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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.% a7 Z8 W3 \! l
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
, G) Z% U! ]- K+ U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
/ O* `. ^7 n+ b0 ?笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
0 O& {' r# j( d n# V: y z不眠之夜white night 3 L. |2 E8 I* Q# k0 y+ T
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
! I5 r3 _5 Z) }, _8 _不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
9 [# n/ \8 ~( {/ [! y0 M. g y不打不成交"No discord, no concord. 3 N& w9 |/ T6 l1 n6 t6 B: G/ v
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
, P0 @9 g2 T( y- K! s辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 7 S i! s' ?9 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
, I: n# ^0 e' n% P- V! V9 O& f大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
$ q; i/ F7 Z) Q国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace- K3 f4 c4 B: n% l7 P# v! p
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
! D4 U8 u0 ~. V: D* Q, q0 w( W功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. 5 g+ S8 y+ g: \
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
% w q& m, R8 v0 s! o1 z: P" @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% d. |0 d$ u和气生财Harmony brings wealth0 A0 }9 M* o L. j
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. ; x: ^7 l+ t% k% B" c( Y2 T0 m
既往不咎let bygones be bygones
f5 x# Q) p3 { J' N4 P金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 6 |! U) X$ H3 _! f/ b5 D+ u
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
: j3 [, e" g7 l+ J脚踏实地be down-to-earth 1 _( @. Z& m1 B! k! M2 b- C
脚踩两只船sit on the fence 8 X- l8 l" Y1 T8 \; l" J, d
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green ( }! [8 U- \" w: g
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
6 l, r0 y- G, N* W: B$ f$ R礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
' A; r: n8 V3 Y) D$ I3 `( L+ {/ f留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."8 a5 @& x2 n7 D" @2 ~8 f! B
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success, |- u/ e) W) L" H3 g
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
7 L) O Q: U. e. v& r茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened& G5 R3 e% i% ^4 P x* Q* G! t1 ]
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
1 E$ v7 N; E7 _ v4 c$ m$ f: D每逢佳节倍思亲
; ?5 ` R$ U8 |& L4 ~On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
) h* t9 y6 C. e' i. _! w5 \It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
" p6 ^/ A7 v1 O. u6 m谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
- ] y" }* O+ G" a1 Z弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.3 t" L" ]! V! L4 M0 V* v
拿手好戏masterpiece
' D" y; r ]9 q赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
0 T- f! Y- o n, U+ z% L抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
; x5 w' }8 ` R5 l0 O0 }1 V' ? D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 U& f' I$ S, D+ a- `+ l
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
, k- h, S0 Z* J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.; J5 m5 w, q: u
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 step3 ]! \$ \/ F# D
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
' p' i+ k b( T/ O$ X/ y3 l4 B前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
- d; o( I/ p8 M* \( f% f gOne sows and another reaps.' {7 V) n# G! C
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
# t+ y* i% C4 h0 [+ Y8 {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. 2 m0 \( d) I6 O
强强联手win-win co-operation }7 }9 N$ U% N( ^7 n) \. _& I
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
5 O7 ^0 q4 @0 J. K o& O人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
) }7 ^3 h6 D; y! u人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.6 Q1 c) R' ^; \) r% D9 A& J; Z/ w: ^
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
! g. M9 F' x% R- o5 @4 H世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " & W- T& Q+ Q1 A! ?6 s2 U4 h# H
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
" W n' t8 h, m" e% z# a k9 h' Y3 q死而后已until my heart stops beating+ w7 f n5 t; Y
岁岁平安Peace all year round
! s7 E7 J. S3 [; {/ ?- J, {3 ?上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." h- d& N; G- ~" B' I* R1 T
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
. z9 D; P$ j" @ _5 T# D三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
7 X# V, ]- t: `# J! F, L/ LAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." # O6 G1 `5 {" p' }$ R) k
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
! \! o2 H9 I! ~1 n9 ]四十不惑Life begins at forty. % z! P) E0 m4 F7 c
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " 3 s: i2 d- ^1 K$ |* a
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
+ K+ x' H3 F" H时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. ) r1 P7 x0 }& T# B* t
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel& G' `! @" H5 Q' H% L
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts ; S' ~0 T: [" M5 a( g9 F
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes." h e% ^3 J& w8 T" S9 D y! S
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is ! b% `9 D6 F6 J* I( ?# {
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.4 e8 D0 q! E: s% E) f
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; "9 y! M" f: y* a9 n: F R' B
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
# n5 M0 { E+ o" P/ i) s糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets5 r0 u1 w' h1 D( @9 K1 k) ?
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
6 ^- h2 X$ h2 t/ {& d) }团结就是力量Unity is strength.' I" S- y, c5 j
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
4 o# s' H+ p* _歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena8 g) s' s/ b& l; a" l
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.9 X B1 I1 e* s C3 ?+ I z
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." 5 q1 S# P) r, z7 u* j0 Z1 U
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
$ p, ^& Z8 S9 V6 e' Q屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.! h* N2 j! l; S
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
2 @5 e2 u! t s1 U! \唯利是图draw water to one's mill
8 k9 B; f+ z; B- G: G7 A无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots/ N" y3 A( K9 d4 Z0 H8 e
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
/ A( W9 v" \, u: L% M/ z无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
8 r+ q* q3 V: m, \) F7 J: N徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
" k* ^" Y; g- }+ z新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean % M1 ^* i0 }4 _4 {8 k! L
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
$ R1 F* |+ c2 ^# U8 v2 y2 M蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off7 P8 \( p) w/ @, Y$ x: K
心想事成May all your wish come true. \6 c- C9 P2 E) E
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
/ p w0 q1 O/ V5 a9 v9 N' _先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.; J+ U! r: a0 M* r: }' Z
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
% _7 f, c1 x2 y# X) s2 y像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
# {3 w( Y9 M9 A; k2 V+ \现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
5 e) ^* s0 T% F, v息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
! K0 t/ Z3 _7 ~; p8 q/ l9 Y喜忧参半mingled hope and fear & ^" a2 ^) K7 l) k, w+ y
循序渐进step by step
+ Q9 `1 D; I' Y/ X0 X! ~) r/ k一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
) i& S |0 e7 ^8 ~( @严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others* X% M: u" e( e# M
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
# k4 f! i% L$ f有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
: X5 s) U, p: y* `* j4 b" v) B有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.) Y4 v5 w$ y. {9 l4 E, F
有识之士people of vision
* G5 w1 L3 B! Z6 u4 V/ A有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain ; Y' M( s' x$ k3 @3 r3 h
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
4 V; X9 o) @+ J8 I2 O与时俱进advance with times
( Y; s& C, V7 \以人为本people oriented; people foremost * ]6 v5 W9 }' B5 ^8 R$ U' I5 u3 S
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude . [' I- T& E" h7 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." 8 ] }+ q2 Q* p3 ^
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
9 r1 y+ D8 L) U) s4 a+ @* P- ^优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
$ R5 M2 }; m# y" ]& s' W6 Q( r( u英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
" p. u! G. ~: F, E8 n0 i* a冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
& a3 P1 P; j7 |# i& `0 {4 h冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" 9 z2 ]2 [9 S2 m6 E t, S/ e
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. + J/ s6 B5 X" O2 v# u" l7 b
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful8 j$ ]- S9 w, X8 S
债台高筑become debt-ridden# T1 U" T+ `/ a4 [8 h% f* l
致命要害Achilles' heel
6 l( [4 Z, z2 \# d5 R众矢之的target of public criticism
" D9 G+ x7 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.
) t# V' c+ B+ @$ K纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
( C9 j6 d/ g: D% C纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
( `: f! \0 l* y- j+ ?, D3 P左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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