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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
1 L; m+ k0 f) N6 O2 [ _百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
9 M4 U0 Q# z9 F X6 |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& \/ A$ _- z7 a) a' G
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.! y% K; B3 W# ?% U j, v3 o
不眠之夜white night
1 I. z3 D8 x% R* N6 R# f- h7 E不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses" g" j' N* c0 I' W
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best1 g$ s* [9 A, F
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
5 v0 ?# Y0 S0 F$ b拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
( Y; w/ _' y( E, I) \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 ~$ O* b% p( B# S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) W. x/ p- w5 u/ n9 y( j大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 6 K% N1 L; i3 ~" J6 l) u$ }
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
( Z" }1 a: F* ]' X5 |4 p. r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
% D1 b- V5 \' E ?* L0 ?功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
5 n s/ s; ~9 n/ @6 ^+ D2 I好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more6 O2 R k/ G" 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. + ^: f; T9 f; F/ K4 p: T }3 T
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
) C. I4 d9 D( J7 ]1 C; ?活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. , I4 m9 g/ u) Y* e" U( Z
既往不咎let bygones be bygones
; W8 z* m5 J) k9 r8 E/ S金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 9 H$ i9 b8 K& N
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
. ~: j( L6 i1 k0 F1 j+ n: b* D脚踏实地be down-to-earth ) _. P( T5 k) a1 N9 h% k
脚踩两只船sit on the fence 1 c3 `1 V& u5 |+ _3 K# _1 O
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green % K$ m& ~" |& G7 b, b
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
& |* C3 w2 Z- Q% J+ X6 U# S9 j, c礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. # N/ w- K% f7 {8 U% J
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."- Y$ z9 K& o% E/ S0 r- j
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
2 `' Y9 G0 I5 i0 x# C名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
5 l4 q- L& ~% F2 C \& G5 e! ~9 X茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
! y) O. ^. D3 g1 ^$ ?; }1 t没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.2 v! o' ?' H W2 I! z0 g
每逢佳节倍思亲
6 f7 K9 h7 p! h5 YOn festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.& a4 g5 N7 H1 R& S9 C
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
3 f5 D" b. n$ e/ H, Y" J谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "8 p2 N% f3 k, _. W3 q3 P
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
- C+ g; X8 ~9 I" y# y) l$ Z# m拿手好戏masterpiece: H& A% ^& a& N2 e$ w5 O0 K
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
, X4 j+ }+ f# n抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
! t" Q. x. y9 N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
% q# Q7 P( p0 k" o; p( c; q抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
& q" O& G6 D* i! i! ?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.
/ h" J# F# Q4 v8 a2 E/ `' O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
% C% D' ^ ]4 N" R前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
; N( U3 o% X( O4 z: `4 p前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.( ~$ Y. @ `! l( ~% z
One sows and another reaps." B3 T+ H+ y4 N* g& C: o' w
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something; T/ x r- ^) }8 ?7 K, [# {/ 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.
# D7 f q$ \8 B1 N& ^- y( G; k强强联手win-win co-operation& R! {7 _, G1 x8 O0 ~- A
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest. I* \, i/ i; U! w6 [& ?
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.+ H- n( T% g/ w: L% R
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
7 h: R$ o+ a" T7 M( K& I人海战术huge-crowd strategy 4 U3 O! ]! b# ~" k* u7 C/ a# X0 C ?
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
0 z9 F' r) v- R @% {世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
$ y5 w' n. x/ \0 J6 v i, c死而后已until my heart stops beating" ^! n% _" ^# ^0 h/ T J/ g5 M3 M
岁岁平安Peace all year round
: h4 z( O3 r- [6 Q1 {上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." ! e7 e( i7 _4 z& C7 Q
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
/ q$ j2 P* b# h% w0 B% D6 k( i三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 8 H: U) N7 j" H ^ z- u
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
0 S2 M& @* |0 p# _升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
; ^& E: s0 }& j: C Y4 F! t- u; f* l( r四十不惑Life begins at forty.
$ g8 Y1 `- L. j0 U谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " " ~0 [+ q7 o* S9 i2 I) e3 V
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
U( v+ Q" z5 N时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
2 H$ B% j) c1 O3 {杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel" ~ H d( A& v. q$ U+ z" N
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts % R$ C6 | G/ ]5 E
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.) k; s2 F% H7 ?
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is ! g; d# B! H. @! O4 |2 E7 p
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.6 \; G9 R" Z6 m
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; "1 }" n! P+ `* b8 p: _ s
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time/ g7 ^5 f( c# `4 @# z3 \* C. G
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
1 T. h; y2 ]0 E! U1 a8 r) g; M天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue3 }3 H V* j* Q. e c$ q5 B
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
7 A1 H5 C6 {+ t; G' o. P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 3 c6 V1 u+ B I @
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
3 l% H x" x5 ?' W/ F物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
- x# @5 F* I3 C$ _2 S7 R5 i往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." 1 E. x8 K5 \. j# Z) M
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child+ F3 x3 _, H8 ?
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
! C9 S+ d$ Z9 L- _- |+ V% @文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
* b2 w) v& A& Y e唯利是图draw water to one's mill ; J0 P: {( U, v
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
# |! D- i- G2 m+ A0 V无中生有make/create something out of nothing 2 _7 {# c5 `$ v% t; W7 ^5 D
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
. F8 E3 x; W! a2 Q! G/ b/ d徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends . O9 I$ w" I. a, n% ]" @$ a5 c
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 3 I7 z$ c; S+ W! E: N" L# A
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.3 C4 b* f# J/ E! F
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off* [. ?6 l- W a, x! x6 a
心想事成May all your wish come true+ L1 z5 p, o! U- w
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
" b+ e4 ?8 q. }6 C1 s2 n/ b先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
2 v9 I& D) D" j# o先下手为强catch the ball before the bound }/ ^) X8 r, g3 ]
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan9 Q2 k# P3 F a7 T
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
6 F# @8 M @8 M" M/ y0 l0 l息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
6 g# _1 K$ n/ N1 d0 @3 a喜忧参半mingled hope and fear f* c5 B% K x4 q
循序渐进step by step
- p- m& X' {$ @一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 6 G$ x% a( V" U
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
' Q4 s/ [) r1 N& X0 V4 [4 q# y* G鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
\4 E; k" Q2 G有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
/ o2 y$ F) E: n. F0 R有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
. C7 x7 G( J+ o% |3 \# N6 f; B有识之士people of vision
! Q8 O! F! Z1 M, C7 J/ Z( N3 \有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
, _( x1 _/ S: n' Z2 u8 G有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
+ b; g) l" P; F# k与时俱进advance with times
. \" i1 l; X- o* B6 h4 x7 T以人为本people oriented; people foremost
- O/ d/ q2 @# N7 \2 ~0 N9 ^0 P' s因材施教teach students according to their aptitude ( G3 X+ z" q/ g; I; O4 U4 Q$ |# J
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."
; c' S5 r! P8 k8 P* k1 ]欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
. W/ R/ t `# P5 i优胜劣汰survival of the fittest 9 b1 G% k I4 ] w3 u
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
/ W7 @: h: p' l9 l5 b3 v5 z冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
6 g5 H, o$ k# N) N- ]& A7 J, X, n冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
8 p( u: S8 W& C5 ~" N一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. 1 v& X- t8 d+ c
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful) `( k" ^) z/ T2 j
债台高筑become debt-ridden
' p$ c6 C) m/ p( I$ [6 w/ P致命要害Achilles' heel
" r8 q0 P. \) O' I; l# N! u众矢之的target of public criticism4 _# r/ e9 M- ~2 K0 [
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.' g6 o) c, R5 p6 o& s9 K# D
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
# H: A9 ?3 b/ I, i& x3 h3 |纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
) P6 t/ R" _- e+ q0 _* h: q左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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