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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
! j/ V1 B( `& G% f百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.2 U/ j' } \2 l
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* \8 Q$ U q( b
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.+ n# e" I+ j, C+ I) Y
不眠之夜white night * Z2 R' V" u4 S9 s8 ]. ?
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses+ D" a, q( ]: p4 D% Q n4 t
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
& _5 a: h4 x; m不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
$ L! G0 `, k: K% r5 f& m3 g. \拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
) g$ \/ a& B% t. i# F5 L( U8 [6 {辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
8 B# z' \* m! n& o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 all8 T1 D: A) h2 a- s( |3 M
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener + k8 R1 b- _# ?! T
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
. f) N8 T& _ A- K4 Z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
: @& X! r) _2 h- M. l- I# q o功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
, V- s# \* j: V8 [: `: w" J好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more% x. Z" q+ z B
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. / c5 h+ Y9 |: f* x# q4 k
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
( [" Y; I. b+ k: Z7 w活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
3 k7 _+ C2 N9 j. ]" B K w既往不咎let bygones be bygones
w7 S! h1 _# k/ b9 y3 r金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. + y' |6 f1 x8 P, I% f) f
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
- z+ R- n9 B. y& O$ W+ d+ i4 w3 I脚踏实地be down-to-earth y" }& U+ J$ o
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
" Z- I' S; q# P3 N% n4 U9 H君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green , o( A$ b' I/ u
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
& S6 F A4 _8 ?* E3 B X5 Z礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. , j. E5 d) H4 G6 M9 L$ _% F2 e
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
# N8 T7 W8 L* z马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
* p m) L4 j" \4 U名利双收gain in both fame and wealth( N n5 g+ `" B: F% l8 Q
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
3 n5 |7 Q9 k$ b2 \2 l6 e没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.% N; U, I% g3 Y' B' H' m" @
每逢佳节倍思亲( x5 U6 c" k( C& U7 Q
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
+ J: B) K# W) u. OIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
1 t4 G( r" T3 V2 B谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "$ z3 O1 H0 o" ]. c1 {/ T% J
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.) f+ W6 h1 y) ?
拿手好戏masterpiece* s; m, T! l6 F9 g7 `2 z
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad& u3 }! h3 J" Z( z2 j, |* d( V
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
& `+ ]9 f/ Y/ t$ l6 G破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end7 M* Z \" C$ J' Y5 \& ^
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 7 q' u/ ~& O% o! }/ v; f
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.
2 A$ \. j* |; ]- B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, r# k- t4 P' T6 c
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.+ f( c5 O" |$ A7 m* b
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.& c* f& X, s* U. [3 g0 q+ {5 A! p
One sows and another reaps.9 D4 R! ]" ^* Q
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
# Q* X2 M \; ~! j( A9 X7 q7 U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.
" f7 _7 g2 s: J n. L1 C6 i强强联手win-win co-operation
1 f; C1 V$ q' R0 e% ^瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
" @# Z/ l) ]/ h$ K人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.* }. _2 T" ^/ Q, R
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
4 s' j; d% E; E3 s4 G1 L s人海战术huge-crowd strategy % S* A& M/ t! e) [0 d
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
. u$ R4 r* l3 L# Y( A世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; 0 H/ T3 E8 s5 |% @9 ]
死而后已until my heart stops beating
* X" o4 _3 N0 U8 X岁岁平安Peace all year round p; i3 S& T& v
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." # q$ F4 T9 a9 V
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.( [, k$ {) |1 P ~6 x
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
5 D% F* C8 L! ~/ SAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." , i; V: {5 z4 L+ Z6 k
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)! i& K" x- i. ^* V8 s
四十不惑Life begins at forty.
- ~; \$ b9 \: u$ E8 r [! D. y谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
+ m7 s8 d6 y6 R" S+ x水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
; L. z5 d O+ ~; f) }' C时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. 6 `- F. {, x" f/ a# v# z0 Z
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel- O! `# l, L4 l n, U8 E0 c
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
1 v% o, F, s- T说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.; a {+ ~3 Z. ]
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
$ ^0 t c) R/ u( M4 ^8 X3 c实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
! _1 B4 q6 I% j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; "; U' T0 n& H3 U5 w, Y1 N
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time, _8 z6 i4 h) @: W8 K2 O( m# }
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
& }2 b% ]) ^6 c0 k" G% C8 P天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
+ _! |4 {1 O; A8 H0 e$ U团结就是力量Unity is strength.
: \+ Y3 U0 O4 I; Q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
! \+ K4 U* a! z m2 [* c) h& e8 n歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
2 r% a8 G" ]3 m- F' x物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
C3 _6 P/ C% @3 |+ r: ]' I( @8 y往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." # c; O S1 l; W8 j
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
' `0 o9 }& \: @& c8 Q2 W$ Y1 f屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
! y; w S7 m8 b6 p* _/ \文韬武略military expertise; military strategy . k q# j! O4 u) H2 P4 k5 a1 M, b
唯利是图draw water to one's mill 2 r _) O2 F" s9 e
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots+ A ]$ o5 S* m: d( G
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
$ m% v- ?5 I9 V. d! E) `4 y/ X* n8 q无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
N8 U, i, O$ W& m5 S. n/ E5 \9 x" M徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
: E$ ]( _( f+ `) ?0 R: N2 C新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 5 V. j% Y, o) y2 q8 o$ }
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.7 y- A: d `- i- ^1 p. r
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off' k4 } B, _) J3 s/ X6 r
心想事成May all your wish come true& A4 a! R7 V6 |
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding9 J8 z* Q) x# ^9 {0 E0 A/ a
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.0 {8 p' X$ E; Z; J. S
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
4 I3 a9 q; [5 z6 D像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan8 F$ _7 l. n3 \# _" Q8 i |$ l
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example; ?8 i8 b3 {6 ?4 U
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
' o5 e. w* l$ y5 X8 G+ l' H/ S喜忧参半mingled hope and fear ) U; |! Y; ~$ X g
循序渐进step by step
( i6 B/ I& \7 h2 T$ d: \+ C# f一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
1 j! i! P% ]8 ^6 Z& i7 p严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
& ^/ Z) E1 N2 B) N鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey: B6 J, B+ L) g {; L$ S0 q' g
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
5 j7 o a% u3 V0 A7 t) w' S m有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
* T, e, K4 {6 q. M+ k有识之士people of vision
p; L2 ~* @; {7 U有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain : X- z2 u) l- {5 a6 L/ T) Q8 W
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
* B: i8 M6 d0 v- c7 \" N与时俱进advance with times1 ?! t) l" L3 V* S& S+ K
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
/ [8 L8 W" N+ S7 h因材施教teach students according to their aptitude ( L6 M0 s% b5 }# n
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."
; ~2 R( P& G* V3 O& m( y欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. F; ~. ]+ J: w3 r7 ~3 s
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
1 w' F, M. x' |+ r# _5 s- W英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.; Z& |$ b6 n* d0 h; l
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
7 X# U J g) q x; H6 i冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
. s. ~- E6 P; W$ c3 `一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. * {- \ K$ p$ t1 q1 f( o3 ^
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful3 q4 J" V/ ~$ M5 W7 X) N" c5 J& P8 ?
债台高筑become debt-ridden. i1 r @2 v5 L2 j6 q1 a0 i8 _1 M
致命要害Achilles' heel ) ~ J0 T+ K t: f! \9 D- B
众矢之的target of public criticism% d7 R; y. \2 \9 d) F
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.
% ~$ S( a# [1 J- I纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
6 O* w4 [/ w7 e N* P0 [& T) q纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
8 V; k" K. Y% ?左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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