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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
4 a- Q+ o6 T6 [& g( V) O7 |' q百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.( q0 `! \% C# n8 \1 o6 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 worst
7 z$ X! i w4 H$ _9 S6 y+ C2 h/ \笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.2 z# \, Y, A- Z
不眠之夜white night
1 E% Z: Q! Z8 z7 R9 o不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses/ N+ ]" h7 S; r+ \; {/ q
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
! G& g) i( y- ?0 e不打不成交"No discord, no concord. + F" h7 K& h5 _% b! g( s
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul # G1 P5 d w& ?8 y K8 |) R5 J
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
/ B7 Q! B0 V5 x* i7 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 all5 g/ }% A4 N5 f. \; I- ?
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener ! k0 P9 O8 i T6 L
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
( W7 W( c+ s& Q9 D' A u, S4 c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 + h% o2 F6 U/ |/ s* C
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
" @7 [/ \( }' S9 h+ r' b0 X好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more+ Z( I& g2 _' u) u& \
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. % M1 s( L. |& ^: d, }* Q" T; W
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
& ]' t# v L, R活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. 6 ~+ e5 U' k9 Y' [
既往不咎let bygones be bygones / M4 Q) I* S) A
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
5 J" v9 D. X' ]9 [$ \% w金玉满堂Treasures fill the home9 r) `0 F- d) U: F/ f6 u
脚踏实地be down-to-earth # D$ D3 j6 }4 B; r
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
$ o* s! ? K: g9 v9 _君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
% F6 d7 w9 Y6 E8 r9 z/ Z+ l老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
% N! D" H+ Y6 {2 E$ K4 L" U6 X礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
6 A5 T* [' F D0 D留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope.". Q' [" P4 d# \
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
- H9 {( p7 R& V& w4 x X4 I名利双收gain in both fame and wealth+ s* k" G3 D6 d0 p K+ T
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
/ P: K: ~3 u( X7 [6 v' |没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.0 w+ f& E0 L) Y- Y
每逢佳节倍思亲0 |+ |" a& O* T: S% e# p
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
6 A" U4 ] Y `It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
$ O" H( a" D; y- T% q# ]谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
$ Y! j+ Y5 w4 m, G( I! m弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.- L( D. {6 }( a T: x3 u. P0 i* T
拿手好戏masterpiece
- E$ f+ A. ]2 c& O% W赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
1 U3 g' \: d5 V抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale% M* y. w. S, V
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
, i$ ]/ i' t# f" ]" E- K; F4 P抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
5 K, m! g4 |5 z( @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.
( s* j O' l$ B3 s+ ^) J! l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 step6 J' I* c: n* D7 Y0 v0 }) e- L
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
, L* L/ P6 o1 c" g2 L前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.: `" ]! {5 q" M% e. A/ ]
One sows and another reaps.* O8 [6 _! A3 Y* m2 H) m
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
: z$ {" ?: u% G% 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.
6 |* j% q X- D7 b/ u9 s0 U强强联手win-win co-operation" R. q2 ?# m' t% S
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
" L; h- ~ {. n" H. w/ ?$ n人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
& {5 m7 R5 e5 p: e7 e2 x* W人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
& Q) T) i( I( n人海战术huge-crowd strategy
8 d0 E7 c. v g+ P% N' ^世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
: I2 @- P7 g) |3 {; a世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
. H" l2 k7 x' a4 A5 k死而后已until my heart stops beating' ]/ u: [0 y- g2 S3 p" {
岁岁平安Peace all year round1 ]) |6 _+ O" t
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." 7 z$ q; [& E6 J. C, a& L) a: J; ]
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.: k% Y/ I% A7 W8 w* O! t* Y& |- L
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
6 S, l9 `# }3 UAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
5 O& m6 H; r' h升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
+ L$ W; Z2 P& n* d1 Q四十不惑Life begins at forty.
1 T+ c: ~: @* L* M$ ~% O* w: p5 \$ k谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
, b g# ~1 C/ V2 l8 R0 P6 h. O0 [水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.1 ?4 Z8 m; Q3 ]& t% o7 B
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
, M/ C) F" w- ^4 L2 p$ x6 f杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
7 V( e6 t" G& A; ^! f6 E, k5 z实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
/ G% {! s7 U9 H" A- d: E( |# t说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes./ W+ i; u' j( K% B" j, h: T
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
9 J5 J0 {9 |, Z- u9 x0 C+ r2 E实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
' i. n" [' S; S" d$ l" U$ e* {( E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 S/ J: \: N. ?' W0 W X: ^& t9 l韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time1 Z1 Y* `% z. u
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets, O( T( @+ c! J' x M& @$ M
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue' w' j$ S6 t% z" o
团结就是力量Unity is strength.% x1 y9 G; x- B' ~
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
# n3 e6 l" K6 ~8 d4 C. \歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
0 k& A0 \0 n, f4 a) ^物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
* c9 k$ ~ ~4 m2 u往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." 0 N( @/ S7 s5 h& h7 p$ X! {7 G- k9 Y8 T
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
: ]. r1 U* H/ G0 h屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
7 W$ N6 ]+ y3 u; k. Y7 S1 [文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
5 g' N2 P( e- j( v7 U/ T唯利是图draw water to one's mill
9 q. Y9 K4 r# t/ F( Q* ?( I无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots, Z9 g# ^! t, O& Z
无中生有make/create something out of nothing * k4 e: y; L4 k" i q
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.' G$ n# J5 O( Z, B: u# \3 b
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
1 n4 R+ ]% l9 b6 e7 [. G& z新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
: p9 m8 t& b: X3 W虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
' Q) R& ?1 `5 m# j P蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off) G8 E/ O/ |- c2 w
心想事成May all your wish come true' R' d5 w9 M3 L, t" s
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding5 P$ P, X' m% O7 T/ Q" ?
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.+ U8 U/ L6 d5 c* o5 w' g1 Q
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
& Y+ C0 ]/ D0 I1 t$ z2 c像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan) i% e, g/ D# P* f0 g* Y. O3 b! f
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example/ H# l- s% ?3 B( v2 T
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 2 c: S5 g6 N, L' g/ w8 O
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
6 \) q7 J& X5 ~5 L. O( v循序渐进step by step; e! L# k3 l& K1 _: ^0 H4 U9 |& @
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
: R! J( ^8 ~1 X" F7 {严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
" S: F) N2 c% F- O$ l& s鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey7 N6 u4 A: E* J9 w
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 8 f/ v8 ^9 \/ v8 R4 B% D8 b
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.! D2 ~; ^) j6 F( i* U, ~' ^9 T
有识之士people of vision
+ }/ U6 p9 T0 x* t有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
) `/ l0 X% y+ P- C7 K( m2 ]' w有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
8 ?4 L) `! [- n% W与时俱进advance with times
4 N# L* b1 p8 n& K4 `以人为本people oriented; people foremost * J, F1 d" G, ~5 z/ _1 Z: @
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 3 d8 W) I. y0 p) I: y! \' T$ {
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."
, o o+ o/ W) a) S& e欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
- D5 E# a' E. ]. d优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
. Q! v5 }- i" b6 T/ G3 T. q1 e0 b英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
7 S7 E& W" p* v' u8 a$ l) L1 W冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.3 \4 F% Q5 }! W7 H' M! u
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
7 J4 w+ U" y+ m: Y, x+ [一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
. F2 r, a5 G r+ Y招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful: [0 T m; f3 D
债台高筑become debt-ridden1 y( n0 W; J$ [& t g+ q
致命要害Achilles' heel 5 x$ W1 ]3 z; Y! k! ^- Z
众矢之的target of public criticism. }7 M5 d: ^" m; ~+ L& j' ]' 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.! g6 t$ Q3 M5 a) C) h
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
6 v) z, L: m% B9 m% I \纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.2 ?. b. _4 A4 ~
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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