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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.: ^# _9 s% v1 Y3 |
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.3 L' `4 S2 F& ]1 R) m6 K' J; G
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) m1 {9 R+ B) I0 A& T" \
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start./ Y1 `6 a) j8 F* O0 C; o7 u
不眠之夜white night 3 [3 l' G8 ~4 U1 t. J
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
+ x r( k0 l. g( \8 |5 W) q不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
& F7 h2 W# Y! X不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
7 _ j' e6 ]8 \- x0 e拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul 8 h$ E3 a; ]( C3 S7 ~' ]$ z. Q# J3 \- w
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new , i/ a" |; ?, s0 Q+ ^9 C
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
5 {( B. \0 G% z) p7 g8 w大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
8 T3 c/ c8 j# n% D国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
0 f2 u6 Y* |9 Q4 O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
6 c. |5 o1 i% b2 B1 x/ l+ s功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. P% Y, j! p% Z8 D, d1 x. A% E
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more; E# X2 q+ r. X! n0 m2 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. * a: m) Z" k+ f* o
和气生财Harmony brings wealth: j/ [% Z& F% [0 _$ {
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
4 c& u, i( f; `既往不咎let bygones be bygones
% f# E6 e, D4 F9 f% o& F金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
( n: ^' P$ E. r6 ]金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
7 H1 Q2 W! U6 E5 d. R1 U: Y# a脚踏实地be down-to-earth J0 l9 B& [" Z2 o0 h
脚踩两只船sit on the fence " I$ ^8 N! {1 u7 \+ r+ u4 C
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
' r! b& R4 V- M D- G$ w2 x' X4 w老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché! g% [' I$ A7 I# R9 V" T1 {6 z
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. % n2 D/ S# u8 S) G% L
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."! d( e8 q5 w* u
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
1 } U) i8 R! o3 h6 }名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
0 \+ }* Z6 C9 ~2 `7 K茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
& Y9 b }+ z' B) O* R/ X6 I没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
' J f& D6 U Y9 k" u7 M% h每逢佳节倍思亲 q3 H4 ^+ }( O( U0 {( ], [
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
# ~- q/ c4 e, w5 EIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. _+ Q; ~: z! Q7 p% k, U1 h* Q
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
( d3 p- s) ?5 ^0 p" Z- @弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.$ ]* p0 A3 |9 i ~, I, ?6 M5 p
拿手好戏masterpiece
5 Y4 J, o( A' |* N. Q' X* B5 u赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
2 G8 U t' Y: l* k抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
$ W: d# z1 k8 b& D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 R; O# [: l" T _9 |5 J
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 8 r- @& i% e9 l6 o
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.# A5 p4 R8 f, Z
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$ ?% n- {4 M0 p' y6 J1 |
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
# D' u8 l) `' Q$ J i前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.$ _, l' \4 g' [8 a! a/ w
One sows and another reaps.
/ R6 ^/ s' Y, k% }" K' L前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
# Z( Z. o& Z! W; C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. 5 S' [8 b' z1 ]4 ]1 G9 _
强强联手win-win co-operation
( k4 k7 |! f+ t* k2 e$ t5 N瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
- a2 n7 u1 t; j& E8 k3 D人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.% D- u6 D7 W- C$ W
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.; B1 k' q% `+ Y2 F' I
人海战术huge-crowd strategy ; Q/ V7 X. h8 Z5 l: x% x
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " : A8 |( S, v* L9 U3 U
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
, z% `1 G, }5 r a& a4 P死而后已until my heart stops beating4 i, z( A! B5 c" k( c0 f) j# ]/ T
岁岁平安Peace all year round) P; R) W0 h2 e7 B& g, y
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." 9 K+ F% p S; z
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.7 o8 s9 |4 s7 P: \
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. ( H- n% x: L; P5 N" Z! t
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." # B; G0 |8 F' T% s
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products). D% K2 J+ d J, }! T+ F3 d9 H: ?
四十不惑Life begins at forty.
2 d; ]3 S8 d0 K' M6 E谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
. A* d5 v5 J: h" M& L水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.3 K. r7 Z: e+ Y* K4 N! `5 S
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. & ?' H4 w' h8 ?5 y, P9 g/ O/ B
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel$ z2 R( s" [" ^$ x( l; k6 L& v
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts " B% p. h8 h/ k3 u4 B2 i
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.$ M, ~* j$ w4 B
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is % l" u4 [( q( N6 j$ Z6 h
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
% s O' U* i% d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; "
# S- X+ l' z4 d: J2 _; N韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time* E, [6 T; M6 g' q" [ H
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets, K8 o2 c" p1 M+ I
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
2 h M' }4 }7 G8 ^团结就是力量Unity is strength.3 T1 ^/ D \8 c7 [! s, r& {
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 8 E, I% n) T2 D
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena- R8 [+ N) u* f; |- N
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
. f* a+ P. Z; x往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
* A7 W! s; \. n. r6 r; V9 b望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child5 B# h+ u& F9 f, F
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
* [; d* U" V# G* ]. f" b文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
7 ]) |( |! ^+ O7 {- J" F# L' a唯利是图draw water to one's mill
- m# [: u. `# x无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots/ V5 j5 U1 t$ \0 h3 p
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
& U7 w4 k3 f$ v无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
D" p" I2 h6 _: Y+ U徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
$ ^1 L8 b' a- m, @新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
% D, l8 W3 g& M& U% q8 v7 D虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.% h- X( F5 g+ o- V _ s" z" V
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off; g& G2 P% n$ n; o
心想事成May all your wish come true
' u4 |4 s* O& T; T: T. `0 `心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding0 C. G6 x7 n3 e; @: {0 D+ [/ Y
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.' o; a I; c. ^, k) a# ]: ]
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound9 g( V8 D5 q4 S' ^* P; E
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
6 R% J" ^0 O' J现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example9 l+ g- i6 t- V V& t& ]
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 1 t* E0 v, s: m. Y a
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 8 ^7 D% r% Y% c6 r) q( i( C
循序渐进step by step5 F" ^% a5 W$ h2 ^
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest % S. x* E/ Z/ f* k
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others& V8 @* V# o) H) y1 S; q
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
7 }: ?5 \" |7 V( F1 H# L. V D有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
) p; E d/ }, ^' `( T+ V4 a有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.0 p! e6 v4 u: i V9 x- T
有识之士people of vision8 s/ Q L4 j9 {" g: O% U3 \
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain # Z- S; q! w( B4 S5 J1 p
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
0 e, }! h4 B7 T与时俱进advance with times
& c* v, p8 K$ B* K6 m9 f8 d以人为本people oriented; people foremost ; w1 d7 ^* b) `1 x
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
5 |6 {, B7 J t, Y; b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."
' g0 v# T$ G/ A: ?7 W; }0 H: w欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
. e/ X W& X7 X优胜劣汰survival of the fittest - a7 r1 o b& q+ f
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
7 J2 s" A/ `( O& s6 h* x冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.* N1 H1 P; t `% v
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
/ l4 }* h. O2 j3 k, q) r) y一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
$ k; R T5 g; ~, a5 c- {: w6 u" G招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
y' B: R8 X7 N( r债台高筑become debt-ridden
' q) C/ W) J' S9 s0 K- P2 E5 Z致命要害Achilles' heel
* Z: m6 ] F( A1 Q8 ^- ?. @/ Q) h, b! ~众矢之的target of public criticism
1 {9 m' j% @1 ] `! O1 w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.
+ r y5 L5 \" m! x! V: k" J& W纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
) ]+ V- y% i0 e( C; t9 e V0 k( N纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
" r5 Y# R* q! v$ y. R, X8 c2 y! s左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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