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Hi friends! You are all learning Chinese, but if you want to really master Chinese you must learn how to use Chinese sayings. All Chinese saying have been passed down from long ago. Some of them originated with legends or historical stories others did not. A Chinese saying is not necessary made up of four characters. It may contain only two characters like Mao-Dun or three like Ye-Hue-Chan. It may also contain five; six, eight, or even twelve characters two examples are Si-Hai-Zhi-Nei-Jie-Xiong-Di-Ya, which is made up of eight characters, and Zhi-Xu-Zhou-Guan-Fang-Huo, Bu-Xu-Bai-Xing-Dian-Deng which contains twelve characters.

 Chinese saying makes the Chinese language more vivid and they help both the speaker and writer express their feeling more clearly. So, all those who wish to master Chinese should learn Chinese sayings. Now let see some Chinese sayings acted out in stories.

Introduction
Too Happy To Think of Shu 樂不思蜀
 Warmed To The Eras With Drinks 酒酣耳熱
 Breaking Heavens Precedent 破天荒
 Seeking Blessings of One’s Own Making 自求多福
 Carry A Rod And Ask For A Flogging 負荊請罪
 Not Willing To Spare Even A Hair 一毛不拔
 Mao- Sui Recommends Himself 毛遂自薦
 The Awl Cuts Through The Bag And Show Itself 脫穎而出
 The Child Cannot Be Taught 孺子可教
 Catch A Sparrow Near A Door Step 門可羅雀
To Hang On To People of Influence 趨炎附勢
 People Cannot Be Judged By Their looks 濫芋充數
 The Sea Cannot be Judged By The liter 人不可貌相海水不可斗量
 Close Female Friend 紅粉知己
 To Her New Home 于歸
 Flaunting One’s Ill-gained Wealth 露出馬腳
 Resting Someone’s Spear; Waiting For Daybreak 枕戈待旦
 It’s Not Clear In Whose Hands The Deer Will Die 鹿死誰手尚未可知
 Hear The Crowing of Cocks And Rise The Practice Swords 聞雞起舞
 Deep Water And Hot Fire 水深火熱
 Like A Knife Splitting Bamboo 勢如破竹
 Invincible Everywhere 所向無敵
 To Blame Heaven And Other People 怨天尤人
 Spilt Water Cannot Be Gathered Up 覆水難收
 To shout oneself hoarse 聲嘶力竭
 The Blind Man Riding The Blind Horse 盲人瞎馬
Tung-Shih Imitates His-Shih’s Frown 東施效顰
 Fish sink and wild geese fall 沉魚落雁
 The moon hides her self and flowers feel ashamed 閉月羞花
 Adding a feet to the drawing at a snack 畫蛇添足
 To make one’s statements consistent 自圓其說
 Every bush looks like an enemy soldier 草木皆兵
 Throw an egg to against a rock 以卵擊石
 Mistaking the reflection of a bow in the cup for a snake 杯弓蛇影
 Why use a cattle knife to kill a Chicken 殺雞用牛刀
 Flaunting one’s Proficiency 班門弄斧
 To try to fish the moon out of the water 水中撈月
 To look at someone with new eyes 刮目相看
 One is name appears behind Sun-Shan’s 名落孫山
 Studying for 10 years by a cold window 十年寒窗
 Returning home in silken clothes 衣錦還鄉
The mantis seizes the cicada 螂蟷捕蟬
 The mantis tries to stop a chariot with it arms 蟷臂擋車
 Chu’s songs from all sides四面楚歌 
The end of road 孤立無援
 Alone without help 窮途末路
 To copy someone else’s way of painting a gourd 依樣畫葫蘆
 Carve a notch in the boat to find a sword 刻舟求劍
To play the zither with the pegs glued down 膠柱鼓瑟