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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.# [) g9 ]9 f" O# n1 n A
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
7 P0 k+ I3 B$ c! E1 x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 worst1 Y+ P/ m5 r$ [3 Q
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.2 Q L& x: ]" ~! s4 A
不眠之夜white night 4 d6 b! |3 W5 a! L' D
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
- s0 C0 l8 m0 i1 _/ m不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best0 h+ z* d; _6 q2 ]$ a! T8 q
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
3 W0 g7 R8 ]5 M! M8 p拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
, A3 y6 k! _; o0 F" \( 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
: L4 T, r+ |+ ]7 O! S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# i) K( Q( Q! M% P7 `8 W3 I
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener * b& ]# z8 P$ M- u
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace$ x# U! }" t8 C! }$ G
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 % Q5 j& \; J( S1 k4 a# u+ u
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
& e; y& f/ x. I: A" s& O! ^8 C; L- g好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
* [2 H; T5 F L5 d" A好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. Y3 V* v" `! J+ J) v
和气生财Harmony brings wealth2 i9 `3 ]! B3 W& y/ T2 T! s
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
6 g& C' R4 k9 \既往不咎let bygones be bygones : _! U: p3 F: D, ^6 u
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
0 [6 y, \! s2 g金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
: q' H8 I. ^0 y+ W% r! w脚踏实地be down-to-earth
5 |# D9 Z L/ f, q# p脚踩两只船sit on the fence
8 t# V5 s2 t( ]8 B! {6 d君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 8 J# f: G# J" L3 J
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché5 _$ p% R5 S/ C/ k) [+ k; V
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. ! A( F) V d# z
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."3 q) s! f g( ]( q1 z. l/ [
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
9 a. t& V7 b& @% _名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
9 s& l2 w7 F: V0 i( n& Q- o$ ~茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened! G3 @" E' b. S/ c$ ] S5 u) p
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.: Q* |! B+ T8 x$ q+ E% I
每逢佳节倍思亲3 y9 O, A1 g& r
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.) B. @9 D V8 h8 \! [( s' z
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. ; M; ?' O( E, C# D; K8 Z1 l
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
) e" E+ E# [3 }6 E. e# O M弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
" ]. Q0 | r/ K( \拿手好戏masterpiece% j+ Y! L& S0 L5 B1 r
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
5 t7 k0 `' a8 ]抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
4 f+ Z3 D2 v; v2 g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
5 {2 E3 Z Y0 U. j抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
4 J2 O& o& j# a3 b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.
2 o( l( N9 U6 o5 C3 q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 step3 d B A* [0 {9 H+ {! g( r
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.4 C5 a) Z5 a! C7 p( m% M/ [5 F8 }' E
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
9 m3 m/ j% s, W XOne sows and another reaps.5 k+ q* i6 y- [+ l: J2 }2 j
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something9 s1 u" q% E' l) \) B# E/ i; u
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.
# R$ H" {# @. h+ |" \1 x- n- z强强联手win-win co-operation
+ a; K3 W3 W% m g E1 M7 r瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.2 ]+ W4 v: P2 a: W
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
# O6 c; b, G5 A4 m) U V6 ?6 ~人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.7 r& k6 _ {" N+ n
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
9 J- o: k" A& h$ ^3 \世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " $ B; R1 M7 G5 P
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
* t$ B8 J O; N0 G死而后已until my heart stops beating
/ |! r( X) ]( t, n2 D岁岁平安Peace all year round
# N* t2 p9 [6 p1 p: k) ~上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." : W& p3 ]9 b! ^0 v* o
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
; G, {& S( s5 E! L3 h三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
B# g2 Z4 c/ d3 _, C5 hAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." , y0 h, ]+ J @2 u1 q* }7 q
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
' T; X, D& O; D四十不惑Life begins at forty. / ~7 f8 [0 p8 C5 b7 b$ n3 `( V9 Q
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
. W9 {; L' ^0 U: a水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
' C4 w, ]* p+ P2 L时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. $ N' F3 B5 O9 }* A3 U$ J X
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
9 D# e. X1 _6 ?1 V7 X$ b( }2 K+ {实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts ' i# x3 f$ {) Q' M6 n+ w
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.9 `3 g5 \$ J, l3 v# ]8 L/ H
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is $ N: g6 n2 K. k P
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.' h; `% y8 ^8 P
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; "
" V1 ^: r3 ]3 ~$ ]6 G1 ?韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time3 R% V2 B! ?) Y: f% L# r
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets) c W( Y/ s4 O; D
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue0 F6 p9 A1 ], ~3 |. {( n
团结就是力量Unity is strength.4 ^ Z- a/ V6 E% u. R% D
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
0 H3 ]& }# W, Q) _歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
* w) d, @' p4 p, w" g# D物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.! v0 ~- J# E( C/ z3 ~7 H& ` t1 o
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." . b5 \6 f, l4 b: G2 [$ j
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child+ w3 s2 v" ?8 t% X/ q$ ^/ s
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
4 Y. Y K, ^' ~文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
3 U' f: K' e: q唯利是图draw water to one's mill
0 N0 S" s5 k! p( j @无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
. e1 R, h, \( m8 d, S$ A* [无中生有make/create something out of nothing 2 g9 w, X# K% `9 M" ^; i# B0 U) P
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.- n: m3 w9 W1 ]; k% P4 T. O, F
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
' ?) \0 Y5 S, {2 l6 p9 V新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean & O( b M) R# x
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
2 X9 P8 b0 G$ o; C4 |( e4 t& z' ]蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off3 J) o% W& ~! g5 |
心想事成May all your wish come true6 g( }% B) L) `
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding% t4 M) I( j9 \1 i& d) s* h- S
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched. I' _. f+ a+ H5 }( N/ y
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound- G* U( j. A/ [3 ~" M0 V* g9 O" W
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
/ p0 E$ u. V( p现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
* Z/ m, _+ d9 R, Y" q息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters : T; p( T4 e, i* o: O
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear ( X6 C' ^5 F7 z) D3 O' P, k/ A5 L
循序渐进step by step7 f& Q" Q" Z7 }2 P0 Z2 Y
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest & \ h- A/ u4 ^9 v( Q" ^. N0 R) a, h
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others+ y7 J, L v G+ j
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey' p5 N! C2 r8 `. v- T
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
3 V6 t8 i$ N$ b% _4 T) b有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.5 K& u9 A6 r# N/ f$ A4 @4 F
有识之士people of vision! o: z0 H8 u2 C
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
0 L7 N0 o t# B" I, @有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
& S U# ?4 {# ]: c4 B与时俱进advance with times
$ o5 ]* d2 [/ U8 l7 `% W$ g ?3 Q以人为本people oriented; people foremost 1 P+ F% m6 D3 j* }1 c
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
W& ?' j$ }0 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."
* p1 p4 G8 Z; W! y! ]" F% m% m欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. % \2 v; f# y' R' [# u
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
. ]; i! ^( q' x# a英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
4 }2 x* G8 q+ \3 x" r- Y# [3 v% Q冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.$ p* l3 x- i7 e5 j3 b7 d
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" ; t8 D# t( [& ?" ^ T" T& Y+ ?, N
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. 8 v* ^4 @3 m+ v0 ]: ?0 N" {
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful& }6 Z0 v( J3 M4 w
债台高筑become debt-ridden+ K, t& A3 W {7 P& q8 o
致命要害Achilles' heel
1 o; `: r/ Q/ E5 K/ G+ U5 b3 B" g众矢之的target of public criticism! a' o1 @; H& F4 l; _7 e$ V& `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.) k: g6 m. ~$ [
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist# [# N. W, P" e
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
- y; S% y. D$ m左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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