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Chengyu Series: Mountains And The Sea

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ID: 4555 Elementary
Chengyu are Chinese idioms that consist of four characters. Although they originate from classical Chinese, Chengyu remain as an important aspect in both spoken and written language. They may seem erratic and confusing to you at first since they don’t follow the usual sentence order and their meanings depend heavily on context. But don’t worry, in this Chengyu series, we will introduce simple Chengyu made up with all the characters that you already knew, and you can infer the actual meaning by looking at the separate characters! In this lesson, let’s take a look at the Chengyu with Mountains And The Sea in them!
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
开门见山 kāiménjiànshān to be straightforward
人山人海 rénshānrénhǎi crowded
城市 chéngshì city; town
上山下海 shàngshānxiàhǎi up the mountain down the sea
他说话开门见山我不喜欢这样
tā 他shuōhuà 说话kāiménjiànshān 开门见山wǒ 我bù 不xǐhuan 喜欢zhèyàng 这样
He speaks straight to the point, I don't like this.
我就开门见山地说了我喜欢你
wǒ 我jiù 就kāiménjiànshān 开门见山de 地shuō 说le 了wǒ 我xǐhuan 喜欢nǐ 你
I would just say it straightforwardly, I like you.
上海是个人山人海的城市
Shànghǎi 上海shì 是ge 个rénshānrénhǎi 人山人海de 的chéngshì 城市
Shanghai is a city full of people.
我不想去人山人海的地方我们待在家吧
wǒ 我bù 不xiǎng 想qù 去rénshānrénhǎi 人山人海de 的dìfang 地方wǒmen 我们dài 待zàijiā 在家ba 吧
I don't want to go to a place that's full of people. Let's stay at home.
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