| 悟入 | wu4 ru4 | to understand |
| 愣干 | leng4 gan4 | to do things recklessly |
| 所爱 | suo3 ai4 | beloved things |
| 折挫 | zhe2 cuo4 | to inhibit |
| 曲肱而枕 | qu1 gong1 er2 zhen3 | fig. content with simple things |
| 焚琴煮鹤 | fen2 qin2 zhu3 he4 | fig. to waste valuable resources |
| 物是人非 | wu4 shi4 ren2 fei1 | things have remained the same, but people have changed |
| 物极必反 | wu4 ji2 bi4 fan3 | when things reach an extreme, they can only move in the opposite direction (idiom) |
| 百废待兴 | bai3 fei4 dai4 xing1 | a thousand things to do |
| 谋虚逐妄 | mou2 xu1 zhu2 wang4 | to do things in an impractical manner |
| 越描越黑 | yue4 miao2 yue4 hei1 | fig. to only make matters worse |
| 连璧 | lian2 bi4 | to join jade annuli |
| 一拍即合 | yi1 pai1 ji2 he2 | Start dancing |