[bàn tú ér fèi] 半 : half 途 : way, or path 而 : and, but, or thus 廢 : stop, give up, or destroy Def: 比喻做事有始無終，不能堅持到底。 Describing one to quit or give up halfway, and unable to persist to the end.

指鹿為馬 (to blatantly lie in the face of truth) [zhǐ lù wéi mǎ] 指 : to point to, or to refer to 鹿 : deer 為 : to be, as 馬 : horse Def: 將鹿指稱是馬，以展現自己的威權。比喻人刻意顛倒是非。 Claiming that a deer is a horse, in order to display one’s own power by coercing obedience of others or to blatantly lie...

[ dōng shī xiào pín ] 東施: 人名 ；a women that lives on the east side of the village 效 : 仿效 ；copying actions of others 顰 : 皺眉 ；furrowing one’s brows Def: 比喻盲目胡亂地模仿他人，結果卻適得其反 Describing one to imitate the actions of others without understanding the reason or nature of just to get the...