Un chengyu (chino tradicional: 成語, chino simplificado: 成语, pinyin: chéngyǔ, literalmente «frase completa») es una expresión idiomática característica del idioma chino, que suele consistir de cuatro caracteres chinos.Los chengyu suelen tener su origen en la literatura antigua. El significado del chengyu generalmente trasciende a su sentido literal, y para comprenderlo es necesario conocer el mito o hecho histórico con el que está conectado y al que debe su origen, sin este conocimiento el chengyu puede ser fácilmente malinterpretado o no entendido.

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Chengyu (simplified Chinese: 成语; traditional Chinese: 成語, pinyin: chéngyǔ, lit. "set phrases") are a type of traditional Chinese idiomatic expression, most of which consist of four characters. Chengyu were widely used in Classical Chinese and are still common in vernacular Chinese writing and in the spoken language today. According to the most stringent definition, there are about 5,000 chengyu in the Chinese language, though some dictionaries list over 20,000. They are often referred to as Chinese idioms or four-character idioms; however, they are not the only idioms in Chinese.

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