Chinese Idioms Containing “如”

Value time preciously

Literal: Value time like gold

Keep secrets well

Literal: Guard mouth like bottle

In perfect element

Literal: Fish finds water

Instant friendship

Literal: Tilt hat like old friends

Know something thoroughly

Literal: Count like family treasures

Entranced in dreamlike state

Literal: Like drunk like dream

Extreme caution in risky situations

Literal: Like walking on thin ice

Absolutely stable and unshakable

Literal: Stable like Mount Tai

Perfectly satisfying every expectation

Literal: Match heart according wish

Maintain absolute silence about sensitive matter

Literal: Avoid discussing as deep

Just right; perfectly appropriate

Literal: Just as its portion requires

Irrefutable evidence; conclusive proof

Literal: Iron evidence like a mountain

Lifelike; vividly realistic

Literal: Vividly as if alive

Irresistible momentum; sweeping advance

Literal: Momentum like splitting bamboo

Feeling as if ages have passed

Literal: Dimly as if separated by lifetimes

As always; unchanged

Literal: Same as it has always been

Add to one's strength; become even more powerful

Literal: Like tiger adding wings

Readily accept good advice

Literal: Follow good like flowing water

Be consistent inside and out

Literal: Outside and inside as one

Treat each other with respect

Literal: Respect each other like guests

Instant connection

Literal: Meet like old friends

Reckless extravagance

Literal: Spend gold like dirt

Intense and vigorous

Literal: Like fire, like white flowers

Be thoroughly prepared

Literal: As if facing a great enemy

Feeling relieved

Literal: As if releasing a heavy burden

Extreme discomfort

Literal: As if sitting on needles

Extremely thin

Literal: Bones thin as sticks