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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog. X; Z! z, b: X5 @
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.4 ~& M$ I* Z2 j, c2 K
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
1 k- ]- ~+ V# A. p; x- J6 H笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.4 B; ^; v, b/ ~) B8 ^
不眠之夜white night 7 ]( G2 d9 z! c5 e' r
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses& x6 `3 S) o: h0 {' s l
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best5 b: y y+ d7 @6 x
不打不成交"No discord, no concord. $ H6 w0 k- n- f2 g( F
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul W& e; }6 C6 J9 G. D
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
/ I5 j- A4 T8 q! L- e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
. W c! i$ G: ^* p- {1 L大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener , c: f6 P# T4 g" h9 I* y
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace: E1 ~- i* C4 B& f
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 j5 e2 c5 E3 r" ^
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. 3 D, O0 w, y8 x. E: |' A: ^
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
! f2 [# v2 z6 n' f3 ^/ w2 s好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
$ P q: E ?$ V4 u/ M, E* L和气生财Harmony brings wealth" V0 {7 F9 d. }% j- q5 K @
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
9 X% X9 V* E; }: s# R9 n7 j既往不咎let bygones be bygones
; u+ _. N- g( L9 H: M金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
1 R+ r: a1 m8 @+ v: ]4 I金玉满堂Treasures fill the home7 E! [/ i0 h) T, G% Y/ F5 I
脚踏实地be down-to-earth
% P$ J% u1 |: x X脚踩两只船sit on the fence $ i8 n5 w7 {5 q
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green ; v/ r$ r) a5 `* ]5 h5 t, {, {
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché& R+ p- W# s; \' o P5 K/ b) I
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
7 J6 {% u& a; f留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
5 K4 H# b$ ?7 R. @, o马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success% [ E1 y n: L- W2 R. q! O$ i3 L& ~
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth5 Z) u3 |( {! R3 P% c" o- }
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened4 i; n7 N5 X4 c4 q& \
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
* W7 S& ~6 m+ A每逢佳节倍思亲
) J/ T9 p( t$ N y+ \On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
5 q2 Q3 j' n# z" ?/ n; w6 IIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. & n+ q3 S' [* s; d k
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
0 U* E% K& r& X; r! `0 S' w弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.4 m6 }$ v- a2 C2 P& r) \
拿手好戏masterpiece
/ L. P8 e" \# Y( J* i7 E8 |; s赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
0 a; B8 a- t( S" }5 R6 i抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale$ j9 M' j- `% D5 n/ a# r
破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end2 m% h: ?) f/ A3 \5 \
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
6 q1 p! g6 \, o) @! 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.5 T. b1 `% I. G* v( v
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
: I; L6 u' k! i前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
$ l/ z. o6 `0 @) M0 K3 Q7 I6 N9 u+ ^# E前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.( D" Y; P4 a; F0 y' b6 a& q
One sows and another reaps.
2 P; N+ g, A, h) K2 m前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something1 d) { l0 u# k/ n0 k9 T: v7 Y; V9 R
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.
# a i* A D/ N, U w强强联手win-win co-operation2 O" c( L1 c! l( F+ c/ |
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
5 {2 b" d' P8 @! \1 D/ i人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
7 }# B+ G- _- L. r+ t& o% P人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
* @8 O/ ]9 V4 L2 ^% X( E6 F人海战术huge-crowd strategy : t+ G; z& f+ `4 N6 j+ |3 Q
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " ( ? r9 w4 t7 |6 j
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; 8 _& ^5 i6 Q6 P$ J* Z7 K: [+ r: [
死而后已until my heart stops beating2 F9 x5 W1 f* s) H6 Z# s
岁岁平安Peace all year round3 K( B3 B. I: h% D+ [5 E3 `
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
0 a5 k% U6 q- p/ n. f y- Y4 E. A塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
' }: V8 i+ d/ i% N7 J$ w" |三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. ' R& G5 w s% n/ q# h$ a# @
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
! M; a3 `5 c4 Q: u升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)7 Y% B6 E3 M. n8 ^, x5 t" r
四十不惑Life begins at forty.
. L% N! j" F% K0 D谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
2 ~. K, }. C% a6 ]/ [1 @$ \水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.: f& @3 w( D+ i, o' t
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. 5 ]1 S" a) ]! _& c) G) b' s
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel: @% L: x X# B1 }% u& M
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
" Z2 c5 v2 t; g+ h1 h说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
( V+ F& \* a2 X7 \7 v; ~实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is 0 E$ \! }; x7 D) P) A
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.0 b) W2 e% l0 t4 Y' a& A/ d. a
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; "
; s9 J$ m3 K3 Y: N) D0 s. u6 k韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
N$ V5 @+ w* Y8 k6 z糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets- k4 }7 }! E$ O& D1 q9 d8 Z
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
# Y# ?" c, m5 b" o团结就是力量Unity is strength.5 U7 f$ v; Z2 R4 v$ o# L1 |
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
7 {/ Z1 m/ d5 f, l$ e歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena* J, {, g1 w( b! z" ]
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together. A+ v, K- H- k& P2 u9 q
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
; x# D( y6 G% K2 j3 \; o/ h望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
1 w! s0 L; P9 ~屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
% j6 M& W# W& F5 g; p; p( f/ h文韬武略military expertise; military strategy * k8 r, C9 t, x; ]
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
* E( X9 U7 b+ ?8 _无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
2 ^1 I( @' b2 k# c6 s1 M无中生有make/create something out of nothing
. M8 ^* e( b O2 K! l无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.( J9 p$ w# k. C- w0 b W
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
! [2 c j9 J; ?9 Y( |6 D, A }新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean . z) Q- e! o2 z; a7 B
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
& P2 I; x" v; \. \1 _5 q0 F蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
" j$ f; ~+ m8 J8 }心想事成May all your wish come true
8 W# M1 h {+ t8 {9 ]' f+ b0 V. ?心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
1 X7 l( g2 `( R先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
* `8 W1 P/ a5 K' s/ Z: [3 @先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
. J% F9 p. |1 X+ f" X1 c; O* b像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
" Q& r. M x" J( s* d5 [现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example& Y. _1 Z; y6 C. z# j, K, t
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
; g7 ?( x+ _2 E8 w. G: G喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
2 u. n( `4 T# o循序渐进step by step# z: x2 t5 u3 x3 N0 K. B# p
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
4 t! V+ V6 k9 K! c6 W) Z5 c" \严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
G2 H. @1 {8 f/ M鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey: H4 j7 T# ~6 n1 M( @! k
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
+ @* Y3 c, d& E3 [0 O [/ U有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.3 {& s: _8 A8 z/ M# g. K
有识之士people of vision
6 Q0 Z: n5 h' E有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain 2 Y- h8 N3 x- _1 i1 n$ x
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
+ s" h3 y* z+ g与时俱进advance with times
S2 H( \8 |9 n; D2 x7 g/ M) u: k以人为本people oriented; people foremost # i5 s M c7 ~+ Y% C0 n
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
$ Y& P3 {1 t: ` A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." $ P m! ~8 z' X2 {# H6 u" X
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. / u7 {, a6 O" r1 @7 G; `
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
4 N( c% i& c/ Z( C) B英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
" U1 t! G7 O& R* h9 }冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.6 \8 u' v- {; ~! X
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
8 b5 B' |' @* |& L% ^: c, _4 ]一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
& ]! ?2 v. P$ }# ]( G0 |招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful+ @3 r" v! Z' i0 m z
债台高筑become debt-ridden, f: }: k9 z3 h3 u9 t, e
致命要害Achilles' heel
' ^' j4 b1 w {众矢之的target of public criticism! q$ N# N# F& {$ r& z% t
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.0 `: q& X" h6 ~& }7 q
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
; ?% d; _" _/ Q" h9 f- o纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
. L; j6 H0 u# [5 u) I5 Y2 F左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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