Author: Serena Hillery

拍馬屁 (Pāi mǎ pì) literally means to pat a horse’s backside, but it also means false flattery or to be a suck up in Chinese.

Playing the lute to a cow 對牛彈琴 (duì niú tán qín) is the Chinese equivalent of “talking to a brick wall,” or “casting pearls before swine.”

While learning Chinese, have you ever wondered how the Chinese express the phrases “living under a rock” and “sticking your head in the sand”?

In Chinese, 250 isn’t just a number but an idiomatic expression. Use 250 with caution because it is used to call someone stupid.