學習漢語的外國學生，當他們初步掌握了漢語的語音、詞彙、語法和文字時，很想進一步提高自己的漢語水平。怎樣提高呢?尹斌庸編著劉峰、劉耕濤編繪的《成語101/博古通今學漢語叢書》精選漢語中*有價值的、常用的、表現力強的成語、諺語、歇後語和典故各10l則。每則均附英文釋義，每則配一幅精美插圖，另有一些難解詞語中英文注釋。

1．按圖索驥
Looking for a fine steed with the aid of its picture
2．百發百中
A hundred shots，a hundred bullseyes
3．班門弄斧
Showing off one’S proficiency with the axe before Lu
Ban the master carpenter
4．杯弓蛇影
Mistaking the reflection of a bow for a snake
5．閉門造車
Building a cart behind closed doors
6．病人膏肓
The disease has aRacked the vital organs
7．草木皆兵
Every bush and tree looks like an enemy
8．吹毛求疵
Blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defects
9．打草驚蛇
Beating the grass and flushing out the snake
10．調虎離山
Luring the tiger out of the mountains
11．東施效顰
Aping the beauty’S frown
12．對牛彈琴
Playing the lute to a cow
13．負荊請罪
Bringing the birch and asking for a flogging
14．功虧一簣
Ruining an enterprise for the lack of one basket
1 5．故步自封
Content with staying where one is
16．含沙射影
Spitting sand on a shadow--attacking someone by
insinuation
17．狐假虎威
Basking in reflected glory
18．囫圇吞棗
Gulping down a whole date
19．畫餅充饑
Allaying hunger with pictures of cakes
20．畫龍點睛
Putting the finishing touches on a picture of a dragon
21．畫蛇添足
Drawing a snake and adding feet
22．驚弓之鳥
Birds startled by the mere twang of a bowstring
23．精衛填海”
Jingwei fills up the sea
24．井底之蛙
Afroginawell
25．刻舟求劍
Notching the boat to find the sword
26．空中樓閣
Acastle in the air
27．濫竽充數
Passing oneself off as a member of the orchestra
28．狼狽為奸
A wolf working hand in glove with a jackal
29．老馬識途
An old horse knows the way
30．梁上君子
A gentleman on the beam
31．臨渴掘井
Not digging a well until one is thirsty
32．滿城風雨
A storm enveloping the city
33．盲人摸像
Blind men touching an elephant