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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.5 M1 O/ W+ W8 \1 z9 W
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.9 |7 A" ]8 k; M' G! X3 z& c
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
( e. b! Q; `$ s- v0 e0 F笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.- ^: x; Z+ P2 }0 z, T$ O. m/ C6 m
不眠之夜white night / K# G9 A3 ?- M( x( ]! ?+ H
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
8 u* A. d! \! c" G不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best* j& y% c/ S7 b+ Y9 t# J
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
; t @! ^. S2 e* g拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul / s% P& y3 m1 g
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 3 h" T2 {" f- W( d* 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
7 Y& b- ~1 g/ i& |% D大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener & ~* a/ w7 p3 h" N/ U; R
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
; B) |9 W' K& P3 A( D' t5 Y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
/ v, ~& V& M" q2 O4 R功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
& u! N, s" H9 ]4 T& S! S好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more5 T8 a9 W% w6 U+ ?1 m, @
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 9 _0 W2 x& |7 e
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
7 [9 j7 f$ v9 I活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
. h0 g7 w2 m8 k, t. A9 K8 `3 {+ {; g* U既往不咎let bygones be bygones
4 E$ K B+ j; E6 }6 m金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
4 ~; a7 R& r4 Y( x) [( ~金玉满堂Treasures fill the home8 z2 C, o: i4 X6 O: P0 \ h
脚踏实地be down-to-earth ; r9 j9 N. V7 ]4 ^3 _( M/ P" b
脚踩两只船sit on the fence 0 |1 C- S/ L( G( R
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 9 S: q. h, o6 K+ R' F
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché2 ~' V; j G( i6 I% U, I, D
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
( N- @; ^4 U5 [/ X0 X% n" T/ A留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope.": ]) a- |0 {3 ]- u! F
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success$ s6 t! v4 d4 ]5 a# r) A" `4 Q
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth- y& l! \( y8 h% ?5 V8 c3 H
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
# c0 |6 m7 s: E5 \7 O没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
& f6 \5 Z2 b7 |4 c每逢佳节倍思亲
: q8 ?, ^9 i$ }8 a1 }On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
8 m0 @6 P H, p7 b6 x4 FIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
& A+ R+ q. m9 v. X: o- o谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "" `! [* Z+ k+ E7 ]0 X1 k/ D, h2 X
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
/ t& D1 X0 g- u% C/ [- q: W4 ~$ s拿手好戏masterpiece# S& M g5 p$ ]" M
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
" X O: q+ b. C" p9 z+ o抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
: A c& d: X* m: P破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end) V8 {: ^# A5 O& Z) R2 w8 _0 ^9 T, r
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities ) q, U% k, C$ p6 @/ Z' L
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.0 S @8 b# C6 i; ]. |) g
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 step6 e$ i- M1 E1 \2 @3 \2 o4 V {
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.+ m4 x5 G' C" C$ x- `5 D& d
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.4 \. [0 k% @, C: ]$ q* J* D0 j
One sows and another reaps.& U/ |5 j3 t- N) S2 i5 x6 I( F
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
( M; i, I v5 }/ O' ^3 Z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. 7 \* V8 @0 @3 }1 a# t1 z
强强联手win-win co-operation
, i: P0 d6 ?! h/ \/ p瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.9 \+ @1 X3 W! r
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.. R! _$ e, S! Z) V4 `3 r5 U' h
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
* w- F2 R# p5 N0 S1 U+ K人海战术huge-crowd strategy
) u5 n2 S* |' L世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
! t; U! j5 h! c: @世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; ( A6 G, I$ O! I% U% l
死而后已until my heart stops beating8 y, A& A1 Z! x# v o: S5 `
岁岁平安Peace all year round
( W2 m& G4 T3 o) c( |上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." ; i9 T8 s6 s; b$ N0 f: v
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
1 m4 l3 f4 ]/ o! o三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
9 m5 X( P2 d9 M" ~At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
4 u4 O6 u% f- `4 y7 x: I1 U升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)4 l& y1 d4 ]* a$ c2 _& i, Z- h
四十不惑Life begins at forty. ( P+ Y" |2 W$ g+ D, P% D- R$ _8 o3 B2 ~
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " $ t! G0 l! j+ m5 l1 ^4 g
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
# D5 V% G3 K9 W- ^7 u" h时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
3 `* R" h$ }( c; R3 H杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel |/ Q* Z$ ]. C. H R
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
. X$ b0 Q( {8 Z& ]! m, [说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.; b% w3 y' e8 o5 e1 v5 L
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
" x/ y0 g' S9 ?# J8 x# \" k实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
" n: J. w( [# ^% |! ?! z: L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; "0 k7 L% q% n' {! b1 h$ P7 Z
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
! V! G0 Q* V" A8 x糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
4 v* ~! f s! ~' R! ]0 ?) T+ E( H天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue. q! W, V2 T7 K$ z, z L
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
7 v9 x3 R4 W# \" O2 q) \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
! m6 y* t9 \% `4 k4 U歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena5 N- n* f+ F8 ?& }! _- |
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.: P; D6 J, d y0 H& _0 N) [. ~1 m
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." ! P" o J* Y Q, ?2 P+ |
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child$ j' B$ j$ s+ Z+ ~
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
B$ J% @2 c, m0 n- E文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
1 d$ r0 x! N6 P% ^. W8 m7 A! H+ R& n) P唯利是图draw water to one's mill 3 |( Y. A1 R9 p- i; E
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
* c0 h: T o2 B) R+ y无中生有make/create something out of nothing / `' [# n9 m* C9 D
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire., Q% j, i0 C' y2 E# y0 v3 u, a: B
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends ( C& t* S4 P$ C
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 4 M9 Z- _# `4 C
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind./ H2 `( i! g! ^# i! x- U+ K9 H
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
( i P2 _# }8 M4 f心想事成May all your wish come true
& \6 o* h4 A5 `0 y# I心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
' x; L) N$ }( j* c/ X; l# t: V先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched./ B4 L; Q% ?; Y, v8 y' w6 z
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
$ y1 _! B! k7 e. s像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
' p2 H" }( o$ l( h* Y2 O现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
q @1 P4 g) z5 p8 T5 L% m2 m息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
6 f0 E: n# a0 |2 |喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
$ H! P: w: a5 c V& @) _循序渐进step by step0 b6 N! m0 {* u% d+ w
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
; D& h. N2 U% |严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
2 ^9 h, k Y* S9 {鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
4 A+ r! \/ z- h有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
5 ?4 B& P: T) P+ l( n有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
5 E3 I! Z4 A1 W1 u有识之士people of vision. h% _1 ~* U7 ?+ D0 ~2 }' u) d5 v
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
- C3 W2 X! b/ Q+ h# X2 A有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
9 G% a) A6 ?1 D/ K; Z1 R6 ]7 K5 i* A与时俱进advance with times' j! }0 e3 D8 y' Y
以人为本people oriented; people foremost 0 m) Q* L5 h; H4 g& ] U( V% \
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude / `4 w M* n' `/ |1 W
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."
8 E1 b' g. F7 }: J欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. - w3 O! O3 u& b
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest " }) s) {. U' O: n+ T
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.- Q. o7 N( ?3 A; ?
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
5 E1 [# n2 o8 _: D }9 w冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" " B* e- j: e$ w/ g2 k
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. * {2 G( O q- I7 g( f0 z
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
3 ?! O* T; G7 Q. n9 |, G1 n债台高筑become debt-ridden
) ~# P2 d0 J, b& |致命要害Achilles' heel 1 p- L$ V( w: S5 r& a! o
众矢之的target of public criticism) {2 H! D1 h' K( }3 ?
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.
0 t l/ `/ z8 |# Q d9 w4 }纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist9 D" Y; V6 C% q& A" @" f
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.) w/ z" m6 Z% t
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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