️ you also know which parts of learning Chinese where us learners struggle the most. You honestly make learning Chinese funnier!!! I wish you were my Chinese teacher (well, you already are, because I’ve been learning a lot from you, haha). P.s: You are also very pretty!!! And that’s not merely because how you look!!! You got that pretty attitude and personality as well!!! ❤️❤️❤️ I hope your channel keeps getting bigger!!! Lastly, thank you for all the lessons 🥰💗💛 keep doing the good work!!!

[@lightphasermusic]

Ha, Abutalabashuneba, I see you like WD from Dota ;) Great video! My favorite idiom is 奇蹟從艱難而生。

[@spacoverman]

Really enjoy your videos Shuo. Have to share something funny though. Chi zi zhi xin - in the subtitles - "I really hope that I can keep my Church Juicing forever 😁 .

[@quoctuannguyen8937]

谢谢老师

[@tronix4732]

I learned 莫名其妙 in a chinese drama recently but only the 'confused' translation ^^ I got one, 一言难尽 7:43 nice one, that's another level of acting xD

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

哈哈哈，假装有朋友

[@infocrash4179]

What drama is it? Can you tell me?

[@laayouneie1713]

Keep going lao shi.

[@3961049]

Great video! My favourite one is 杯弓蛇影 bēi gōng shé yǐng (literally: "cup-bow-snake-reflection" meaning "to be extremely suspicious"). There is another one I like a lot, although that one is made up of 8 caracteres: 塞翁失马焉知非福 sài wēng shī mǎ, yān zhī fēi fú (literally: "frontier-old man-lose-horse-how-know-not-blessing" meaning "a blessing in disguise"). :-)

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

我也很喜欢“塞翁失马焉知非福”！

[@dvn.b__samu-han]

sometimes make chengyu story plss, so we our can easy to remember ChengYu. im here studying Mandarin and English :D

[@TheGretaoto]

哇, 谢谢你.

[@aleksk9643]

对牛弹琴 and 坐井观天 are my favorite

[@dpayO2]

A bit like 井底之蛙. I think there are too many 井底之蛙's in this world.

[@esammohamed843]

谢谢您

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

Which one is your favourite chengyu? Do you know any other chengyu? Tell me in the comment :))

[@Sterretje1996]

我的是：走马看花

[@SuperOpensource]

亂七八糟

[@AlejandroDrago]

I loved this one, which I heard in Taiwan from a colleague, speaking of the administration he was working under: 对牛弹琴 😉

[@sugarboohoo]

The older ginger is more spicier than the younger ginger (forgot the chinese of it hehe)

[@tososhin]

大手大脚 is my favorite chengyu. I'm not sure how often it is used day-to-day.

[@mojganfarsi7909]

Thank you 🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹

[@paulpaulsen7777]

Another one I love to use in talk with other wei guo ren, when they don’t behave properly 😂 (some of my German colleagues sometimes misbehave in China), so I say in Chinese to them, Rù xiāng suí sú - 入乡随俗

[@RyuJinafan]

Yes, I think 入乡随俗 is probably my favourite... "When in Rome, do as the Romans!"

[@hoainhthiviet7911]

我常说胡思乱想和胡说八道。关于赤子之心那个成语，几天前我看报纸刚遇过它，今天又看到它，这么巧啊。另外，这个视频真有意思啦 ^^

[@dpayO2]

你这个叫Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon。是一种频率错觉认知偏差。很有意思的题目

[@aynazsyzd8537]

你太 可爱了 吧💛😆

[@ngocngadotnet]

As a huge fan of idioms, I've made a spreadsheet of nearly 1,400 Chinese idioms, but sadly I haven't used them on a daily basis to remember them. I more or less speak Vietnamese idioms. Though Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary and Chinese share many idioms (成语汉越), I've known only 2 of your listed ones: 莫名其妙, 胡思乱想 which I've read in Chinese novels. The most common Sino-Vietnamese idioms in my language are idioms with characters changed after borrowing Chinese (汉语借用后用字有变) such as nhập gia tùy tục - 入乡随俗 → 入家随俗 or nhất cử lưỡng tiện - 一举两得 → 一举两便

[@thinhamautechtrinh1207]

Tùy cơ ứng biến Môn đăng hộ đối Vạn sự như ý Thập tử nhất sinh ...... Trước khi có chữ quốc ngữ, người ta đã dùng chữ nôm và chữ Hán nên có rất nhiều thành ngữ đến từ chữ Hán......( tham khảo tự điển thành ngữ Hán Việt.)

[@tainantaiwan8629]

很好、下一影片我就洗耳恭聽好啦

[@hsiaotienchiang8994]

洗眼恭看

[@chinabill379]

小姐姐好厉害...

[@markroc]

Very good

[@jessiey4207]

看了你的视频 好后悔大学没有学对外汉语专业。 当老师,尤其是可以把自己的文化传授给来自其他文化的群体的感觉好好啊 respect

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

其实我也不是学习对外汉语专业😂

[@jessiey4207]

@@ShuoshuoChinese 厉害了

[@alhmotivation5325]

很好

[@x-Adam1295]

我来自摩洛哥，我很喜欢使用的成语是（自言自语-患难与共-呆头呆脑-不见不散）😂😂❤

[@neveroyatnii]

Hope one day I could hear you lively.

[@AstrologiaComAndreiPeixoto]

我最喜欢的成语是轻而易举。

[@naturalsoundsonly]

Your acting is cool😊😊