Chinese idiome:
1.One day out of sight seems like three years far apart.一日三秋
2.When Pi reaches its utmost, Tai occurs.否极泰来
3.Press on without letup.一鼓作气
4.Wailing wind and weeping rain.凄风苦雨
5.Having passed through the hall into the inner chamber.升堂入室
6.On entering a country, inquire about what is forbidden.入境问禁
7.The bow is cast aside once the birds are gone.鸟尽弓藏
8.Mr. Unreality and Mr. Nothing.子虚乌有
9.Green plums and bamboo horses.青梅竹马
10.Diligence makes a master.业精于勤
11.Rubbish coated in gold and jade.金玉其外，败絮其中
12.Crystal-like heart kept in the jade flask--pure and innocent friendship.一片冰心
13.It is like adding extra feet to a snake when it is drawn up.画蛇添足
14.Going to the south by driving the carriage northward.南辕北辙
15.When a snipe grapples with a clam, the fisherman will benefit.鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利
16.Helping the shoots grow by pulling them upward.揠苗助长
17.Learning the way of walking in Handan---Awkward imitation produces even worse effect.邯郸学步
18.Dongshi, an ugly woman, imitates the frowning of the beauty Xishi.东施效颦
19.To put up two examples which contradict each other; to contradict oneself.自相矛盾
20.To trust chance and windfalls.守株待兔
21.The food handed out in contempt.嗟来之食
22.The man in Qi State worrying about the collapse of the sky; the man who worried about the impossible catastrophe.杞人忧天
23.The sound of the song was still echoing in the hall.余音绕梁
24.Works of popular literature and art.下里巴人
25.He lost his horse, but gained good luck.塞翁失马
26.To leave three sides of the net open, to give a wayout to the wrongdoers.网开三面
27.To sleep on the firewood and taste gall bladder--to experience all the hardships in preparation for revenge.卧薪尝胆
28.All around were the folk songs of Chu Stare--to be completely isolated.四面楚歌
29.To offer one's services as voluntarily as Mao Sui did.毛遂自荐
30.Three moves by Mencius's mother.孟母三迁
31.Lord Ye's love for dragons--professed love for what one really fears.叶公好龙
32.To make three calls at the thatched cottage--repeated solicitation for an imporant person.三顾茅庐
33.To make insinuations含沙射影
34.A poem composed in a while of walking seven steps--a very quick wit.七步成诗
35.To quench one's thirst by thinking of plums.望梅止渴
36.To read in the light of glowworms and reflection of snow.囊莹映雪
37.Golden millet dream--dream full of fantasy.黄粱美梦
38.The proverbial donkey in Gui Zhou has exhausted its tricks.黔驴技穷
39.To bring the painted dragon to life by drawing up the pupils of its eyes.画龙点睛
40.To occur for the first time.破天荒
41.To tie one's hair to the beam and stab one's thighs with an awl to avoid dozing when one studies.
42.A seamless robe of the Heaven.天衣无缝
43.To lag behind Sun Shan--fail in a competitive examination.名落孙山
44.A lion roars in the east bank--a hot tempered wife.河东狮吼
45.Punish somebody by means of his/her own.以其人之道还治其人之身
46.A single slip incurs lasting sorrow--error of a moment becomes a regret of lifetime.一失足成千古恨
47.Like the eight immortals crossing the sea, each shows his/her own prowess.八仙过海
Idioms which are dervied from slang and colloquialism
1.Pedantic team; literary jargons之乎者也
2.To do woodwork before the door of Lu Ban, the master of carpenter.班门弄斧
3.The three religions and nine schools of thought--various religious sects and people in various trades.三教九流
4.To substitute martens with tails of dogs.狗尾续貂
5.Once spoken, a word cannot be overtaken, even by a team of four horses.一言既出，驷马难追