Chinese idioms starting with E
Four-character idioms (chengyu) from CC-CEDICT, sorted by pinyin.
- 恶叉白赖 è chā bái lài evil behavior ; brazen villainy
- 峨冠博带 é guān bó dài official class
- 恶贯满盈 è guàn mǎn yíng lit. strung through and filled with evil ; filled with extre
- 扼喉抚背 è hóu fǔ bèi lit. to strangle the front and press the back
- 扼襟控咽 è jīn kòng yān to secure a stranglehold ; fig. to hold a strategic pass
- 鹅毛大雪 é máo dà xuě goose feather snow
- 蛾眉皓齿 é méi hào chǐ beautiful eyebrow and white teeth ; lovely young woman
- 饿莩遍野 è piǎo biàn yě starving people everywhere ; a state of famine
- 饿殍载道 è piǎo zài dào starved corpses fill the roads ; state of famine
- 饿莩载道 è piǎo zài dào starved corpses fill the roads ; state of famine
- 恶有恶报 è yǒu è bào evil has its retribution ; to suffer the consequences of one
- 阿谀奉承 ē yú fèng chéng flattering and fawning
- 恶语中伤 è yǔ zhòng shāng to slander viciously
- 恩比天大 ēn bǐ tiān dà to be as kind and benevolent as heaven
- 恩将仇报 ēn jiāng chóu bào to bite the hand that feeds one
- 恩同再造 ēn tóng zài zào a great life-saving favor
- 恩威兼施 ēn wēi jiān shī to employ both kindness and severity
- 耳鬓厮磨 ěr bìn sī mó lit. to play together ear to ear and temple to temple
- 耳聪目明 ěr cōng mù míng sharp ears and keen eyes
- 耳根清净 ěr gēn qīng jìng lit. ears pure and peaceful
- 二话不说 èr huà bù shuō not saying anything further; not raising any objection; with
- 而立之年 ér lì zhī nián the age of 30
- 耳熟能详 ěr shú néng xiáng what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail
- 耳顺之年 ěr shùn zhī nián 60 years old
- 耳提面命 ěr tí miàn mìng to give sincere advice
- 尔虞我诈 ěr yú wǒ zhà lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.