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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
+ w4 G7 L8 {# s2 R百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
2 U# _' n% f" o4 I2 v- o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 worst1 f. e; H' y7 r
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.8 Y @% C% j, ?0 W3 S! {% B
不眠之夜white night 5 f* D- \& x9 F9 F5 ]* e2 \
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses- |1 |, }- v0 ` z. i" K
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best' y: G7 `( J/ v6 @: d7 q0 n/ d9 j3 a
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
% `2 _# Y. n' k, E8 A- z% A [" `拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul ' W$ k }) w" e- g9 E; 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
e4 f0 u5 Q% `- V" d7 o- K: ?6 {) G% d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
. G$ n) q, s! [" w大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener * n3 P" D6 E4 b% P: _! _' A
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
- I- c5 k1 D- s+ |0 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
4 \6 k# f+ U& _+ S6 ]功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
* b6 A, I: p$ ]; t7 l好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more" x. @. ]7 H$ k/ ~
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
# v" T8 b: o) C) b0 Z6 t和气生财Harmony brings wealth
0 p g% ?( g5 b% I活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. / F) j- Y' g5 Z. X5 n! t
既往不咎let bygones be bygones ! o$ |# ~% K/ T
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
2 `* F: s9 p. J/ Y9 w金玉满堂Treasures fill the home- [$ `. x# G, ^1 K! J
脚踏实地be down-to-earth " U6 z4 `9 m" d/ ^: `+ B% Q( T8 ^2 O
脚踩两只船sit on the fence ; e9 k) f9 \4 A, ~5 [: z
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
- g5 f7 j; A% | N# E) X$ g. O老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
+ g2 o- @2 U1 X6 m4 c" J礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 3 x8 A/ F# m% T1 g' s& }( O
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
" A( \* ]1 r* l7 Y& I# D$ r* [4 r马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
6 f/ R! ~1 e2 m6 u2 G* j- C3 [& q" N名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
& A* A3 V2 G* H7 q; D4 b! l2 r茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
! R, D3 H) P N( h8 P没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
2 n& ~/ {" n. g每逢佳节倍思亲& C/ n2 ?1 Z: C( M! Q) t% T2 Z0 B* O) r
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.9 O( F, N. d' W: u$ V
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
/ K! J- _0 Y- s+ f% }- I0 F谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
1 D4 s) E# T& j, X1 s# I- x8 r弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself." \7 J; K2 |3 }/ V& I
拿手好戏masterpiece4 S% Y! Z) s1 p: j' H& R
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad j) e" \5 p0 M5 G" _
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
. l; M" k `1 K- N- w* V2 {& S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. ~+ C2 ~/ H5 A9 Q$ V
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
/ Y1 N: m2 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.- R7 _4 }9 E3 q4 o0 d
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
$ Z, ~$ h3 A: V$ v, L D前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
0 P! V5 x' R; }) l& n+ D; L前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.; Z( ~4 b. W1 `* \& R* ^
One sows and another reaps.
0 [/ B2 K1 d2 |# [) C- ?& s前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something( k' Q1 L8 U" k* i& a
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. : w! @- s6 o4 j* ]* K
强强联手win-win co-operation. I- X) Q1 d, z* H$ U4 F1 u" b* r
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
5 F. s+ u' f( D1 v: H& {; k人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
% i2 x J1 k2 L* n: Z人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.$ ^. m% r7 B( K' |+ H
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
7 H8 ?9 @4 f/ v% q; J世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " ; V$ N5 z( t- J7 r1 H' x2 A% _, `
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
; w9 e3 Q1 |' r) f, {3 T死而后已until my heart stops beating2 i# o! P' D1 x {: @ a8 t D/ c
岁岁平安Peace all year round) D2 Y+ y; n3 o4 i! Q3 j P3 ~
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
: Y5 n. c0 {4 O s$ Y; d/ v* e塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
; p) l/ O4 A8 n# e, u: T( L三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 7 a9 Q* |4 ~& W* z
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
" H$ _3 `, Q1 ]1 R升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
3 ]- b ]# O+ E四十不惑Life begins at forty. ; U" p/ ~ R; n K6 P
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
4 Z) [( n' C+ \水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high./ ?( c& S$ ]( \* n5 y1 d7 r
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. 3 Q- |) B, g/ M4 x1 `
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel& Z4 k, s% E h- v9 e# L
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
! c( a- Q4 [) C# C4 Y说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
?$ h' v- b, n# [' P) m实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
' _- ?6 G9 j' a" y实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.! s+ ]3 B& a3 @1 M8 J* \3 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; "! H: s' r7 Z1 Z v' T% R
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
3 v8 u. b" ]- X. A$ M" w糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
8 b5 T( n/ z. V+ G6 B7 k天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue, ^ a }) M2 q) }" t" ^7 W' T
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
$ u1 C/ S' P) Z- C7 b. Z0 C( V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 ; W4 o: F+ B0 Q% O! S7 k7 t1 b3 v
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena+ P$ [; e; l2 ], P4 E0 _% U" \' j
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.0 i4 h. e% B1 b' p
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." Q. Q6 e3 a* q, t" g
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child, U8 D6 x+ @; L0 q8 x; O
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
2 o' Q& e- f" Q8 i: m文韬武略military expertise; military strategy # w/ S3 o6 H( J D' e$ F
唯利是图draw water to one's mill 2 a' t. @3 C$ i7 P2 ^
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots `1 W F, X0 i
无中生有make/create something out of nothing 5 W' E" G; z( y( j, _/ s
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
% n6 S0 `: }# M' r" Q徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
; W2 I" r' @8 D7 @. p$ r" k新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
) }9 \0 Q q" h4 t, Q$ n! ~/ i虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.7 o1 y g* l% s2 S) ~* ], n( B
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off6 b8 k* J8 S% ^$ s
心想事成May all your wish come true3 y/ m- Q5 R. H; S% q/ j2 A
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding4 x* W& b" f" p4 M, Y
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.8 ^: g2 c# t. D6 C* s. {9 \
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound4 W4 h* I% V# n* p
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
& K: V. m) t2 D现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example, f0 [8 L. [7 B7 W. t* r
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 9 `( @. l# s! W) B: h9 Y6 T
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
5 X$ h2 W' G" k0 ^% t2 r循序渐进step by step
3 g3 i& W+ {% q. x# l( O3 ?6 F9 a- \一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
! H! b$ r" l- R3 m严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
3 U& q# Y1 A0 ?7 m- X鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey, @9 W2 k* N3 @$ J
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." # x2 v5 i) B' [# b+ T$ E }
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.% Z2 c% i/ Z* F
有识之士people of vision
* `. Z3 S Y" i有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain 5 T' v) b' ]* c; [5 p3 d& j
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
/ i. o8 f8 S- H# K0 j与时俱进advance with times" [8 ~& h0 z/ L. [8 n. [% K. I
以人为本people oriented; people foremost * ?/ n1 q5 n+ r+ T
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
* P+ D7 I' F# Q2 @/ @7 C$ i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."
+ ]1 Z. z) ]. A欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. - n2 k+ B% x" a U% ~5 H/ i
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
' D, Y' W. \/ V! r1 ~- r英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
3 x! }6 @6 w) X2 Y3 y冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
: y; R& ]8 J. c# v1 n# T冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
; Y& P( U# Q: {$ V5 z8 j3 P! q- Y一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. k! U$ `0 j" z1 p2 K8 o
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful, Y: M9 \# W* u4 y* [8 v& J* x( r: I
债台高筑become debt-ridden4 S& m( c5 V6 k" u0 I# Y, }0 e
致命要害Achilles' heel ) |. t" z% e' D; W) a0 e
众矢之的target of public criticism
" N% E5 d3 m+ P. w4 n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.
. I: E4 ^! P" G e! g( N4 @4 O纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
+ f0 `- o6 O7 n1 S) `$ {$ X# ^5 l纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.& `2 R" @! u: s+ l( G& d
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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