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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
. I$ x% n5 R% I: N+ } \6 i百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
5 T; N6 Q8 D7 b1 H6 P" f# ~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
& | |( w0 }. s0 K; j- @1 U# q: ?笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
: S) a& K2 }6 n- G$ H7 n( O! L不眠之夜white night 4 _! l* \5 N" |+ G; D6 F
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses6 ?1 F9 j ]% M' }
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
& a, S* r& M$ G不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
% I- }9 S9 Q! k0 ~9 l' ]& @拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul 4 Z% |' i8 u; C- @7 ~
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new * o$ e6 W) ^$ R- s a+ I' h
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
8 T( U/ C; M; R' T2 e2 `大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
: a, t) f8 K5 _9 P8 Z/ Y/ x5 ~国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
" u c8 e, ^( T' 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
& V4 @' M6 r. {" |) v# c3 `功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
$ _6 D2 |& Z0 G; H9 J好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more" l6 x/ b4 k5 f$ H' i
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 9 ^, W) y ]) P( l# }! e: c
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
+ j4 u4 @0 |& Q% R# M1 R活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. * d7 W3 ], t% g. s9 m' A. I- W* h0 z
既往不咎let bygones be bygones ]# N2 F, i) l% Z+ S! }
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
# c- Q! B/ j4 T, l& n {( N- x金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
, u* m u4 o4 ^1 h脚踏实地be down-to-earth
8 y4 g+ b9 G. [ s1 B5 w脚踩两只船sit on the fence * }$ E' S- ^2 w& P9 k* g; J
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 4 J% P: l) b& W! r9 F$ ^
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
9 T$ E ]. T) k8 h礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
! W4 {4 Z1 ?1 [8 X% t留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."( p! z: W: V+ x2 S- p8 X0 r
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success4 e- \. s8 e4 w. n( W3 o
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
8 b2 Q0 [: W! X4 Z茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
% Z/ U9 K6 h1 B) F没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.. g/ a* h& Q% P
每逢佳节倍思亲
4 j' c4 a/ e0 DOn festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
8 C9 `3 z$ V' _! ]* b: DIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
2 W2 @9 h$ H+ w2 H* A+ U" ^谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "$ X2 K6 X7 s3 s1 t# A
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
' N; X3 y# ]9 q: P7 x# `拿手好戏masterpiece9 L) K% E( e/ B, Y% E' F6 O8 w
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
! D3 R! W+ E. F% g/ N& n/ r抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale; Q4 G4 K5 r4 p- k1 b5 Y9 T3 {
破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end8 | o( S# @9 i6 x6 Z
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities : @. R- h: ^3 m/ S" W, {& u
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.
: t( Z9 N# s4 q4 u5 ^+ 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* k8 Y' ?- h, V% f6 v7 _% B5 s
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
: M$ [* { u2 u5 c前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests. G. o2 C! N. @
One sows and another reaps.
# \: l6 D7 ^* o+ \# P前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something- C4 z B2 L1 ?3 G* o" @
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 D8 i, u6 A# z
强强联手win-win co-operation" {- Q/ a; U" h. T, {7 P) f6 K3 c
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
$ b( f1 ^/ y+ d5 F人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.! V) K* p# i( E! q. M! M
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.5 j! n6 Y0 b( X. I s* P
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
- k1 U: ?. e5 } o世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
w0 ]7 {" c0 Y1 z+ y世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; / K- `4 e/ J4 [$ R- l( p
死而后已until my heart stops beating& L; D7 j; \3 E% [
岁岁平安Peace all year round
3 [; ~% M) q6 H+ w. L- ]' H) c上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." $ g: A# o' p7 U$ e8 K
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.. a. Y p+ y: G( m; L& Y0 |
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
3 F8 i5 ?8 d% o4 r3 D: x9 ]" \/ oAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." $ G( E9 w0 D( N9 S7 D; L' E
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
# v7 F8 u4 t; V6 N: s9 X四十不惑Life begins at forty.
: f5 q' ?' M) V$ p9 ^谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
9 X9 _% N+ q$ ]水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.+ c/ O( {8 |; Q4 [3 t* {: [" M
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. $ C- u9 s5 j2 w
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
. d& {' f: V9 f7 M0 K4 X实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts 1 w7 v4 ]" D$ N
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
2 C' k' e" U* N, C# j6 Y% J. a实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is " O! H! m' O' Z6 N+ [
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.. S" J1 p( K/ V/ l2 o4 Y6 k0 ?9 k
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; "
% ?* l( T. s" U3 U6 y& `: O1 E/ _韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
# w& j n/ V" ^4 ~- N) Q3 J+ }糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets" x9 y' K7 o. _" p
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
5 V0 T7 a$ s% C$ Z) n6 x# Z8 v团结就是力量Unity is strength.
! x! ?" E0 o$ ^. B- L6 c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 ) e7 B+ {* f; b7 v6 v9 Q$ u
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
1 {* P! Y4 O D- \" W6 s) F. K物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together., j; K! N2 h- T0 O; w- f
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." 4 m/ v6 k2 b4 u$ y8 a
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
1 u" T" v; G2 a屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.$ U2 K$ e* M$ }6 T5 [. ^8 ~
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy / R6 F$ b% L+ s: i
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
8 i3 m, |4 m: M( V. s无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots# g) G) {2 X0 s0 p9 n
无中生有make/create something out of nothing + b9 m+ A6 h3 H! ]& K- K1 z2 U
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire., D8 }3 R1 T: S" w
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
, a/ \$ x% ?; V0 O新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 5 ?0 V1 k4 W7 n1 t: R! L& O' e
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
& y$ q/ B( X. o1 q蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off4 u" x* _, }" Q
心想事成May all your wish come true+ X0 P8 R* K/ n2 S- E6 ^ ^7 |
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding% S/ ^& J$ e: m" C0 K
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
6 @2 c1 Z N7 l/ T) N) k' u先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
( D, W9 e& k, e7 O9 i像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan. J1 Q/ K6 V3 f$ B. m/ Z/ O
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example. n2 }7 w# }' {- B0 L) J
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 0 Q; i( |" T0 }4 }% m9 ^1 N
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
6 i- a. d1 N4 p4 i5 h循序渐进step by step
7 c9 ]; d: l$ [* _4 t( t一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 1 r1 i* E9 J P0 O l! h% o- m
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others( I6 \+ ]8 K* w5 e2 E# E- }
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
. [" [5 q6 \9 ]3 P有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 6 c, i2 F! K% O" P1 X3 M( q, d
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.3 u/ U1 C& O2 z6 \2 y# ?
有识之士people of vision
& Z) ^; N; H& H2 {5 E7 y3 J: R' t有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain 6 A4 F: d# ^- ~5 S3 P
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
) L0 ^" H7 P/ I0 r5 _$ O与时俱进advance with times
) c/ G. l4 I+ i& G% T5 {6 M4 ^* Q以人为本people oriented; people foremost & Q n+ c7 b2 }+ C, e- P' S
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 1 X) R& X# t0 j c
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."
& `& w5 |7 \9 r1 q! y3 a2 r* y欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
! |. ]$ ]# d# y0 u+ B+ \1 |7 [# y3 `优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
# D5 u+ q; O6 w9 ^英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.. x) d' {" {8 q U3 l+ |8 T
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
. N3 n# L# E4 M; O8 A6 d0 Y: h冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
) R6 P: C5 `8 I4 j/ v' t一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. ' K* k5 W. _7 `+ \6 q
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
% r( l6 t3 ~* G2 G& A5 U4 X. J5 K债台高筑become debt-ridden; O1 S# h, w3 P6 a& T' c: N
致命要害Achilles' heel , J. W: B& c+ P: o1 ~
众矢之的target of public criticism
( i0 k+ q8 Y/ Q0 K8 T+ y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.: f+ r8 t: e1 W4 P7 H
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist" J {; g7 C$ l1 K1 u$ k. l
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
# s' u$ W5 E9 K1 y% [左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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