| 托儿 | tuo1 er2 | tout |
| 旷达 | kuang4 da2 | accepting |
| 简言之 | jian3 yan2 zhi1 | to be short |
| 不可同日而语 | bu4 ke3 tong2 ri4 er2 yu3 | incomparable |
| 不求甚解 | bu4 qiu2 shen4 jie3 | only looking for an overview |
| 今非昔比 | jin1 fei1 xi1 bi3 | Things ain't what they used to be. |
| 博古通今 | bo2 gu3 tong1 jin1 | conversant with things past and present - erudite |
| 拔苗助长 | ba2 miao2 zhu4 zhang3 | to spoil things through excessive enthusiasm (idiom) |
| 无奇不有 | wu2 qi2 bu4 you3 | to have |
| 胡来 | hu2 lai2 | to mess with sth |
| 摆事实讲道理 | bai3 shi4 shi2 jiang3 dao4 li3 | present the facts and reason things out |
| 化整为零 | hua4 zheng3 wei2 ling2 | divide and conquer |
| 按部就班 | an4 bu4 jiu4 ban1 | to follow the prescribed order |