今非昔比
jīn fēi xī bǐ
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1 things are very different now (idiom)
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2 times have changed
似是而非
sì shì ér fēi
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1 apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
似笑非笑
sì xiào fēi xiào
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1 like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
冰冻三尺,非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
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1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
口是心非
kǒu shì xīn fēi
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1 duplicity
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2 hypocrisy (idiom)
啼笑皆非
tí xiào jiē fēi
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1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
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2 between laughter and tears
塞翁失马安知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú
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1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
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2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
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3 also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
塞翁失马焉知非福
sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú
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1 the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise
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2 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
嫌贫爱富
xián pín ài fù
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1 to favor the rich and disdain the poor (idiom)
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2 snobbish
学富五车
xué fù wǔ chē
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1 of great erudition and scholarship (idiom)
安富尊荣
ān fù zūn róng
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1 well-off and respected (idiom)
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2 to be content with one's wealth and position
安富恤穷
ān fù xù qióng
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1 to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
安富恤贫
ān fù xù pín
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1 to give sympathy to the rich and relief to the poor (idiom)
富不过三代
fù bù guò sān dài
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1 wealth never survives three generations (idiom)
富可敌国
fù kě dí guó
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1 having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation (idiom)
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2 extremely wealthy
富国强兵
fù guó qiáng bīng
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1 lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times
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2 Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)
富丽堂皇
fù lì táng huáng
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1 (of houses etc) sumptuous (idiom)
年富力强
nián fù lì qiáng
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1 young and vigorous (idiom)
想入非非
xiǎng rù fēi fēi
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1 to indulge in fantasy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild
打富济贫
dǎ fù jì pín
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1 to rob the rich to help the poor (idiom)