How to say [X] in Chinese

lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom)

social

歌舞升平

gē wǔ shēng píng

lit. to climb all over sb

communication

蹬鼻子上脸

dēng bí zi shàng liǎn

lit. to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom)

communication

衣锦还乡

yī jǐn huán xiāng

lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell

communication

掩耳盗铃

yǎn ěr dào líng

lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom)

communication

过五关斩六将

guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiāng

lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom)

communication

一刀切

yì dāo qiè

lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)

communication

披荆斩棘

pī jīng zhǎn jí

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)

communication

依葫芦画瓢

yī hú lu huà piáo

lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)

communication

一落千丈

yí luò qiān zhàng

lit. to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom)

social

半路出家

bàn lù chū jiā

lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)

communication

名落孙山

míng luò sūn shān

lit. to feel as if one's intestines have been cut short

communication

柔肠寸断

róu cháng cùn duàn

lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)

communication

一见高低

yí jiàn gāo dī

lit. to first show one's horns (idiom)

communication

初露头角

chū lù tóu jiǎo

lit. to flick dust off sb's cap (idiom)

social

弹冠相庆

tán guān xiāng qìng

formal

lit. to fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom)

communication

别树一旗

bié shù yì qí

lit. to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy (idiom)

communication

望洋兴叹

wàng yáng xīng tàn

lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom)

communication

各打五十大板

gè dǎ wǔ shí dà bǎn

lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the leopard) (idiom)

communication

略见一斑

lüè jiàn yì bān

lit. to go among enemies with only one's sword (idiom)

communication

单刀赴会

dān dāo fù huì

lit. to grow fat eating one's words (idiom)

communication

食言而肥

shí yán ér féi

lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom)

communication

守口如瓶

shǒu kǒu rú píng

lit. to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom)

communication

牛角挂书

niú jiǎo guà shū