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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.# ~/ z4 Y+ W$ z1 ^
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.3 w- L2 Y% D1 ~% S/ Z
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 worst8 g2 j; Z' \3 f' P
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.* H4 M9 v3 A5 R9 h
不眠之夜white night & }2 q- s) o" {
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses0 M; O+ S8 J% J+ [ m% O
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
" ?6 X* m# E: I1 ?0 e不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
3 D- r) U$ k. Z拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
. l3 W/ D2 M( z2 z, s辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
$ m, L2 A% u, P( 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$ F# n% S6 }8 h d/ C) g
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener ) e9 x9 ]: }1 S, P- h
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
$ ]6 f {7 L% Z, D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
! \. Y0 r A! I7 m: l. m) J功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
- |* m8 e) o2 T6 {! a) e; ]好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more8 z: \1 P7 q2 Z. e+ 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. ; ?; }1 D, H4 R8 x) ]
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
' h# f D9 ~2 o2 v活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
- r, F( D2 M' e' V4 y/ `既往不咎let bygones be bygones
* v2 m% s+ _, D* c+ y% z- ?% K) @金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
z2 r- O5 i" G+ O& Q& }* h) ?金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
; H( }- f! V9 j' Z& G# y) f" \脚踏实地be down-to-earth
* ^1 P% \9 u; n( j$ O" U3 R; q脚踩两只船sit on the fence 6 j1 G% o5 ^% B
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 6 y0 Q% H: V" T" X- U/ m- W* m
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
, E, X3 N* X/ f- i/ f: K礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 6 H- K9 ]' ~9 f7 y% ?+ T
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
3 j1 r) b# Q6 [' ~0 n6 k马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success8 |, r1 ]! K2 F* ?) L
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth; J" c: y: b; K1 q9 N
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
4 m* Q D* P O- d# X) `没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
|/ v/ b4 w( E/ [; g每逢佳节倍思亲% s, y2 E ?3 J& @
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
" B3 L, F n4 N3 y( {It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. % C) r4 b! c1 Z' d& O+ t
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "5 x0 B- S2 t# c; ?4 [" n t
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.* v! h: @, r6 a
拿手好戏masterpiece
- m. x- v, Z, \# B4 V赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad2 i, V$ t" i* J! ?5 p4 p3 J! u
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale4 u" f D6 J: i' I! w5 C* M
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& C! ]) s% R) _: j0 \* m' {4 ~0 L/ n
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 1 i& Q# ^ _, U4 r
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.' u, b! q3 C; c0 M- }$ y* c
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
# @: H. E+ [% V( b, j前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.0 R8 b6 s: T5 w
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.5 Y. j/ _$ Q b( F) ~0 `
One sows and another reaps.
. D# O' J* O2 S* x前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something8 }% \% T3 a" l
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. * [* \) D5 F7 @9 u
强强联手win-win co-operation
; m5 K6 y1 p- N- W3 G& T瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
2 t2 i, c/ x8 w& {人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
. r' ^& `" g5 w* C" h5 F人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.1 C; w8 R% {1 }) @4 R H' N
人海战术huge-crowd strategy , R) Z" g+ P# w5 {' n7 `8 q
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
: S3 u- D- Y5 v世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; ; ?% e. J4 e; ^ c/ m0 h- u8 S
死而后已until my heart stops beating
6 L4 r- m- `8 J3 j3 [; M; n岁岁平安Peace all year round1 R* Z: f: b m$ [9 N8 I$ L' P
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
" N- F0 \. s% }+ m- g8 i5 @) u塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.2 X" p( Y! s s2 v
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
7 _: z1 s4 u0 mAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
' v) ~8 d; y0 }6 Y" [" }( y$ N升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
! r" } u3 O4 F7 m5 h7 @四十不惑Life begins at forty. : n! }# J9 J' K6 ~, Y' c" M6 `
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
: O! K* I7 M2 e$ O- D; s- N$ l. z# {9 m水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
- F! H9 R5 j$ V时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
, r+ W) f3 A; W# h3 \3 `4 D杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel6 N, V" n5 k; l" `, f7 D
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts ' B3 M. K" a3 r6 i0 h
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.4 Y8 s% k- z9 B. q1 a4 d
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
A1 v3 i& Y2 M实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.0 W% B) N1 ^2 x, K, o' s, 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; "
! Q7 K3 \5 \/ h" J- C6 ]; p韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
- n3 W& H. p0 ^, |4 }- F糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
: F7 J( \% w6 {+ `6 f天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue6 S% R; E8 x% |# T1 \ _
团结就是力量Unity is strength./ P( T H; x2 x
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 4 p& a/ q+ n5 w4 G" R! [# U7 l; `
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
4 Q, @9 W# L# k" n. d4 R7 f* x0 K物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
- Q0 `# @+ |( u3 `往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." : Y' |* p# J& C1 W, d
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
, x- T. B. a8 D6 U屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
, l3 y4 t2 {8 Y2 ^文韬武略military expertise; military strategy ?1 B& z; X" \1 v0 ?
唯利是图draw water to one's mill 0 w- h3 Y/ D& F0 V/ v
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots6 @! D: {7 K) m* B `2 l- [4 W
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
. ]: o0 n ?. v$ A( l无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire." {$ T J# ^' X; @: N
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
' X* Z# J6 t$ O2 w0 F h新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
0 B# |1 O' _4 T& J, z3 }虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
& v( C# D, z& g蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off4 A2 m8 b9 e; l+ V- L
心想事成May all your wish come true2 z0 _* B1 n& @0 i! _% j. y/ x
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding5 M5 R7 [& B, g( r; t
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.' Q7 d2 G c. z3 j# `# C
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
! s" b. T: I4 [/ P像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan$ W( F2 r1 a8 s2 s& h: Q3 _ k2 `4 B
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example! K3 x; O+ I& a/ a
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 0 |7 U7 Z/ L, |1 H6 K% x6 n
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
7 m# c* n. ~ }. u循序渐进step by step
2 R1 M) {% x) @0 ]一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
+ g& }) l* |$ L; ^+ j严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
$ R$ V6 k: N5 Z2 r- a: D8 j9 i鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey/ D$ K' p9 l' c& S3 p
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
5 D2 p# O8 P* y; b有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
; i7 s- n% Q5 V, c f有识之士people of vision# s C) e: V2 Q1 s2 L
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
$ p( ?" ?2 j/ S) d+ O& Z5 M+ {/ ~有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
9 Q6 m: Q7 e: h6 i2 [与时俱进advance with times8 T6 j% O8 Z3 ?( g
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
, `$ m( _7 ?" ?2 Q7 s e+ Y2 z因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 7 H; t! z* E+ S
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; b7 V7 b; w# G2 y* k h
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. ; `# j5 h. i) R. M2 v/ U5 b
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
' v) B7 U3 ]& c- F3 v& o$ R英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.& y$ C* Q r7 w1 \+ J
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
" {2 c/ O1 E9 K冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" 3 h6 H" y3 I. j& M4 E% Z
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. * n0 i5 l' g {) T5 M
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful0 v( {5 {- [, V, {) @; f6 w l
债台高筑become debt-ridden2 [( |! @# g; H5 X& H1 O2 r
致命要害Achilles' heel * v, R1 u8 s; V! z+ T$ f
众矢之的target of public criticism# @( \, w1 R! D
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.+ l4 s8 P4 z; H
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
6 k0 i5 O6 v- n/ p3 P* l1 a6 X, e; F纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
7 w% R* m8 r- V左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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