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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog./ { X1 T* i2 n
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
6 M `% M+ K) O+ T9 g% y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
) x/ y E6 y8 y- X7 U; G0 q3 z& R笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.0 L. t- H0 k( w' l- N3 S
不眠之夜white night , @* B5 L" F$ n, Q4 t: n; B
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses: H3 w: e3 u: G, q# Z
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best! m: a l C. `
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
3 D0 F* B+ P! s! }拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul 3 j, a( O( x8 }0 F! `0 G
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 2 K; T9 R: m3 u+ @* g/ C& U
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
' L$ V7 t1 p3 i8 h大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
5 b, F- O6 o2 x3 E国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
8 i- w2 T+ b3 A( L. C7 p! v$ ^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 3 |: [0 B: L/ R0 [3 n7 _
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
! }6 u! u0 t" f7 G好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
6 B: y, Y5 P8 [* h/ @2 X好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
1 D/ ?) `' m; r/ d3 ~和气生财Harmony brings wealth
, P6 C/ {, U- X9 F/ o- \活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
6 e1 `. o& G7 ~5 [+ G) E0 M既往不咎let bygones be bygones
7 Z8 w, L3 r+ {" J! i& [, _金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
4 S1 n' r3 a8 w F) U& c/ w金玉满堂Treasures fill the home, ]0 C( ~8 ~5 S6 l9 X
脚踏实地be down-to-earth ! f/ Z' F" U- Q# m5 V1 w
脚踩两只船sit on the fence 9 r5 T0 w, _0 @0 |. f. C: p4 z
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green " n8 n% i9 ~" C9 [
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché0 G, ? a3 w- E1 n5 ^1 X6 s! Q
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. ; }% Q5 S& I, K& z
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."- f( ~) x K( ^# V9 L/ S) W
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
% s6 H9 I8 i! }( O名利双收gain in both fame and wealth3 R6 N% a2 V8 i% y4 s
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened6 i5 f" R* X y0 u& q* ^$ [1 w" A" K
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
9 V7 r$ |# @ M* s9 I. z每逢佳节倍思亲
( F+ y$ E# n* k3 ] _, a9 }On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
1 x. W) s, s6 SIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
3 H: |/ z& R! M/ E( c谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "( R/ L3 P: n1 i
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
5 N* o* J8 T) O0 w. ]+ J9 J( e拿手好戏masterpiece5 f2 h/ A( \2 B1 {2 s5 v$ B# n" M% P
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad2 [ ]/ C! ?% S9 M& d
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale0 ^" U, I9 R4 [0 q
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
. U# H/ \& h& f0 v: d抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 5 G) Q1 \* c9 F* B, `3 x
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 z2 r i7 r5 F; P9 R: T9 \
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: a8 w& o9 s2 q/ _' m7 K! p, }
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
8 t& I% r4 a' m7 y& {前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
5 f3 K% F4 p) F, k5 T0 TOne sows and another reaps./ P) e4 ~$ a3 O7 f5 _1 `& U) k" z
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something }% H6 V) @' y( A, s6 ^# p
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 H0 V# Z2 g* @0 f6 H( B h% Z
强强联手win-win co-operation7 j* A* ~; }7 j/ s9 o4 o
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.8 P3 }3 B; N( b0 f0 \+ @6 T `2 z
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.+ j, ]+ x3 I6 ]6 h8 @
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
' K2 P V& C! ^; W$ @人海战术huge-crowd strategy ) H" S5 j* O8 T+ L, V
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
# f: i! ?- D" X+ a世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
" g! J) m$ o! q9 [' R, b/ ]4 T1 t死而后已until my heart stops beating* Q& ]5 V3 F" O' j: h: L$ S( }; ^. ]
岁岁平安Peace all year round# \( a4 q2 A8 d. Z" F" k5 H
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." " o$ A) \1 z% B. o
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
# h; Y1 U Q/ T7 {三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 9 |8 a3 _/ i2 f: }. X0 V) c; m1 {
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
* Q) h. p' H; ?# l! p2 u* M& T升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)* n3 c0 ]6 g" W$ n
四十不惑Life begins at forty. " v% N: i* R/ ?9 w2 ]
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
2 v* o. y, C$ D% D! K( o水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.* G! k0 R9 A. W. e
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
/ E9 \$ c8 j0 {2 }1 \杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel6 B7 n1 b& S& j0 y7 k3 Z8 m! B5 Y" @! y
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
- E- [" u e5 t说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.' \) I0 {4 J0 ~5 }# p0 ~7 z
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
3 V+ s- ]1 X7 l8 N0 O$ T# ~实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.6 y7 c$ ~! X* l( c7 d+ T" H5 J6 D$ }
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; "
; z& }$ z$ l6 R+ _0 l K# X韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time: E( O1 g$ c: Y" x
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets' D1 w' I/ l" r
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
. L9 T% W1 k4 F+ K+ V. n. m5 p团结就是力量Unity is strength.
/ l. q4 m$ U4 Z) e: ]3 g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
: n, K* D6 P9 F) l o歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
& Z+ L: e6 w" k. }物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
" _. y3 D. f9 r6 |3 d: _9 t往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." 0 B. T* I% k/ y; Q
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child4 Q, r; X: Z$ z* K+ i
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.& l3 [8 j' }- J( L+ t; g: ]
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
6 P9 b ]5 D4 F$ J L7 R1 h% _ ?唯利是图draw water to one's mill " y3 g% i; ]- H7 s- s& T
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots! m N {. N3 A, {0 Z* {# z
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
5 z% |5 ]- X3 s% O' [无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.- {9 k4 y8 x$ S
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
, c+ Y9 P7 Q% ?新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean # ]. ^2 C8 t! ~( m+ i' \
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
; y; G8 h" W* L1 t0 T9 X( `蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
+ C5 g! C- R8 f& X3 a6 O" a( i心想事成May all your wish come true
& a4 b. |; v' y/ F) v0 {心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding0 S/ B* e6 R7 `; P3 s6 T6 q
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.+ U1 P% S6 K* n g
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
& ~7 E+ _9 t; `' Y4 ]像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan' e. s2 h4 _ b# J `, r
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example& L% \, F! ?! M( Q8 y/ @, {
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters E+ h, n9 G: P; ]/ N) R" s; h8 J1 A
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 4 L2 a2 X7 j8 w, e9 K( K
循序渐进step by step8 u: u2 ^% A* T6 c2 [- N/ c p+ T s+ X
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 6 _+ X2 O/ a" `9 Q* b, o
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
: R* K1 u1 v7 N8 F6 C鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey _- ^8 [, m" } M) p- s# S
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." + ]* [( h. d5 i) w# B
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks./ Q( N% b. D- o8 Y8 j8 \9 S
有识之士people of vision
7 d2 @) Q3 @& M有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
6 m( S5 P$ h6 l" |8 f9 m" i' m! H有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
+ U1 C1 q* _& T% ^& E与时俱进advance with times
' o5 g/ F$ `' A& f4 M0 |% G以人为本people oriented; people foremost 8 V0 F+ ]2 h" w' W8 w1 [
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
% G$ X7 M! q9 |0 Y" Q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." 4 `6 I: X; ?: P1 i* ?
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
* ?9 b1 _" E {8 k优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
/ M, l2 P2 T: c% F1 d8 I/ k英雄所见略同Great minds think alike." L. V3 H# _% o/ v; P
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.* J( N5 e e" f. N& O
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
6 s/ v% N% v' |6 r' O一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. * M8 F) H$ P1 J' u, j2 {1 x
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
^. o; W2 \7 \6 l+ @( k债台高筑become debt-ridden. X$ E* N q' w/ [
致命要害Achilles' heel
S- p& y* h1 S/ L众矢之的target of public criticism* [- ?& r! |! @4 d! Y! W- i6 q
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.
1 x; q& G) v8 k- z4 L" T! S; Q8 g" T" O纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist9 k. h) A7 ]) M2 m3 T
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
9 Y4 ^7 n2 I8 K* X& {/ h- ^左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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