成语典故

historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying

surname Cheng

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation / idiom / proverb / saying / adage / CL:條|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]

dialect / language / speech

to tell to

canon / law / standard work of scholarship / literary quotation or allusion / ceremony / to be in charge of / to mortgage or pawn

classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth

happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead