| 罪魁禍首 | N: chief offender, chief criminal, archcriminal |
| 死氣沉沉 | SV: lifeless air, hopeless and gloomy, dull and despondent, dead atmosphere |
| 烏煙瘴氣 | SV: (said of air) heavily polluted |
| 獨一無二 | AT: unique; the one and only (good) |
| 慘不忍睹 | SV: so tragic that one cannot bear to look at it |
| 百孔千瘡 | SV: riddled with holes, honeycombed with holes, in very bad shape, in a state of ruin or extreme distress |
| 登高一呼 | V: to raise a cry for something; to raise a hue and cry |
| 捫心自問 | V: to examine oneself, introspection, to ask oneself |
| 小處著手 | V: to start with the details, to start with the little things (in making an analysis or resolving a problem), to not lose sight of the task at hand |
| 以身作則 | V: to set an example by one's own actions (usually said of people holding responsible positions or heads of families) |
| 耳濡目染 | V: to be thoroughly influenced or imbued with what one frequently sees and hears |
| 自然而然 | natural consequences, a matter of course |