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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.2 c6 F* n$ b7 H/ Z" ?5 `3 }7 ~8 ]
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
' q8 T2 U) \% j. w" }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
5 ~3 f7 S$ g' _& ~笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
6 _, y% u& K4 J" |& R不眠之夜white night
- X8 S$ m5 T1 \不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses8 Y6 ]4 @0 M( N% ?- \
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best( a9 F e/ F+ i0 J5 o3 x+ Q9 @% D+ \
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
* K9 M2 {/ i2 v6 B7 _拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
! h0 P$ A5 L% J J辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new ! Z: t: l; L+ i/ s; ?7 n
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
3 J" p. ^" o. F5 R0 ~大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
6 m7 u( b* [; Y3 V, ]- E2 c2 R国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
. d' |9 f0 U1 c5 Z1 c: C i+ `7 l1 Z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
! f Q5 U0 W5 p9 B* F功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. ' a% J2 K: ], a. i
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
3 h+ `' _) d& J& L" w+ ]好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
' }, d% S9 C9 L8 I3 b, S% f* J和气生财Harmony brings wealth
9 j& u% W: {) z1 x C' J; l活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. # j q3 f/ @5 b9 \) A0 R
既往不咎let bygones be bygones ! _8 F- j9 ~( |- r! }) U
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
0 e0 {* H2 d1 j" ]+ C! z金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
3 H' w3 H$ k6 N# A/ g脚踏实地be down-to-earth
% i) D; V: Q, M脚踩两只船sit on the fence ! e0 |" V" i! _' o
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green & J" s$ G( m% M2 t
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
G+ N' C. |8 s- a! Y礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
# [1 C% j; | Y% k5 r- c# C% d/ @留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope." Q7 @; b, j D) c
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success8 Z' Y$ Q# }" X5 x
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth# z- \8 V z5 h5 ~* c/ u
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
# \' @/ v" u" A* p没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
/ A+ { R, S# e |9 O每逢佳节倍思亲' \6 ]6 W) q; `% O& e% t
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.3 T# \2 c$ e/ e& e
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
9 {* Y6 J- d1 W! i, E8 Y* I谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
' c" n) R2 T5 j: e9 i弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.* x9 {: k) H* z" {
拿手好戏masterpiece8 }7 I) z' M- A3 s" n* w
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad* L1 ?( y! k. h9 B
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
% {2 U/ H" a5 c* V$ T- t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
1 C6 S5 L1 o8 b6 C% L6 @$ y抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities m2 _9 V2 l) D4 S/ Y; v) f% Y
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.
/ }" }6 ^& n2 f0 f7 P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( {3 r; K/ d0 t7 F' D1 `$ S( S. ?
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
5 {4 c( Y, h! @+ U# H/ a% H前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.7 ~1 y% @' A3 b8 q$ Z. V% e
One sows and another reaps.
" ^* X% D+ ]* w# ?0 x前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something8 Y! i; g3 ~/ z g; a' K% l0 R/ w
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. 1 i* p5 Z9 _0 ~7 M9 F
强强联手win-win co-operation% x5 x! s0 ~: _
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
' _( \4 |" Q% M- {$ \人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
U, s( X) f; c4 @- p) ?' \人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
# _( d- J% Y$ r" T* y6 P8 E# R# r人海战术huge-crowd strategy 2 s1 L$ s" N6 A
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " # w' k! S* d. {0 s
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
! v5 `! {8 a- P% r/ }/ g死而后已until my heart stops beating
5 x" G7 ?% ^& q" H% t6 H1 t' q岁岁平安Peace all year round
( y5 z0 X+ x& |. c) B上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." * J" V% c- c; w
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
/ ~6 E6 g: P5 F5 w2 W" ]0 U6 v5 w( v三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. ! d$ M* q9 o: T0 b% E- f" G
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." , i+ M' I9 p/ d# [ q# g# y
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
) z1 r/ E3 F8 _* h5 F四十不惑Life begins at forty.
' f* a5 z- B( N# T谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
' S E f6 r0 X, T$ g8 U! U水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
6 A. z, X# \% P: _2 e, j. P时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. ! }% c, | I9 r/ r3 S8 O* Z
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel3 u: w$ y0 t9 h* S4 l
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts - ~5 ?; r3 o) Z/ y
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.! n2 {! p' v* P% Y% N( s! M
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is * W* A* O8 o8 p- c2 o! F! n, F, j3 h+ a
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.# O3 a* u1 p% t7 y* S- W" G; Y
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; "
. z0 T8 }- n# _/ o7 i韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
0 I& E4 H1 Y6 c) G3 D, ]糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets* Q ?7 r% ~- ~% |- R# T
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
6 c4 U* ^) L; P2 L4 r9 D团结就是力量Unity is strength.- g" ]8 I. z, i" g- _. g4 M0 ~
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 K' ^4 N( R3 _2 \/ L* F0 B* F/ B' {歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena1 O: w% v, R3 [8 ^
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.& b. D: \0 ^) V
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." + ?5 v: v7 [; N4 U% z. R
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child4 j7 S1 n9 l, E" q: h
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
; O4 E! M0 [8 F+ c1 s4 a) ^文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
2 V8 u2 @8 w+ k8 ~7 g/ m6 g唯利是图draw water to one's mill 4 u# c6 }* Y0 g: i8 G( |1 H
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots# Y+ _( ~# O' R! z* w
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
6 y7 l X8 w& `% p8 J无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
) H& T+ A3 n" w0 F% q4 Y. I8 H; H徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends / i8 n3 f" J6 ?4 O8 M5 y6 P
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean ; \9 J$ V4 f/ O; o% Y# c, @
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
@% o2 K9 X: y6 {蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off8 L( u! `2 z8 R# U3 A2 W. Q) I! e
心想事成May all your wish come true
) B; r% E: E) ~0 N5 ?6 B; n心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
1 l" O" D* M* t0 [* d7 [先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
2 ^* p0 o& A/ @先下手为强catch the ball before the bound$ }7 f0 I; z4 F4 e) m8 I
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan) f0 y4 C1 @/ F& n
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example8 R; _% w7 j, e S1 h6 Y
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters & b$ O4 D* g7 k9 K" L% T
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear * ~$ C4 X: Q5 `% k# J6 i5 B7 h3 ]
循序渐进step by step; a |+ z( S+ ~1 W+ l& L! k
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
/ ~# p0 |& y, W( _, J严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others& [8 ^; b) i: B: J( `6 G
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
( d: s/ C O2 `$ s, P5 W) F W有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
1 V& C6 G J& i! ` _$ { m. D; P有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
' X- S( T+ g) j有识之士people of vision! W9 H. @: O. q$ [; [. y O
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain ( G1 f; e- b5 R1 F: v
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
: H( Y" x8 t( U与时俱进advance with times8 J2 ^9 l% @6 F8 Q: ? `+ m
以人为本people oriented; people foremost 6 j/ m7 F) @+ B: p! ]8 ?
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
- {' q- u8 k$ ^ K9 A+ s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." ) z" Z8 i7 ]* [
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. ; J. X3 h9 f( N- v" |! m5 W
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest ' j! q1 t/ c0 `' i) F+ \6 h9 ? P
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
; ^6 h! g$ u4 @ R$ y, A冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.7 W' q6 w/ H) t
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
^* r3 B! I3 W# ^3 ^: Y一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
3 l; f0 ^6 q3 x招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
- }; \2 K6 E* R( O$ H: i, ^债台高筑become debt-ridden
' v" F( `4 w- Q) @3 V+ Y致命要害Achilles' heel
- W* _. _0 D; x0 u( X* ~众矢之的target of public criticism
! W0 k0 j f9 v1 z$ D U) W, V/ ]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.& J( B* y/ E5 k- l# n1 J' d
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
4 ~! Q: w! j- y+ n) Z$ P# b* r+ w纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.. g- |( y1 s, U. G5 a
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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