- 成語 文房四寶: 筆、墨、紙、硯," (Pinyin: wén fáng sì bǎo: bǐ, mò, zhǐ, yàn) "The four jewels of the study: Brush, Ink, Paper, Inkstone.
- 萬夀無疆 (wàn shòu wú jiāng, lit: "ten-thousand [year] lifespan without bound")
- 破釜沉舟 (pò fǔ chén zhōu, lit: "break the pots and sink the ships") based on a historical account of the general Xiang Yu
- 瓜田李下" (guātián lǐxià, lit. "melon field, beneath the plums") "Don't adjust your shoes in a melon field and don't tidy your hat under the plum trees"
- (瓜田不納履，李下不整冠, gūatián bù nà lǚ, lǐ xià bù zhěng guān)
- 言而無信 (yán ér wú xìn, lit: "speaking, yet without trust") (from Analects) 言不由衷 (yán bù yóu zhōng, lit: "speak not from the bosom")
- 冰山一角 (bīng shān yī jiǎo, lit: "one corner of an ice mountain") translation of the expression "tip of the iceberg" rare example of a 20th century chéngyu. 火中取栗 (huǒ zhōng qǔ lì, lit: "extracting chestnuts from the fire")
