成语

成语 chéngyǔ in a sentence

Idiom

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 2 sentences

成语 (chéngyǔ) means Idiom. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

这个 成语 我第一次听说。

Zhège chéngyǔ wǒ dì yī cì tīngshuō.

This is the first time I have heard this idiom.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 成语

学 成语 要知道它的故事。

Xué chéngyǔ yào zhīdào tā de gùshi.

To learn an idiom you need to know its story.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 成语

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How is 成语 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 成语 (chéngyǔ, "Idiom"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 成语 an HSK word?

Yes — 成语 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 成语?

The dictionary page for 成语 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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