| A | 啊，这么多成语！太乱七八糟了！怎么办？ |
| ǎ, zhème duō chéngyǔ! tài luànqībāzāo le! zěnme bàn?
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| Ah! So many chengyu! What a mess! What should I do? |
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| B | 别担心，日常生活不需要那么多成语，知道几个就好。比如乱七八糟。 |
| bié dānxīn, rìcháng shēnghuó bù xūyào nàme duō chéngyǔ, zhīdào jǐ ge jiù hǎo. bǐrú luànqībāzāo.
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| Don't worry, in everyday life you don't need to know very many chengyu. If you know a few, it's enough. For example, 'what a mess.' |
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| A | 我还以为四个字的都是成语，结果好多只是普通词组。 |
| wǒ hái yǐwéi sì ge zì de dōu shì chéngyǔ, jiéguǒ hǎo duō zhǐ shì pǔtōng cízǔ.
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| I thought that four words together were all chengyu. It turns out a lot are just popular sayings. |
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| B | 成语都是固定的，不能随便改。 |
| chéngyǔ dōu shì gùdìng de, bùnéng suíbiàn gǎi.
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| All chengyu are fixed. One can't just change them around. |
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| A | 真不明白，语言都是活的，为什么我们不能改？ |
| zhēn bù míngbai, yǔyán dōu shì huó de, wèishénme wǒmen bùnéng gǎi?
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| I really don't understand. All language is alive. Why can't we change them? |
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| B | 这就是成语的特点。它们好多都是从历史故事或者古典文学来的，经过很长时间才成为成语。 |
| zhè jiùshì chéngyǔ de tèdiǎn. tāmen hǎo duō dōu shì cóng lìshǐ gùshi huòzhě gǔdiǎn wénxué lái de, jīngguò hěn cháng shíjiān cái chéngwéi chéngyǔ.
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| This is the special thing about chengyu. Many of them come from historical tales or classical literature. Only after a long time do they become chengyu. |
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| A | 是谁决定的呢？ |
| shì shéi juédìng de ne?
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| So who decides that they are? |
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| B | 我也不知道，我又不是语言学家。你别给自己那么大压力，不会成语不影响沟通。 |
| wǒ yě bù zhīdào, wǒ yòu bù shì yǔyánxuéjiā. nǐ bié gěi zìjǐ nàme dà yālì, bùhuì chéngyǔ bù yǐngxiǎng gōutōng.
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| I don't know either, I'm certainly no linguist. Don't give yourself so much pressure. Not being able to use chengyu won't influence your ability to communicate. |
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| A | 说的也对。 |
| shuō de yě duì.
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| Well, that's true. |
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