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按图索骥 Looking for a steed with the aid of its picture 百发百中 A hundred shots, a hundred bull’s-eyes 班门弄斧 Showing off one’s proficiency with the axe before Lu Ban the master carpenter 杯弓蛇影 Mistaking the reflection of a bow for a snake 闭门造车 Building a cart behind closed doors 病入膏肓 The disease has attacked the vitals 草木皆兵 every bush and tree looks like an enemy 吹毛求疵 Blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect 打草惊蛇 Beating the grass and flushing out the snake 调虎离山 Luring the tiger out of the mountains 东施效颦 Aping the Beauty’s frown 对牛弹琴 Playing the lute to a cow 负荆请罪 Bringingthe birch and asking for flogging 功亏一篑 Running an enterprise for the lack of one basketful 故步自封 Content with staying where one is 含沙射影 spitting sand on a shadow-attacking by insinuation 狐假虎威 Basking in reflected glory 囫囵吞枣 Gulping down a whole date 画饼充饥 Allaying hunger with pictures of cakes 画龙点睛 Putting the finishing touch to the picture of a dragon 画蛇添足 Drawing a snake and adding feet 惊弓之鸟 Birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring 精卫填海 Jingwei fills up the sea 井底之蛙 A frog in a well 刻舟求剑 Notching the boat to find the sword 空中楼阁 A castle in the air 滥竽充数 Passing oneself off as a member of the orchestra 狼狈为奸 A wolf working hand in glove with a jackal 老马识途 An old horse knows the way 梁上君子 A gentleman on the beam 临渴掘井 Not digging a well until one is thirsty 满城风雨 A storm enveloping the city 盲人摸象 Blind men touching an elephant 毛遂自荐 Mao Sui recommending himself 门庭若市 A courtyard as crowded as a marketplace 名落孙山 Failing to pass an examination 南辕北辙 Going south by driving the chariot north 怒发冲冠 So angry that one’s hair lifts up one’s hat 披荆斩棘 Breaking open a way through brambles and thorns 蚍蜉撼树 An ant trying to shake a big tree 破釜沉舟 Smashing the cauldrons and sinking the boats 破镜重圆 A broken mirror made whole again 骑虎难下 When one rides a tiger, it is hard to dismount 杞人忧天 The man of Qi who worried that the sky would fall 黔驴技穷 The Guizhou donkey has exhausted its tricks 日暮途穷 The day is waning and the