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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.+ {8 z* w M0 f" }. B+ a
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
4 y [+ W% v& R9 g: g7 L$ j比上不足，比下有余"worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
1 X3 x! }% s5 N; e笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.) ?1 ^! @/ k* ~
不眠之夜white night
1 O, ?" j9 p$ w不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
# |! }" v* } O" a- B不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
/ r0 O [* K, v, d不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
$ {. g% T, {" v8 J拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
3 ?! C0 n0 u! s" d3 Q辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
0 \# z! l0 S9 w T大事化小，小事化了try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all* [/ c2 M9 L3 l. r- Q& }
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
% S/ P; O; C6 \3 d# }5 p6 d国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
% ^) \# J/ Z! b( U; s" R过犹不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little
; @+ h- s& B: u; p! d0 K6 m功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
' V/ A1 o0 o5 S/ b- f好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more" t; i& O6 u9 ?5 @! \
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
% z3 \! D! {- o% O和气生财Harmony brings wealth
7 z; p7 P. D! c: t. ?! G活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
$ P: r% H2 c3 j$ K/ z' r! |4 O既往不咎let bygones be bygones
O3 O( w, F: M- p$ G' w金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
( }! ?5 y2 A7 V5 l2 `) r5 c+ e: o金玉满堂Treasures fill the home: s* c6 w. }: y$ y l$ r2 r
脚踏实地be down-to-earth
2 M: D# L$ s- e3 B! V- R3 ~3 ]& o脚踩两只船sit on the fence
8 P8 m& S9 x, p- d2 f3 C% _5 K君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
9 \ |, ^+ q4 J% q老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
$ X0 q+ g8 R. t6 t% a礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
9 Z* X \: x: D- V; |. O5 W& V留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
2 s x: R! a. K: X马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
) B4 r0 \- `& b名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
5 B! U# t( {* ~8 F$ @茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened2 R8 W+ n6 Q+ L) ~
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
, ]: J# U: K4 E+ l每逢佳节倍思亲
' w- e+ U9 P/ M; H* {7 y) Q W ?On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.1 H) Q: Z. K/ R+ Z- f! F
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
* E3 A. ^$ D, T7 W5 t( T2 x谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "& B% I0 v: q+ n0 U$ _% O/ ]
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.3 ~6 F+ {# U' {- }( x- V
拿手好戏masterpiece
5 @; k$ l# s0 O/ Q赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad \' \0 I4 ^( s0 `% ]; ]
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale: _$ b; Y% [, W9 M3 b/ g: y4 w
破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end9 u* _3 q( _6 {# i9 j/ H6 T
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 8 @7 q$ u6 }$ }( M- q4 Q. W
巧妇难为无米之炊If you have no hand you can't make a fist./ One can't make bricks without straw.
3 x( g m3 ]$ Z; o2 i) w千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
+ x$ Y, w Y0 O2 `6 u/ s; d7 {" X前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.8 l. Z! f" { H" m' v$ v$ H
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.+ K0 \; R8 G: _7 m& _
One sows and another reaps.& _: K. N+ c S2 t* {, n( t
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
/ {! B: v0 f( ]+ J5 P. r+ u+ g, E强龙难压地头蛇Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.
0 |2 V9 M8 ]+ `: W% a, o强强联手win-win co-operation
1 Q. ?" W& U& X瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
4 Y' [( ^* h+ w% ]9 k* P* _# _9 P人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
( E, `' L( _# f) H% m; ]8 Q人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.) v W; r4 n! j" r
人海战术huge-crowd strategy 6 Z8 t$ d2 I7 E' p
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " 9 U- c+ T) N, B1 g9 M2 l" A: L4 \
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
2 H% |$ Z$ F4 k9 v/ T$ @ {死而后已until my heart stops beating" A3 Z2 c3 g# `& ^; R
岁岁平安Peace all year round" W$ k, h: \5 c; r
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." 9 ]8 C6 ~4 v$ P0 D+ K
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
5 G3 D% _# w6 B1 J" Y8 Z" r三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
% a: I7 x! L3 QAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
( P; ]1 g9 a- K升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)' }9 b$ T8 ~" t% ]
四十不惑Life begins at forty.
( v. i2 y9 ^0 _7 C4 i; i* ~4 ~. x谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
( r& A6 o; p9 ~ Q6 ^, ~$ \% s水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.% v$ S6 J5 X( [; ]/ c9 F N
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
+ t2 S4 x+ s+ n) f3 \杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
C& {1 ^4 l# U7 j" C" _实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts ( x& t: h9 r2 h
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.& D; b7 C* }. I6 L
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
' @2 h1 d- P) X% y" T6 ]) m7 p实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.9 l5 R: y0 u! H8 ?/ \: Z* I
山不在高，有仙则名"No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "
" n% A- t$ o* `2 P5 r: h+ {韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
$ b8 |* U Z: m( i, E: Z糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
' x! e/ p) _1 N. R1 \2 P天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue2 c% u2 n8 w3 j
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
: N; {# J& N0 X4 A跳进黄河洗不清eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name ' v0 O. a5 s8 u3 u; [# A9 U7 r `% c" Z- f
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena" Y, z0 Z' k' Z: r
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.1 l: D3 X+ y( k2 s( W! v$ V
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." 4 G5 G- R1 _7 [5 a
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child. x; G/ ~* e* T/ t: J
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.8 C* ^! ^0 C) }$ |* t
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy 3 N0 A- o1 ?# C/ U2 h
唯利是图draw water to one's mill % A# d" k- q3 J r; Z5 a
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots# D" H9 \" w- {7 G( k6 A
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
& ? o" L" J6 Y6 Z) z8 w0 a无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.2 Q" f. i3 N" j. k( U
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
8 W4 r$ W4 j+ B. ?新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean y' N5 O6 \# l9 C
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
4 e: K7 @! }2 L! N) `) q0 h2 y. Q3 `蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
7 Q0 i! O/ `8 Z5 s! N/ ~心想事成May all your wish come true7 r& ^5 z% I3 G
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
. L" V* t. C4 D: h( e! S* G先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
5 t F) e- E2 m% i先下手为强catch the ball before the bound& V$ X9 S$ E; ~6 g* F l
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
. F% x; p' X% I现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example3 L# [# b1 K3 T
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 5 Y: u. O' t- u% _0 {9 c
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
) X# ?+ _0 n8 @) C( Z2 @7 u3 a循序渐进step by step, }3 X3 x- Y) p- X2 g& g
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
6 r( \& J. P/ Q+ c3 h% }严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others) L& Q/ I* l! a* T
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
2 s2 k0 q+ S% c4 r* t2 ?7 A/ @有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." & A" @$ e5 T" v V0 V" A
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks., x1 s) m2 }# l+ t) a
有识之士people of vision
/ P) q2 |: D# f- n9 x( X( T1 z* P有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain , B; R, w+ T2 z9 Q& ~! G
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
& p8 B6 _$ j& U与时俱进advance with times. f* G! B' B2 z7 N) e5 ~
以人为本people oriented; people foremost * n9 p( T9 H( c- L
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
* s5 p- g6 p3 V; H欲穷千里目，更上一层楼"to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight." # [# m) U" u1 x+ r7 g
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
# P6 @* q* W9 c9 w# U" g优胜劣汰survival of the fittest 2 r! C- I' S# H# A- B. R
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.1 N* t) j) M B }8 `- i. O
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.; G$ H/ G }2 j9 B
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" ( _' T- ~3 J! u! { N
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
/ Z: s1 O. Y7 L" A8 {招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
, F1 e! B+ J/ H: A/ A- ^" {/ n债台高筑become debt-ridden3 [( a! u- M5 ?/ l5 [( d
致命要害Achilles' heel
: D( N9 X S; e5 Q" F& X0 v众矢之的target of public criticism" ^0 u4 Y' T, M) E) v! f9 [, Q% ?
知己知彼,百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.5 [. F6 y: x8 s; q3 a
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
1 `5 {2 z. U$ J: \+ F9 X纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
1 F* ]" v& }- h3 U. d左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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