1. 戴高帽:dai-gao-mao: give a fake compliment(in order to manipulate);flatter :
Don't flatter me. I won't do that.
Flattering will get you nowhere.
2. 戴绿帽子:dai-lv-maozi: be cheated on:
He could never imagine that he would be cheated on by his wife.
3. 呆若木鸡:dai-ruo-mu-ji: dumbstruck;dumbfounded:
The terrible news left him dumbfounded for quite a few seconds.
4. 带罪羔羊:dai-zui-gao-yang:scapegoat:
They have made him a scapegoat.
5. 胆大包天:dan-da-bao-tian: have got nerve to:
You've got nerve to do something like that.
6. 胆小鬼:dan-xiao-gui: a scaredy-cat:
He's a scaredy-cat. He's afraid of getting hurt,so he doesn't like to play with other kids.
7. 当一天和尚敲(撞)一天钟:dan-yitian-heshang-qiao(zhuang)-yitian-zhong: trudge along:
I'm tired of my job,but I trudge along anyway.
8. 捣蛋:dao-dan:mess around:
Don't mess around. We're trying to get something accomplished here.
9. 捣乱:dao-luan: roughhousing:
You kids go outside! No roughhousing indoors!