Four-character idioms

Set phrases made of four kanji (yojijukugo), listed by how common they are.

• Four-character idioms
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• 天上天下てんじょうてんげthe whole world, throughout heaven and earth天上の世界と地上の世界。
• 転生輪廻てんしょうりんねall things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth, the circle of transmigration
• 天孫降臨てんそんこうりんthe descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess
• 天地玄黄てんちげんこうheaven is black and earth is yellow, heaven and earth
• 天地長久てんちちょうきゅうheaven and earth are eternal
• 天理人情てんりにんじょうthe laws of nature and humanity
• 東夷西戎とういせいじゅうbarbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China)
• 桃紅柳緑とうこうりゅうりょくbeautiful scenery of spring
• 東西古今とうざいここんall times and places, everywhen and everywhere
• 道心堅固どうしんけんごbeing of firm (unshakable) faith and strict practice
• 当代無双とうだいむそうbeing unsurpassed (unparalleled) at present
• 撞着矛盾どうちゃくむじゅんself-contradiction
• 唐突千万とうとつせんばんvery sudden, very abrupt
• 時世時節ときよじせつtimes and situations, the course of events of the times, a turn of Fortune's wheel
• 読書三到どくしょさんとうusing mind, mouth and eyes to understand a book fully書物の内容をよく理解するには、まず目でよく見て、次に口で朗読し、さらに心を集中して会得する必要があることをいう。三到。
• 読書三余どくしょさんよwinter, night, and rainy weather, the ideal conditions for reading読書に適した時期は、冬（1年の余り）、夜（1日の余り）、雨（時間の余り）の3つであること。三余。
• 読書百遍どくしょひゃっぺんrepeated reading (makes the meaning clear), reading something again and again (will lead one to realize its meaning)
• 独立自存どくりつじそんindependence and self-reliance
• 屠蘇機嫌とそきげんfeeling a little drunk with the New Year's sake
• 土崩瓦解どほうがかいcomplete collapse, (something) going to pieces (breaking up beyond repair)土砂やかわらが崩れ落ちること。 物事が土台から崩れること。
• 努力奮励どりょくふんれいmaking strenuous efforts, exerting oneself
• 南無三宝なむさんぼうHomage to the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha), oh no!, good heavens!, oops三宝（仏、法、僧）に帰依する意。 驚いたり、失敗したりした時に発する語。南無三。
• 二転三転にてんさんてんchanging again and again, seesawing back and forth, being in a state of flux
• 二枚看板にまいかんばんthe two leading actors (in a play), the two star players, the two distinctive features, the two main items (attractions)
• 如法暗夜にょほうあんやtotal (utter) darkness
• 人気稼業にんきかぎょうpopular occupation, occupation largely dependent on public favor
• 波及効果はきゅうこうかripple effect, spillover effect, propagation effect
• 博学多識はくがくたしきerudition and extensive knowledge
• 白紙委任はくしいにんcarte blanche, blank check, blank cheque, unconditional authority
• 博識多才はくしきたさいwide knowledge and versatile talents, profound learning and varied attainments
• 白馬非馬はくばひばsophistry, sophism, false syllogism
• 博覧多識はくらんたしきerudition and extensive knowledge, widely read and well-informed
• 八大地獄はちだいじごくThe Eight Greater Hells
• 跋扈跳梁ばっこちょうりょうevildoers being rampant and roaming at will
• 抜山蓋世ばつざんがいせいgreat strength and energy (of a mighty hero), Herculean strength and vitality山をも抜くほどの力と、世を覆い尽くすほどの意気。勇壮な気性の形容。
• 発菩提心ほつぼだいしんdeciding to embrace Buddhism, deciding to seek enlightenment, seeking to have religious awakening開悟しようという心を持つこと。発心。
• 抜本塞源ばっぽんそくげんeradication of (sources of) evil, laying the ax to the root of evil大元の原因を除去すること。物事の根源に遡って処置すること。また、禍根を断つこと。「抜本」は「木を根本から引き抜く」、「塞源」は「水源を塞ぐ」の意。
• 半睡半醒はんすいはんせいhalf asleep and half awake
• 半醒半睡はんせいはんすいhalf awake and half asleep
• 万夫不当ばんぷふとうbeing a match for thousands, being a mighty warrior (combatant)
• 反目嫉視はんもくしっしjealousy and enmity, being jealous of and at odds with (each other)
• 煩悶懊悩はんもんおうのうanguish, agony
• 飛花落葉ひからくようscattering of the blossoms and falling of the leaves春に咲いた花が風に飛散し、青葉が秋に色付いて落葉すること。 無情感。はかないこと。
• 媚眼秋波びがんしゅうはcasting a coquettish glance (at a man)
• 卑怯千万ひきょうせんばんvery mean (sneaky), extremely unsportsmanlike
• 皮相浅薄ひそうせんぱくshallow and unwise, superficial and thoughtless
• 美味佳肴びみかこうdelicacies, epicurean dishes
• 百折不撓ひゃくせつふとうindefatigability, indomitableness
• 百年河清ひゃくねんかせいwaiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear, waiting in vain for an unlikely event, waiting for pigs to fly, when the sky falls, we shall catch larks
• 剽悍無比ひょうかんむひas fierce and nimble as any, daring and agile without equal
• 貧富貴賤ひんぷきせんrich and poor, high and low, people of all ranks
• 富貴栄華ふうきえいがwealth, rank, and arrogant splendor
• 富貴浮雲ふうきふうんriches and honors are as fleeting as floating clouds, fortune and fame are here today, gone tomorrow
• 風声鶴唳ふうせいかくれいgetting frightened even by a slight noise, hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles, being afraid of one's own shadow
• 風俗習慣ふうぞくしゅうかんmanners and customs, customs and habits
• 風流韻事ふうりゅういんじelegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy
• 不易流行ふえきりゅうこうthe principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku, haiku is both fluid and transitory, and eternal and immutable, an interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku
• 不羈独立ふきどくりつfree and independent
• 俯仰天地ふぎょうてんちlooking up and down, from heaven to earth (having nothing to be ashamed of), swearing by Heaven and Earth (having done nothing to be ashamed of)
• 不屈不撓ふくつふとうindefatigability, indomitableness, with unremitting tenacity困難にあっても志を曲げないこと。