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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
, Y" ~0 r) J4 ~9 ?- t" Q( m百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
) o- {+ T# g+ q \# f5 e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
4 E2 h. \" o! l$ b+ E笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
, Y8 k3 `- R3 `. ~6 F5 b不眠之夜white night
9 A7 j7 D2 N6 \8 ?& B v不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses% X/ |: v9 P5 D- Z- ^
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best$ t2 y* {" l+ w
不打不成交"No discord, no concord. 9 b- G/ q& h- r+ y: P
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul % s2 ]" M A/ N
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new ( W9 ]/ K& P7 d& j# H4 g7 X% N7 Z
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
' H) [! E8 z4 R4 g8 A6 M9 U, z1 \大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
: u0 p1 M' ]9 Z7 W' y4 q国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
" n0 C* t$ ^- o( ?5 T5 l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" v3 }$ m2 P- \5 `0 F4 s功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
& N5 E3 ?7 ?0 @% }% E7 C好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
( ^! f [. z" }# c7 k5 D好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
% y+ H( M- E/ a% B% A和气生财Harmony brings wealth
4 F* f4 E$ p, T; X: p: c活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. 0 C' U* w7 a: k! X$ k
既往不咎let bygones be bygones
- {* y( v1 o0 Z- i金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
3 [# D' U, X/ v( |5 @) G+ W金玉满堂Treasures fill the home0 m. C- h. a5 K7 i5 u3 V
脚踏实地be down-to-earth
" ]- s1 y5 V/ A3 `" A. X5 }& V0 \脚踩两只船sit on the fence
) W \, n6 A: \& I, E3 K6 l君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
$ b& N; n. g2 d" Z6 Y, @老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
" f6 [. C R! A2 l5 E礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
; C5 d- {* f+ a& |留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
; `2 O: ?" ]7 m1 S# V) u- H, Z0 c马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
' N" X) c: Y/ o! }/ ~名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
9 B& B+ |+ E6 h+ t# z茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
) K+ s- ~( v4 W+ U没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.6 B- _, }8 D( P, d4 T
每逢佳节倍思亲
+ W3 b& @: p% Q6 \- p: UOn festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
. G; g. {2 E- j! mIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
" Y6 ]1 L8 {- ?4 M% N2 i1 i4 U谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "+ q! P* }: y7 T: ~5 q: B
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.& [% N6 {/ P ~$ {# ~, ^7 e) \4 v i, h
拿手好戏masterpiece
) I5 l7 {5 t$ B0 p B5 _( G赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
: R6 z& S# d4 m$ {2 P. _抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale9 e W3 \4 }' o6 }
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
% |% Y+ H* F: i4 J抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
" s# I. W+ A1 v" c' X7 s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 X1 W: y( ?: n* X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/ }% f3 H) \$ |) n0 O6 K$ E4 f
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
4 F: S- P7 R8 \, u前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.. S3 s) K( S/ \
One sows and another reaps. ~1 k+ l) f' I
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something/ y* i- r7 K" r6 V
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 P% R/ \; X* H% j# Q. Y强强联手win-win co-operation7 x0 t" O# Q/ k* M. t
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
2 j0 i1 b. H- B3 |人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.' G: e) N- S+ i5 r+ K: y+ [4 C
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.) S2 E" X I7 K" u' h+ o" ~
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
7 d% P' h4 d% b0 x; K世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " 0 B/ J4 a4 H) P- F9 h( {- b
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; & x; t. S3 q! U; D- F& B
死而后已until my heart stops beating ^6 {& z* s: E
岁岁平安Peace all year round
7 a) H8 n; g: _1 L上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
8 K% j H; r+ K! @塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.* a" \2 S j4 g3 l6 U+ v
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
4 G! z+ w9 D. T9 U0 s$ JAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." ( U' T* U8 W" p5 H2 H6 w
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)& j7 \! j, F; v
四十不惑Life begins at forty. 4 k' P O5 c5 T, P9 S7 V5 D
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " , P3 C5 K5 L7 I
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
# W3 U; r6 J: y5 L! n& K6 y时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
) m8 \. W9 L. f" O5 M杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel: P% Y. T5 }" r$ [5 W
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
& U7 V4 l% X6 h6 x说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
) U* `: t* b2 q! t$ C' r) ~实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
; z# }1 Q; e' }+ J! s实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
4 w# c1 j) E& @5 v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 f- ^' k! L- j0 ~& L
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time; y- d1 {5 W S1 U. Z+ m6 |7 [
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
- K5 q: L6 {" k天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
2 J0 i6 H0 c) v; U* J& [- o团结就是力量Unity is strength.; {" R$ z" k6 w) j! j: |6 M0 K) S
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
) z4 {6 a5 e, r( a9 }歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena+ h' r4 G/ k s r
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
+ j/ `1 I% u+ e$ r+ L往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
- m6 }9 X) o; w4 ~* l望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child$ s; N& ]4 n! |" W+ b s
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
8 I/ v2 h5 D/ s2 y' C' b文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
# Y# u1 C" `$ u0 ^4 ^唯利是图draw water to one's mill
* I- l, X$ p( p/ l; }$ S! T6 _无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots% d8 S% {- b' J8 v" J5 H+ V. ?
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
3 y6 v: r0 ?* |* J8 g5 L无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
! H" y3 l% n* m" x1 a徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends & u Y- i$ ]/ X
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
l3 _4 ~0 I, j; O8 m: l; ?6 V4 d3 `虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.! L# r7 _/ q* d: p* M. r
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
; [$ Y" E% z7 Q6 N* `! ]心想事成May all your wish come true: G: H j( r# q2 i6 S
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
5 N6 t% i" m1 c* @; Y% Q先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.. e# t0 _7 c1 z+ s- X$ F
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound% z. ~+ `4 p! v# _! O
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan+ A& j7 Y* t7 \4 b, F1 d' J/ w
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
* p( k9 r( E& `5 x7 _息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
3 f% \9 [) i3 {5 J# f# ~喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
7 x- w2 i) O5 O p' H: ]" c2 ^循序渐进step by step
, y7 D, m5 z8 {3 u( V一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
, Q& b2 Q$ [+ H/ F, {. ~严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others! A4 G2 B! V% k2 @8 A5 x
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
# ?$ a; m z# s7 c- V g有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
4 q! m7 H+ B7 k" C" g4 W有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.* P: l0 P% A) c9 F
有识之士people of vision
) `$ |$ X6 y( g, Q: P6 ~* v/ P" h有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
+ V& c/ p( P0 Z* b0 V- D有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.# H7 q' q4 n9 A8 h1 i) L
与时俱进advance with times
; `9 d3 `: K" R/ x7 b T% m/ y以人为本people oriented; people foremost
5 r- Y4 @3 }: U2 X5 b1 H因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 6 }- i' P' o1 f( Q; c* ?0 @# [
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."
. q2 v7 k- s o5 @欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
: m, `8 j- f/ p! t& k优胜劣汰survival of the fittest 5 E/ Y' ^/ q# q9 P
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
. {/ N: h5 j* ^, @& k% g冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
- A+ S8 _* v9 x v' o冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" " b8 y5 p1 `3 [' t0 w
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. * k" A N m! k/ T, ~# Y# ?/ @
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful- F5 z/ I) D; j
债台高筑become debt-ridden; V0 @ q! y! d, F, G" N7 x9 R$ e
致命要害Achilles' heel
0 Z0 Q% a+ u7 D/ W5 d: p' j众矢之的target of public criticism8 |" q6 O; n5 F6 j6 ~# C
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.+ i l1 o" p- {% x
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
" ?* e8 ~9 l/ ?, N _' H' N纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.4 _' x' i" u; A' W+ V
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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