仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
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1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
儿孙自有儿孙福
ér sūn zì yǒu ér sūn fú
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1 younger generations will do all right on their own (idiom)
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r5
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1 lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八 (idiom)
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2 fig. things have not even begun to take shape
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3 no sign of success yet
又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo
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1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
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2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
咬人狗儿不露齿
yǎo rén gǒu r5 bù lù chǐ
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1 lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom)
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2 fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance.
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
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1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
掉书袋
diào shū dài
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1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
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2 fig. to show off one's erudition
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3 a person who does so
书不尽言
shū bù jìn yán
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1 I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
书香门第
shū xiāng mén dì
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1 family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
牛角挂书
niú jiǎo guà shū
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1 lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)
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2 fig. to be diligent in one's studies
男儿有泪不轻弹
nán ér yǒu lèi bù qīng tán
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1 real men do not easily cry (idiom)
白面书生
bái miàn shū shēng
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1 lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
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2 still wet behind the ears
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r5
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1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
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2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
知书达理
zhī shū dá lǐ
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1 educated and well-balanced (idiom)
罄竹难书
qìng zhú nán shū
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1 so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted
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2 innumerable crimes (idiom)
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3 see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qìng bǐ nán shū]
罄笔难书
qìng bǐ nán shū
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1 too numerous to be cited (of atrocities or misdeeds) (idiom)
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2 see also 罄竹難書|罄竹难书[qìng zhú nán shū]
著书立说
zhù shū lì shuō
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1 to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
行万里路，读万卷书
xíng wàn lǐ lù , dú wàn juàn shū
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1 Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. (idiom)
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2 Learn as much as you can and do all you can.
视同儿戏
shì tóng ér xì
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1 to regard sth as a plaything (idiom); to consider unimportant
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2 to view as trifling