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Chinese Idioms or are short sayings usually consisting of  some characters. It's one thing to learn to understand such expressions in Chinese text, but a completely different thing to actively use them in your own phrases. If you don't know a large number of Chinese idioms, it can be difficult to spontaneously find suitable expressions for different occasions. We present you the Chinese idioms with English explanations, pinyin, audios and examples.

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 (yà miáo zhù zhǎng)

Try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward---Spoil things by excessive enthusiasm

Once upon a time, an old farmer planted a plot of rice. Everyday he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow gradually taller each day. But still, he thought they were growing too slowly. He got impatient with the young plants.

This is the most popular Chinese Joke, hope it could help you at learning mandarin Chinese.

1,A man goes to church and starts talking to God. He says: "God, what is a million dollars to you?" and God says: "A penny", then the man says: "God, what is a million years to you?" and God says: "a second", then the man says: "God, can I have a penny?" and God says "In a second"
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Why we need to learn Chinese Idioms when we learn mandarin Chinese:

Idioms are fixed phrases that go through the test of history and cannot be treated separately. In order to be loyal to the original text, the translation of English idioms should not only keep the original taste of the source, but also meet the standards of writing, especially for mythology and allusion. Because English idioms have manifested and absorbed the different national culture of ancient Greek, ancient Rome, and Northern Europe, it is more typical and representative than other forms of language on reflecting the cultural diversity.

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The Chinese language employs heavy usage of particles to modify the meaning of characters and sentences. Since Chinese has neither inflections nor tense, the mastery of particles is an absolute must if one is to fully comprehend both written and spoken Chinese. Below, you will find some of the most common particles in everyday Chinese.
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