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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
' T4 o, }0 V- B( l. d+ x$ X$ B百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
' b$ L* N4 E p( ^7 S$ u, X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; @+ Z% E i! D% j" s笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.# x) J7 a0 F/ l, n5 A
不眠之夜white night
* q7 v8 H3 a1 l1 v- r1 U不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses: X6 g- j# s& v. |9 V6 s" i3 A% X. b
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best* H+ }0 M4 M/ T, {- p% c( t
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
5 X- Y" o* I3 Q& P$ A1 G拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
: K$ S7 l' |' \! [) v6 E/ B辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
% ^+ [* H1 q+ s# d% D2 }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( R* G! Z$ ?5 Q6 ]0 i
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
. Q* A1 R- t7 {* z; \国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace% J) |* w m" g: K: ?9 N' B/ 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 & q5 S* Q, R6 o- H1 X$ h1 G1 ?# a
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. ! g) N* o. H9 {- C! @
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more0 Y" A" \, S7 H/ E
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. # ?! B# p. B3 \
和气生财Harmony brings wealth) {7 T& j' M$ k8 G3 n
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
' g" T0 C$ [" [) p& q7 w' ~既往不咎let bygones be bygones * U" [6 V( w% d5 C
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 8 h6 A7 _# d+ F/ P8 F" `4 y9 |
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
6 u' N# a& c4 u脚踏实地be down-to-earth # P( J9 i5 v0 x' H, z8 I
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
$ c, Z: v) S. _9 Y2 C; A* S/ ~君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green " ~* j. E4 }( W, M% V
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché$ e) n% l( z5 p
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
# _- u2 z0 e# ?4 J留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
6 @& [. ?" Y/ o, b) U( z马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
8 \- a1 Y9 ]* ^5 [: V+ h3 B名利双收gain in both fame and wealth& k' m! r( T- O, f/ n9 G
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
1 x, {$ i; t& O) \6 v2 Z& B3 T没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.8 ^% e- h" t* n+ ~' R" a& a6 Y S
每逢佳节倍思亲
7 y; w2 u/ T0 e& OOn festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.3 B2 u1 V& v! Y; D
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. " x! v: ~! d0 _9 E4 w2 t
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "4 M$ ` \8 z8 @# i1 e5 {
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself." F& [- D* d. o8 z \! M
拿手好戏masterpiece: {0 e9 N7 m" B7 Q# z, n; w# r
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad5 V e/ A* |. m3 ^" i: f0 D5 W/ b
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
* X, I* [6 h; t$ n3 | x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 j# j% ^3 k" `: Z. P
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities - r3 P3 f% n! J( y; v, 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.
8 @& z+ Q# ?# _: A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
( P% ]; B3 A* s* Q: S; z前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
2 h$ |2 ] ^+ O' p t, z前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
# p) U l C- u3 r% ^" w+ H5 p; S1 bOne sows and another reaps., D+ T5 Z% f0 E/ G
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something% p$ B0 c* F# R" @5 G/ T) r$ f
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.
) r, ]. d2 M/ V! K2 W4 Q强强联手win-win co-operation
! ~% K4 C h, S# H% P瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest./ a; h7 M ?; i4 M# w
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
) V# g3 Z: g9 P, _5 ^% J" ]" G人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
- ^* D3 J, V9 R/ @0 D% w人海战术huge-crowd strategy 4 F n" o. ~) Z! S0 O
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
Q5 [' M' v. o. R& E世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
7 _% c4 o! L# O2 @, V' ^死而后已until my heart stops beating4 \9 G) k) M) U: e! R
岁岁平安Peace all year round: V7 G6 b" v. |
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." " A# y- l2 r7 c" r0 N1 g2 u; W
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.( _% V6 s) z; E% g O
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 3 h* B' I/ q7 f/ I
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
; x' b! W4 R- Q6 S. i3 K升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)' R% h R) Z# I5 r9 c8 @. a
四十不惑Life begins at forty. 5 T' n' ]8 p, b/ Q
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
. Y, |: l' E% [! c& u水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.: T: t' N: ]6 v% K5 t
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. ( X% Z! t& A+ B: O/ n- C3 S6 a1 a
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
9 b! [ E, a( T+ M& R实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts & \( I5 ]( ^$ s) b" a7 ~
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.5 T2 v2 c, l6 _) R7 p! M7 X
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
7 X- \/ z1 l$ Z$ u7 n J$ O实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
1 v& T' V ?6 W) n7 G: C# 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 R5 d) _- T" F& `
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time9 F# X( n, P0 y [
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
$ z3 [- L0 g. S4 v天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue+ ]; k5 s+ a3 k; A, w S
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
- N# e2 L" Y0 ^+ 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 A3 Q( K' l6 [. _
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena) z, L2 C- G2 f8 S' ?9 d. @
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
2 @* l) t/ g: d/ n! O往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
: Q( y+ E/ g& x! \! I( Q# x# E) [望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
) ?+ q- p# }1 j! ?. {9 J屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.! d9 @, f; D( {" `" S& Z1 i- [
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy ) v9 j1 J' ~" K4 s) k
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
m, N4 [2 a8 T$ V+ f7 G无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots; {, n( t7 K' z" O* }; h
无中生有make/create something out of nothing 8 F8 p# }, z4 d# z' v3 b7 [
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
( `8 M! f2 _. T* p, C/ q2 ~; L- ]徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
' |% M+ R( ~$ W4 z( ~ G7 N) ]) X新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
( Q, c! C$ z r' z+ d3 b虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.& l1 u- U% l% w& r5 w4 x, F
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
+ {6 r8 S( U- s+ ^心想事成May all your wish come true
/ m5 [. @' F# o4 |1 r心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
3 D+ |" D# _+ U1 d( F先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched., x+ E3 ]% |& v' T
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound/ d0 J7 T; i8 B( r) V5 E/ M9 U. [/ \5 T
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
: p7 \) H( z! r% h) T$ q现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
* R* g i! G0 f2 G息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters A, ~- E# h" y5 V* m8 Y8 P6 N
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
% h9 H; W! [8 L; s+ J+ D* V循序渐进step by step- O* z: c! o( O t8 u! `
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest , {; W- `8 ^3 ~+ ?- E' ?( O
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
3 t- v V5 K# w+ F鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey% I# X, k9 p/ H% L' v& B8 l( j
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
8 w3 t1 d+ t; w* {$ H7 k有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
( }7 o0 k9 Q5 U8 d' N& x ^/ z8 }有识之士people of vision k- e) y; N/ L! @. h
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
7 [6 f# f. i! _有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.2 f- J& B5 A q) u( U
与时俱进advance with times! c$ ]% e+ q" l- H3 \4 y9 \
以人为本people oriented; people foremost # T' x* D1 F" X( Y& u# W
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 9 t/ l# s: k, @
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." ) r [4 h' @- j0 c
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
+ g$ D7 c0 q. W0 w/ R" V1 V优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
' N' Z- V4 ] n3 P3 w英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.5 y7 p" o/ s3 h3 x7 Z
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.# D0 \0 }$ R6 K _: q7 o+ c
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
/ p& I2 z4 b7 {: z一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. 4 i# q% [1 S1 e# d1 q
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful2 A1 [# \* F, j4 g6 U3 a2 q
债台高筑become debt-ridden7 u& t0 Y. o6 @
致命要害Achilles' heel 4 q3 u' H! `' K2 g' \/ W+ Z) i- Y
众矢之的target of public criticism
8 b" G" _ n0 B- c/ F( f/ S, i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.: {: N# d* }1 F! K
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist, @7 ]! n; `6 P8 M9 L/ e
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.* u N$ g$ X- b- {8 M$ B5 K
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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