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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
3 D/ ?/ I3 V# I+ b- M( @百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.9 Q0 ^6 G' e) x1 M1 k, I
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
. B; Y9 Y1 _; K9 m笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.5 T9 ]7 e; h, ]
不眠之夜white night
# V* ^9 C, d1 i: U7 r不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses3 v- p7 D9 l( p' G1 t+ Y
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
: Q; j' W+ `8 N( a3 \不打不成交"No discord, no concord. 3 c0 q( a1 T; R/ l' _/ E2 Q! a
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
4 k$ z' o$ I) c: _- o- {& e辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new / V$ P' y6 z+ W
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
" B+ _1 {: z6 \$ h6 p' s大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener $ K* F0 r! P8 R/ z& N' P }
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace! L( h E! c. v
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
9 I. k) o9 j: C- E功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. & |; B/ }% ~# g: J7 \) e4 c" }4 [
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
% X) \0 ]* ?" T8 _7 f1 K( n0 C好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 0 F `; H$ ~0 x9 ^" s: q
和气生财Harmony brings wealth. A# ]# P2 d2 V, x. h
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. 0 d0 a0 H5 r( H2 |/ z' ]
既往不咎let bygones be bygones . S/ N# z- C' c8 V$ X5 T* P
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
' x+ n' O4 B1 u+ i6 D4 [5 h/ h5 w金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
* m* C' E+ b6 ^3 W脚踏实地be down-to-earth , u; u8 ]7 b8 x' y+ F; h1 v/ I4 ?
脚踩两只船sit on the fence ) f! s3 e1 Z5 L& k3 U. s5 p; F
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
* S f( R3 t4 j老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
- @4 E& @1 n+ ]7 h3 [1 f+ D礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
. {, [1 u# I* e1 E" Z留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
9 |1 b6 t, S" h# u: K马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success* G: v" n& \% W( D
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth' |" g) M; i% [; A2 R7 U7 w
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
( ]8 T! I9 |: F4 A9 b' T没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.9 c+ B5 n4 v4 d2 {& T
每逢佳节倍思亲+ T0 r8 d* `1 m; w+ X+ z$ ^: j
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
* U$ L6 u$ Z: P- [) R6 \It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
& n& U. S; z7 I- T谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
4 X* e% p# v8 g+ x3 D3 p弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
! A* u. z! L1 V- u( ] }拿手好戏masterpiece0 W& k* p" Q T! T. \
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad8 X( D5 ^9 a9 L9 l
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
: g$ o+ v- h1 S' B" Y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- v: Q1 y/ F, r" l* I: G
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
) d! G+ G Q# d% @, c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./ U# @4 Z# u3 ^/ b% K0 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
; a$ z2 x/ S% v' G# ~5 y. N前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.# m# O: s5 n+ q8 k
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.. A8 F+ v/ _2 }& h
One sows and another reaps.
# V+ y- w: Z5 ] A! t; {前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
: x5 N9 E, o- g C$ e$ n/ F# 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.
% ?/ Y# ~# k" i7 g, [& _强强联手win-win co-operation5 o) \+ w. b" }3 R0 c
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.3 F$ v& X q1 d
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
5 A' u+ V0 j8 o4 E! |( }$ ^人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
) ] R( v4 C$ X$ ~2 K* R6 s人海战术huge-crowd strategy
4 Z& `3 M, `( X世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
: j b. A( X8 f- K. O7 Q6 x世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; ) O) B) ^, v4 |% }5 n+ _ V+ e
死而后已until my heart stops beating
7 F5 ?' B; ?+ u! H0 J# z/ ]# o7 O岁岁平安Peace all year round* o' V5 O/ k0 F/ I0 O9 A/ K [
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." " v6 { w j: g8 M
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.% W! I, L, K8 q: L
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. # N2 ]) K/ f9 r( D8 y. q$ v
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." / c m" G: q' }( }& J) b
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)4 ?7 d0 w( {: j5 o# d
四十不惑Life begins at forty.
, F7 U, p/ N$ e0 ~谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " " N' V: u0 }7 s
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
3 d. d0 c# H9 d$ n时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
! T# S; [- T5 p& q杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel) m" K- q% r; j$ E7 l5 L
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts / A( I% z& }. S- }: z. x
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.3 _; d0 T3 B+ \. z: c7 k
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
/ T/ Y# D! C4 l; M" o4 e" J实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.) x+ r3 S" {/ M" j) L/ c
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; "
4 Z, J, w) T& C z韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time1 O' I. r9 j/ F' S4 z6 F# k
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
" |" x+ B# N1 z) H天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
' Q$ e# o y8 X& b团结就是力量Unity is strength.
: j/ h" q" O; ~6 v# ^6 |9 `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
6 l: p" t, t' H1 J: }* I歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
! `0 U: q, i3 f2 Q物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.* I- r8 \) y5 w' Z& S# y; O( U
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
# G7 m4 x& ~: b望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child6 K: m8 u" ^# N. D' k# ^
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
* \. C/ d1 i, j0 L" @文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
# B/ F {0 p2 W3 W, W+ ^6 b唯利是图draw water to one's mill
; @. J1 I. x/ I3 G$ g6 u6 r) n3 ~无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
E+ Z9 D) _, g% R' ]无中生有make/create something out of nothing
0 }( v0 D; t5 S: \+ V8 r无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.& D% b. u3 N+ |# g3 ^# T; Q
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
% p, t* z: S$ v6 ~* G5 p9 L新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
' Q% ] q$ k \虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.0 r. W- U' m: B: P) L" e( i% T5 V1 q& X0 b
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off: g* N& a- s2 c$ L
心想事成May all your wish come true; I+ h; t& k L0 d; v- o) K+ R' R
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding3 |" j+ v6 d7 f4 F$ n9 m
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.0 \7 C4 q: d9 I& V& {& D5 x
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound. J# j! C$ a9 s0 L
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
/ J3 C) P4 L4 p# H2 z- |+ j现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
) [/ {1 c" Q9 Z9 v, b4 B, ?息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
# ^' R4 \" ?, \5 ?4 e9 s, B喜忧参半mingled hope and fear M" h4 B# h: \; v: f
循序渐进step by step, I+ V* w5 {( t$ [ ~% ]
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest : o, _+ q: v$ \7 o% j
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others& r6 c" k& }* N* t4 H
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey0 c }" W) `, w, Q) ~
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
6 }( V3 W5 P8 `% ^( S2 G有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.% ^& F( \8 A4 N# q3 _0 f
有识之士people of vision( Y8 [- a& L1 p ~
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
+ B( d6 w/ s: c$ q5 k! f" ?有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
' s3 L' D1 e! I8 y! ^与时俱进advance with times9 i9 H5 }9 ]: }9 ?$ C8 R+ {
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
6 S, C6 u- O8 u, ]+ e5 Q1 D因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
/ c! g; Q% K8 k" ^" b7 L8 B- Y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." - X( T% V' D, g! C" G$ @$ ]
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
2 K* I8 r5 f4 I. {' x6 u& x7 [9 Z0 _优胜劣汰survival of the fittest $ p: Q" h# I. {: u0 m: g8 N
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.7 D( q% I' F7 y4 V
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
$ A% {& H2 C! d! K0 Q# i9 a冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
4 q A8 x" V: j1 _& r. [一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. ' [4 P. }/ H& V a5 o
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
: ~& a `* x: y+ {7 n6 K$ s! h9 e5 H债台高筑become debt-ridden
0 \. `2 B/ G2 v! r1 f致命要害Achilles' heel 5 J. h+ H) K& L' F
众矢之的target of public criticism
$ A+ v7 K( ~; \; s, a' |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.
$ s1 @' g% X; V7 B( ~9 I- v/ }8 Y纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist0 T$ R$ r( X+ T+ _' T
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
2 m, h2 z7 |. u, d8 ~, r左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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