Idioms, etc.

邪悟

Enlighten along an evil path

大小便失禁

Lose control of one’s bowels and bladder; Become incontinent in urination and defecation

黑手党

Mafia

幸灾乐祸

Gloat over other’s misfortune; take pleasure in other’s misfortune

黔驴技穷

At one’s wits’ end

绝处逢生

Alive after desperation; emerge from despondency; a narrow escape; be unexpectedly rescued from a desperate situation; find one’s way out from an impasse

助师护法

Assist Teacher in safeguarding the Fa

嫁祸于人

Impute crimes to others; shift misfortune onto somebody else; put the blame on somebody else; shift the blame to somebody else

(狱中)报号

Roll call

牽連

To be implicated; to be involved in (trouble)

人面獸心

One with a human face but a venomous heart; have the face of a man but the heart of a beast; a beast in human shape

輸液

Receive intravenous infusion

嚇一跳

To have a big scare; got frightened

在例假期

In menstruation; to be menstruating

得道多助

A righteous cause attracts/enjoys abundant support

奥姆真理教

Aum shinrikyo

镇邪

Suppress the evil

魔窟

Evil den

堂堂正正

Openly and aboveboard

光说不做

When it comes time to do something, one pays lip service to something

迷魂药

Psychotropics

全神贯注

With rapt attention; be absorbed in; be engrossed in; be preoccupied with

惩恶扬善

Quell the evil and embrace the good

天理昭昭

Heavenly principle is finding its clear expression; the course of nature is clear and manifest

波澜壮阔

Surge forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale

磬竹难书

Too many incidences to list; too numerous to record

七窍流血

Bleeding from nose and mouth

欲速则不达

More haste, less speed

多行不义必自毙

Tribulation for enough crimes will come in fullness of time

画蛇添足

Draw a snake and add feet to it; ruin the effect by adding something superfluous

自相矛盾

Contradict oneself; be self-contradictory

井底之蛙

A frog at the Bottom of a Well (implying a person with a very limited outlook)

拔苗助长

Try to help the shoots grow by pulling upward.

五十步笑百步

One who retreats fifty paces mocks one who retreats a hundred; the pot calls the kettle black

助纣为虐

To do things that help the evil

善有善报, 恶有恶报

Good is rewarded with good and evil meets evil

不给其市场

Do not give them an audience

 

 

It is highly recommended that every translator/proofreader get a copy of "A Modern Chinese-English Dictionary." One way to get this is to buy it from China and then have it brought abroad.

More idioms can be found from http://chineseculture.about.com/library/extra/idiom/blidiom.htm

More proverbs can be found from

http://chineseculture.about.com/library/literature/blsproverb-ad.htm

http://chineseculture.miningco.com/cs/proverbs/

An online Cà E dictionary

http://www.tigernt.com/cedict.shtml