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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.% }, ]6 X; H) U% o& F8 l- ]' T
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.8 z( C5 K; `/ k8 V
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
/ h X7 }- x# \7 w# |! u% P笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.. o8 [! T; T) ~# o8 R& O. Z! a8 ]) o
不眠之夜white night
- d( z; g1 \, _不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses* X# E8 n* r- C9 n# I4 b
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
) y" c, g6 I4 [6 s1 L1 F不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
7 P, |* ?2 K$ f) x5 x拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul D/ \# p7 ], o2 `6 T
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
6 p$ ^ f. Y4 O' s3 k1 I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 all9 V3 |3 |' s+ x' g
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener / g- }; p9 ?+ \& h; T8 v! T+ Q$ u" g# I `
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
T% c0 V& u5 O2 d* Q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
5 T' r1 }. O8 t6 f/ B4 {功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. 7 b) t% k7 j6 x, l* J& s; U
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
; V y( J6 Z7 K) v好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. ' z% u" @: _( k2 V" a
和气生财Harmony brings wealth, D' @9 ~/ M2 n* n
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
3 V- u+ p8 `! d1 |) d! Y& P( z7 H既往不咎let bygones be bygones
$ r' w8 ]# L1 c+ z' r: p金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
* ^7 ]. ~6 _) c! y4 M/ r金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
4 X ^: g4 ?0 `9 V2 ^+ Y脚踏实地be down-to-earth
$ C' T+ _2 {3 x# |. Z脚踩两只船sit on the fence + q. m9 l* x" P5 r3 l. R- r
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
9 Z/ t: V: @2 P7 j( f! x老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
( ^' n4 z- ~. j礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
% C. z! m7 l; w! ]1 i留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
/ f) a" J# _/ v& r! z* p马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
' p% [ e5 Z/ U, i# Z6 O名利双收gain in both fame and wealth' t3 w1 C! Z8 |$ L) r: L% I3 v
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened4 ^7 S! |: C( {5 g7 ]
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.: e/ z8 M% e5 z7 t1 T: H# m
每逢佳节倍思亲6 R5 i! G3 w3 U+ ]5 q
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.7 B! z, A) m7 g( ?: l- P' n8 {
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. : {/ g* q9 H8 Z/ q
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "1 W) ^2 t5 m6 V; u4 A5 w5 l
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.2 _- d9 u- M+ @$ h# o2 N% T
拿手好戏masterpiece
; w# j( u& {& e; A& L3 w赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
9 r+ k8 j1 M+ ]3 V, c" y抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale9 u7 x. C5 M8 T/ O& Z# ^. e- `
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
# S, `8 f# ?, Z" }8 a3 l1 V抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 5 u+ ?$ p7 n) \8 O" a4 g( c9 P- T+ A6 \
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./ Q& K7 ?& M1 U# S0 j
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
b5 I( {) S+ n" k2 y前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
7 H2 b+ G, W( N: f6 ?( e+ j% d5 y前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.0 n9 Q+ ]6 D1 W* f- p
One sows and another reaps.
' [" ] @6 P0 L) u0 @前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something" m" }$ u! P2 m7 r% F+ B7 d
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.
8 t, c% m# ^9 ^( }+ ^3 S7 `强强联手win-win co-operation; [8 x8 d" Q8 n$ K, h$ G
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
; y+ J# k5 W: @* h: S/ }" y人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
2 x9 Q# v4 h. h; V0 ^" _) ~9 D人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
5 M7 b$ `& S! ^3 k _, \6 z8 a8 d人海战术huge-crowd strategy
' j, |( _9 i5 l$ d1 s世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
! r9 S; R6 x+ d: T- E8 \; M世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; ; Q. n) y6 l0 K
死而后已until my heart stops beating
- ?9 O3 J! y& Y0 I V- p岁岁平安Peace all year round
9 R& p0 \5 W) e6 T/ { p上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
0 c- i9 g' h7 I; ?2 x% | k塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
$ B o. z% t) C4 M三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. ! z7 Y# L1 ~9 J$ M* V; O% y9 C
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
. h, x8 J5 c3 i& U7 |8 U升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
$ O9 K* g: o' U3 A n: P4 J% Z四十不惑Life begins at forty. # G( l, Y3 J/ y: l8 u) U
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
) y7 @: ?, D! w s1 D+ y, N C水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high., p0 G: O/ D5 f; @
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. 5 `* I+ `' Q( p# D
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel( B' j8 S# o- C# z
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts " |7 O0 m1 X, \' w
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
' z% y$ P0 E3 j0 h ~' U5 ^' B实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is & w* j2 q* j% d% Y) _5 R% Q7 q5 h
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
$ J( M! h+ L! g% S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; ". d3 V+ R+ Y- L' p) I2 L, |& ~- o, t
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time8 i& ~+ R: S: S7 P" r8 K
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
/ P$ x N( e$ j" r: t天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue5 ~! X; u: k5 M L/ q1 P) w# |
团结就是力量Unity is strength. u3 f9 G, @2 t& O" N
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
7 u" G6 l; Q2 n- O1 r6 b歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
q1 S- ^7 {& L# F9 i- l$ c, e物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
v, K' P1 D* Z, H. G往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
! w, y3 b( ^, R2 _' Y望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child3 d8 P9 F) v" {/ |0 R7 r! p
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.- M2 W1 X9 a1 I! p) V
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy 2 _6 @3 c% n: X+ z4 n
唯利是图draw water to one's mill 8 N ?" q$ b' @7 m
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots/ h4 u" t+ G' B: K) }4 T
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
- E8 _* s2 R2 D# b4 \无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.# M+ w4 q. ~( h6 S
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
( w. Z+ s# U% ]# b新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
# X& Z+ C3 F+ Q" N虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
- D, e, M8 X" N: S& Z. O$ s* l( f+ [蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off0 o$ ^2 h; B" s
心想事成May all your wish come true3 K0 \6 f/ O7 C- p3 Y6 r9 P
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding4 X( H/ M- |/ I; q* f
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.# y7 p) c/ N# X- _$ |' O0 @
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound+ N( p) G9 [: }
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan3 y1 x1 @6 C( N: Y" v, R+ c
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
1 @! g/ u$ [: H2 o7 D: P9 D% V. k息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
7 C( n( j+ P9 v3 E喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
, [. P) L+ P) O' d' [, v N循序渐进step by step
- t( T9 B2 w; Z一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
9 A2 Z( t9 R6 u- S严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others4 m, K; ?" ]0 ]* s# U5 p6 @0 Z, Q7 A
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey0 R, P* x+ G8 u0 p! f, ?' U4 a
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
! X" S6 o ]; A( `9 s有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
- X* n9 F f4 j e" r有识之士people of vision0 a; M. e$ H3 x# n, Q" g
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain 6 y A3 N. y# p/ c' ?5 T
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.) ?. a% v6 y" B3 \: n
与时俱进advance with times8 q' g# I* X; q( t
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
! g3 P. ~% M, B0 \3 ]因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 8 k! \. b8 ]5 O$ 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." ( I H0 w; M2 A. b. L
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
4 E4 P0 g" a2 P8 W5 ?( [优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
1 T+ \9 e; y& J8 o: |( l% [$ r5 X英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.3 H) `: M& I( Z" d4 m
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
. ^1 |6 S, x* {' P- i: N4 `" d冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" 6 x8 s# b+ y3 O/ b
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. , u. b. n$ j1 U, E
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful; n. ^. q7 k9 H7 j, w( q& d: X6 I
债台高筑become debt-ridden
* D& q C/ F; s' ~致命要害Achilles' heel
- Y. }+ l; U+ k( X众矢之的target of public criticism- {0 k* _0 b1 m8 K% M+ }
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.4 D2 B0 q3 H, N7 o" C2 h7 z0 e
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
& }; m5 m8 D0 Y( V- O# d* v纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
/ f4 ]& O( _7 J左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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