| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 百足之蟲死而不僵 | 百足之虫死而不僵 | bǎi zú zhī chóng sǐ ér bù jiāng | a centipede dies but never falls down; old institutions die hard |
| 半途而廢 | 半途而废 | bàn tú ér fèi | give up halfway; leave sth; unfinished |
| 背道而馳 | 背道而驰 | bèi dào ér chí | run in the opposite direction; run counter to |
| 備而不用 | 备而不用 | bèi ér bù yòng | have something ready just in case; keep something for possible future use |
| 比較而言 | 比较而言 | bǐ jiào ér yán | comparatively speaking |
| 不辭而別 | 不辞而别 | bù cí ér bié | leave without saying good-bye |
| 不得而知 | bù dé ér zhī | unknown; unable to find out | |
| 不寒而慄 | 不寒而栗 | bù hán ér lì | shiver all over though not cold; tremble with fear; shudder |
| 不歡而散 | 不欢而散 | bù huān ér sàn | part on bad terms; (of a meeting, etc.) break up in discord |
| 不脛而走 | 不胫而走 | bù jìng ér zǒu | get round fast; spread like wildfire |
| 不可同日而語 | 不可同日而语 | bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ | cannot be mentioned in the same breath |
| 不勞而獲 | 不劳而获 | bù láo ér huò | reap without sowing; profit by other people's toil |
| 不謀而合 | 不谋而合 | bù móu ér hé | agree without prior consultation; happen to hold the same view |
| 不期而遇 | bù qī ér yù | meet by chance; have a chance encounter | |
| 不期然而然 | bù qī rán ér rán | happen unexpectedly; turn out contrary to one's expectations | |
| 不宣而戰 | 不宣而战 | bù xuān ér zhàn | open hostilities without declaring war; start an undeclared war |
| 不言而喻 | bù yán ér yù | it goes without saying; it is self-evident | |
| 不一而足 | bù yī ér zú | by no means an isolated case; numerous | |
| 不翼而飛 | 不翼而飞 | bù yì ér fēi | disappear without trace; vanish all of a sudden; spread fast; spread like wildfire |
| 不約而同 | 不约而同 | bù yuē ér tóng | take the same action or view without prior consultation; happen to coincide |
| 擦肩而過 | 擦肩而过 | cā jiān ér guò | brief encounter; to brush past somebody |
| 從而 | 从而 | cóng ér | thus; thereby |
| 而 | ér | and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast) | |
| 而不需 | ér bù xū | without needing (to so sth) | |
| 而後 | 而后 | ér hòu | after that; then |
| 而今 | ér jīn | now; at the present (time) | |
| 而且 | ér qiě | not only ... but also ....; ... as well as ...; moreover; in addition; furthermore | |
| 而已 | ér yǐ | that's all; nothing more | |
| 反而 | fǎn ér | instead; contrary (to expectations) | |
| 華而不實 | 华而不实 | huá ér bù shí | flashy |
| 疾馳而過 | 疾驰而过 | jí chí ér guò | swept past |
| 進而 | 进而 | jìn ér | and then (what follows next) |
| 敬而遠之 | 敬而远之 | jìng ér yuǎn zhī | (saying) to show respect from a distance |
| 就﹍而言 | jiù ér yán | considering | |
| 可想而知 | kě xiǎng ér zhī | (conj) it is obvious that... | |
| 露齒而笑 | 露齿而笑 | lòu chǐ ér xiào | grin |
| 輕而易舉 | 轻而易举 | qīng ér yì jǔ | easy; with no difficulty |
| 取而代之 | qǔ ér dài zhī | substitute; remove and replace (someone) | |
| 然而 | rán ér | however; yet; but | |
| 時而 | 时而 | shí ér | (adv) occassionally; often, but not at any fixed time |
| 視而不見 | 视而不见 | shì ér bù jiàn | turn a blind eye to |
| 似是而非 | sì shì ér fēi | (saying) appeared right but actually was wrong | |
| 隨之而後 | 随之而后 | suí zhī ér hòu | from that; following from that; after that |
| 脫口而出 | 脱口而出 | tuō kǒu ér chū | (v) blurt out; (v) let slip |
| 望而生畏 | wàng ér shēng wèi | (phr) intimidate; inspire awe, fear | |
| 望而興嘆 | 望而兴叹 | wàng ér xīng tàn | (phr) look and sigh; (phr) feel helpless; not know what to do |
| 顯而易見 | 显而易见 | xiǎn ér yì jiàn | (conj) obviously; clearly; it's clear to see... |
| 形而上學 | 形而上学 | xíng ér shàng xué | (saying) outside actual experience; metaphysics |
| 一概而論 | 一概而论 | yī gài ér lùn | (saying) lump different matters together |
| 一哄而散 | yī hōng ér sàn | (saying) disperse in confusion | |
| 因而 | yīn ér | therefore; as a result; thus; and as a result, ... | |
| 轉而 | 转而 | zhuǎn ér | (adv) conversely; but rather |
| 自然而然 | zì rán ér rán | involuntary; automatically | |
| 自上而下的加工 | zì shàng ér xià de jiā gōng | top-down processing | |
| 自下而上的加工 | zì xià ér shàng de jiā gōng | bottom-up processing | |
| 總而言之 | 总而言之 | zǒng ér yán zhī | in short; in a word; in brief |
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