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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
$ H) v, X5 T1 A9 g: u# ]8 \$ x3 x% g百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.0 {/ f2 l8 ]% E
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) K% {' ? O0 \. B3 @8 K
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
- I1 v# ~% p% R0 i# M+ M不眠之夜white night
( v) g( ~. S! U0 ?不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
) |! g9 m8 @' Q8 e6 h不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best5 t. E( g1 V. f7 F! O( I; w
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
1 e3 O3 o: S; A0 @* l# W拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul " t' h @# B+ Y0 `
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
7 v( N. N6 [1 i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
* m" E& k# m: U# e4 y大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
, s* [6 L; P( X. Y7 C国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
3 |# K- {& ^; S q* e2 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
4 @ | Z: T6 f& b2 @功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. ) i. l. o& |7 F% \% i
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
! f) @0 G7 d, u8 m/ _. C好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
+ W. E( _& k4 g3 z; p! \9 a4 o, W和气生财Harmony brings wealth) W( J+ e# Q7 k5 v% i
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. * B) F7 S. _2 j' m; H! J" o+ u) M
既往不咎let bygones be bygones 9 J( {0 m( c5 |/ _
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
# s5 J, ?9 S: V# P B j金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
) `* m, |: c* P% @' t/ l# }. _1 w! A脚踏实地be down-to-earth
- d! E5 k+ @/ v+ `" N脚踩两只船sit on the fence
# f+ c9 x& |0 U& \3 B君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green * V. c8 k$ |! }1 A- C! E, b; o
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché* R, m: Z" E! n0 Y, V' `4 e
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
9 c0 |, J' X5 X+ T! x留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
% d. \$ m u+ _0 s+ d, B" o$ X马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success) h; m9 S: j4 g" r F9 f
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
+ v8 y0 y* X3 b茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
+ d! H$ y: w% ^* X$ a, k" h没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
; u; s# T) C) y. p' V, t. A每逢佳节倍思亲* A/ ^1 C+ y. z4 O
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.7 Z* W- w E n: M0 R
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. / B E% G. b5 O C8 b
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
: p4 J: o, \0 \" U) t* E" F! I弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
# C" J; Z" K+ A2 a1 W& S- m- A拿手好戏masterpiece
4 Z' b+ n$ G5 t8 j5 S8 M) K赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad$ P- P- j" y5 ?) m
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
- ^" J1 d- N- O/ E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
0 x, o% r% Q% r7 f, l* E抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
6 ]0 n6 i2 L' g& n z4 ?7 I/ K# E% N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.6 }: S; J2 ]) j' A2 u# X8 {) Q* j
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
* L! b- g" a% d- K$ Z前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.% W2 F1 p" v$ Z- r( P
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.& K4 \% q) Q Q' ~, R+ f" _5 x
One sows and another reaps.
5 i9 n% ~/ X8 {, ~" Q前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
5 M" P( K+ q. z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.
: V- @. M- m, l6 i# ?强强联手win-win co-operation. q; E: A" @% @1 i% w1 b
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.4 S+ ]# A) }; J+ q
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
: W" M' _2 h- X$ q, n y6 L人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
( L L. b6 o. w. v人海战术huge-crowd strategy 7 ~( S$ b0 Q" }" g/ l
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " ! G h3 D9 k, D7 z: r
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; 1 G- D# J# C8 A! H
死而后已until my heart stops beating* I+ M3 n' e* ]
岁岁平安Peace all year round* Z" O; L# z4 \! M# D! r/ i7 N5 Y
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." # A% s/ Q7 \- `! I6 @, ]$ b) f
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
: }9 [0 Z @% l$ r8 o! Y8 b; D三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
. ?) Q, n1 L4 tAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." # m* }% z/ I1 H3 s# q
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
0 F5 j2 J7 g& t6 t四十不惑Life begins at forty.
" @- Z' [0 v6 ]6 X' u3 @谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " 9 d3 c6 P- r, z' a1 N
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
/ _, Z" V0 ~5 k6 w5 V9 u时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
: M$ m) k. I1 f& f5 `! P9 U* T杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
) p8 l# A4 @) ?7 Q9 |实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
- ^* n! S$ R" o! X; T说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.4 w$ ?: G) N4 b+ t
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is " a4 D3 [8 T- |
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth., F& w: D3 s% F; c1 y
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; "3 E4 z7 Z& [$ }7 f$ g/ `
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time- e5 |" I1 f9 o: ^- M
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
6 m* `- l" x7 {+ U& e天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue/ F6 d' @3 s( J
团结就是力量Unity is strength.5 C4 N2 d1 ~9 S! Z z: ^, Q
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) Y2 h1 p6 n2 |! T1 P; s歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena; R' i4 c: @- ^5 t! x9 o
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
$ |6 Z$ D* k0 q Z4 b: {$ ?往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." 6 ]# [' Z& a8 Y1 S. t
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
: A! b! Z3 p& @; Q" H9 R屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
2 ?5 T& c. R. }7 S. f3 C文韬武略military expertise; military strategy * u% A* k- b1 M' q2 T) u) Z
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
( Y- I+ b o, H! p- Q, Y5 y, T无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
: p* d! R( i) I* J( P8 A# X无中生有make/create something out of nothing % R% E% x, q7 R% r: S! W
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
% ~# W1 B; @6 h: [徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
9 J* [( G. V" n8 j新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean ( f2 ~6 ]+ j0 `, L
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.' u4 g+ \9 r# U" p) h& U
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off, t. M; D% R) D# t- r% ]
心想事成May all your wish come true# V$ `7 T7 \* \( a: i( K
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
% w. C4 F. V8 Z% a7 _$ X) h4 d6 x先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.4 C6 p3 F- W" j3 d" \+ M6 j
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
. l" B4 H% r& e: v" B8 q像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan) b! A1 F0 K* T" v `, v
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example. J! x& `7 L- x- G; W8 W: W
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
* I7 w! T4 M9 q( \* i喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
T% M |$ i+ F7 w循序渐进step by step
) {+ J+ }! D% a- I8 s: a一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
$ ^2 z C4 c$ w9 @ X$ B/ J# o严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others! h7 Q% b9 L0 v/ i9 U/ L
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
. B% U5 u; t, O" ~2 J有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
+ C5 S. @% B8 r有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.* x U5 m U7 L: c. R& d$ [
有识之士people of vision }' T p5 H) b6 M6 B7 o( u! U/ B
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
/ l' E3 ^# t/ N" C- o有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
+ k+ B) J$ b6 ^与时俱进advance with times
6 T/ `$ g- g' |* B! L/ j5 h以人为本people oriented; people foremost - e: M! `( E* g! _+ r; t& b
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
9 _0 z) e* h! e$ S( \4 Q$ K+ _% d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."
& S0 o2 X; W+ {( G- c$ q* V欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. ) s% n4 [3 C) J& Y% Z
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
/ \% o* l+ |2 L i+ N2 N1 B英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
1 |& s5 L0 g. k: W( X0 I冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.5 b; t- }2 h; D2 z3 E. X
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
6 _1 k: S2 K* g/ M一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
5 Y* q% F) U$ o E; F招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful" a9 p) `$ Z8 h
债台高筑become debt-ridden2 d* G' X+ M$ a
致命要害Achilles' heel
+ i1 @# c2 g8 s4 q! P众矢之的target of public criticism
* G" Z0 w' f, s5 v+ 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.$ m/ o C& S8 F4 w
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
' ~, `7 x; d$ r纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.9 c2 d1 \# v6 `/ N
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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