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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
9 T7 M. _ F, o# {, N百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.8 w _: f1 J9 Z M, L6 v5 U( B
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
9 I5 U, L# r7 I' ]8 g笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
4 q& w2 q# e2 V; H2 S2 o. V/ j7 \不眠之夜white night
7 l; M, p# h- r" D) ^$ D6 g, {不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
3 @6 A; V! ^2 U) q不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
* i0 I3 B9 m J0 g不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
6 W x) j6 N$ \: r9 P' ^7 q O拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
1 u" j+ E9 A* O9 B& G8 \辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new ; ~! l! t O/ 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 all4 q3 c' @, H8 u9 p% ?- F, [
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 2 b: D/ m/ R/ Z& p% @% [5 L( h. I! A
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace+ c3 e- @1 m; a0 t9 u
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
6 j) _- L9 U8 e% ]6 @功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
$ `, V) I. Z+ K+ [3 l3 Z$ W好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more+ o W/ x2 k1 e. U `. O/ 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. ' v5 _/ L" P7 y; L* X4 ]" L
和气生财Harmony brings wealth/ X* M7 W& X; x5 [! x% w4 Q
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. 5 b2 m$ u1 x; R l; H8 S m$ J
既往不咎let bygones be bygones * [2 y% |/ X$ a. d( W7 i/ `
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 9 f) _! T* `- I. q z' j; ~# `
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
) e8 E+ b/ K6 z# ]1 B1 C$ E脚踏实地be down-to-earth . B+ C8 \4 H# S* ~6 x
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
, D! o2 w3 K7 M* a( H君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
6 Q* ~5 _; T- d/ d' e+ }+ x老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
! ^5 z( z$ T1 O) r礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. # Q+ z8 G' x4 b
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."* C# u& i6 z2 W9 Q: ?
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success6 E; C3 W8 w! y& }# F) {+ v
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
3 y7 W* p9 a4 |茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened" n3 x, o: i5 V+ _6 o
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.9 m- X: B4 A/ m" D7 E& \0 J
每逢佳节倍思亲
' m& H' ~5 e( m8 S; F$ JOn festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
) Z( S7 Q9 I+ k0 E' ?It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. + n4 k. R- ^4 O4 Z
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "0 R6 ]+ ]- Y" y0 g( }! }) b
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.) [! T/ w% _8 z9 J1 }9 a7 f
拿手好戏masterpiece: `. V) V$ C' h [7 |5 K) c5 @
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad4 i, c' [7 T4 z: `6 B
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale0 A, V7 a) ~9 y, W4 W4 `
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& F) K0 ?0 U* S: |
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
3 M; R/ Q- w! |+ \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.4 e$ x6 ]( N0 O( s2 F; T
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- J* C4 S% D0 R
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.9 [4 w9 I- ^$ ~# M: L4 j4 y0 E
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.& S) W8 X8 C3 C, P
One sows and another reaps.
( @+ x3 D9 o% ?: @, X: J前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
6 | ?3 C2 o2 R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. 3 w) D) u! I8 s3 X3 f
强强联手win-win co-operation; ~! A6 R) a) o$ j
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.; O& O3 H' P, W" I. w
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
" m+ L, v0 q1 ~: z% S; Q9 H. ^5 U人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
- V1 Y. Z; ~9 c6 A" N% F人海战术huge-crowd strategy
+ [- E% \! a* H世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " 4 R# J! A# E( ?/ W0 }1 ~: T# P: F
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
, `5 F5 ^: o4 c! \# t7 e+ t死而后已until my heart stops beating
; l9 @1 r/ |# d! [( R: w8 O! p岁岁平安Peace all year round4 g0 u1 O7 V: ]
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
7 W- Z M4 ]" v& \9 E9 p塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing./ {" P) ~5 j9 f# }0 e! g' |; T1 C0 @- f
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
( a ~& }4 Q& B7 X+ K4 g; _- Z( UAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
7 O: _0 K4 z9 @! n5 }& ?升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
/ c4 k& H1 _# H+ G$ {四十不惑Life begins at forty. ) ~( S% t1 q. v5 ^0 i: a0 ] s* g
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
% X) f F* e9 o( D# \水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
/ M6 _/ ^$ n, U* r* I% f- { t时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
0 h7 f* s$ @6 k% o杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
0 @: a& q0 {+ V) z实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts ! m. J, A* p F( p& W
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
0 H3 c3 s# K( @$ U9 ]3 }% I实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
4 c1 c e" [' K/ k- f6 o; I, P( e% m实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
$ L3 F4 t1 E6 a1 }" }$ B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" h# [( B Q- k. t# `韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
: v! Y- \% U5 b0 f( G8 `5 k糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
$ k. O" i) l A& `2 G& b4 p* \1 B* U" w天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
R* t1 x' y* G0 S: m0 e! k/ J团结就是力量Unity is strength.
% ^* `+ q x {0 P! c8 o) w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
1 J# @1 d% r: t0 I& `; j3 Y, E, o5 D歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
7 n8 v) M" s% k3 s) w r" G物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.3 u, l1 t: K$ \2 H1 j& Z
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." - T9 C9 R! b7 H1 \
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child; Y# Y* G# i9 A- s
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.8 Z8 O6 w0 G! ^, o
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
" U2 \. ?% @8 U唯利是图draw water to one's mill o) l/ G5 ~+ U, O* s" h# w) q
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots) ~0 ?7 A" G6 a3 o
无中生有make/create something out of nothing : g" G2 f' V, L% ]5 o
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
0 G: [. S( Q& k2 B徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
* L/ t6 q& r7 T" ~( ~) \5 ^0 G新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
% O2 C2 v6 }' Q$ Q虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
" c: Y7 p0 G/ ]$ k- ]7 M蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
4 ~ Y9 b, C: L1 M$ e心想事成May all your wish come true
$ k$ j# j! y: |+ z1 m# a心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
8 M ]" m6 L) H& U先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.' x' c5 O! |7 {
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound! G& i# ~7 T6 G Q. H' q5 c- t0 ~' w
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan8 X/ W( A4 G* x: [6 l |2 G& A
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
% }- [6 r: j% d息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
8 Z8 u) X4 g/ w喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 6 M0 m! f# H6 W1 e# E9 E
循序渐进step by step. }& g* M3 @- }
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 1 {* I$ I( a4 I0 s( Y* h7 u; q+ e
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
/ ?2 N. A4 n( L5 H% }) P* P/ }7 n鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
- l3 M7 g0 ?/ T3 S有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 3 c7 I; U% z9 X$ d( A$ F2 p0 D
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
" W: T1 u6 K6 w9 }+ }3 h5 w1 P有识之士people of vision
, `8 Q8 F0 {! e- T7 {有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
9 C* I8 d+ w% z- N7 @! w有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
N( b% c) i+ D与时俱进advance with times
6 Y' v9 \% S9 k) n以人为本people oriented; people foremost
2 c9 u! I2 g5 L# s" ^ q2 G1 `因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 2 x0 X+ k8 F& Z" e" S+ R/ @+ 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." 9 {& j+ ^4 |) Z6 O$ W8 w8 l
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
. ~1 F3 r# a! }) ]优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
, u2 H5 C. p/ w. d) T6 c1 O英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.; {3 c# p. h) Y1 t* k* L
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
0 l/ w7 A9 y, a6 [, ]冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
; L; L' s/ o/ l一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. ; }& ?9 f: v% x
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful _$ j: P( s8 ?
债台高筑become debt-ridden
5 Y2 y% n% Y1 s8 ~9 \致命要害Achilles' heel 1 i6 P# O3 t: n8 w2 m/ C4 k
众矢之的target of public criticism
+ ?1 G r& P; ]% W2 t) s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.. U$ G t, h, q/ q
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist* O, F, D) \4 M6 o* `
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later./ j- l: s6 L6 z7 R/ O/ \8 l* w
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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