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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
9 b7 Z3 r7 V! W# I' I百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
- u& f$ L# N6 X) I. v& w+ P% [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
: |, E: {4 m2 ~8 R0 A$ F! Q! Q( j笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.& G3 f8 U! o" N1 a) p
不眠之夜white night
& k I B3 I, z9 E: n6 L2 g& V, {9 L不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses4 V; a8 B, {) E4 Q' [8 t
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best$ p" _( Y9 z9 Q
不打不成交"No discord, no concord. * |8 h; m! Q0 w% [ b7 v
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
3 n3 w1 _2 _9 B& J) k) [辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
`: g) e, J4 p, V! |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 all7 z1 N6 p1 P, ?, r! C4 f
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
1 T" }0 c G `# @. Y国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace" s5 ?5 F- s9 _1 b4 `, ]: }" E1 _2 z
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 Z. X3 B, R7 q" y4 e* C% J功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
, \4 C# [% c+ n$ T x. U, W好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more! @5 G+ L8 @$ Q
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
. M8 e6 g9 ~. A$ n2 w: h9 h和气生财Harmony brings wealth {; ]$ [0 c+ P
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
# D( Q* K+ C+ |6 B" m: Z" T既往不咎let bygones be bygones
# U# a9 U8 U3 n/ `& H# a金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. , T# x/ h5 W; t) p
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
- l7 R( w" f# n/ d' C) b脚踏实地be down-to-earth
# T7 e2 V# F; m6 u) [. e! d# p脚踩两只船sit on the fence * h! k. |/ y' R6 _! N! H
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 9 d+ e6 m, Z5 E# V
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché7 n! T) l3 I' ]2 [0 T
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 5 M5 S4 v7 R% A7 @! A! }3 k
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
. L7 p! r/ B2 B7 [! F" v马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
3 ^" A) H/ A4 s C名利双收gain in both fame and wealth2 N2 M7 k: g/ [. O& ~* o
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
9 l) u) N* P" [2 c没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
8 q6 b4 J- g5 y4 U# f b$ Y6 g每逢佳节倍思亲1 s- Y& `- O5 S- I4 r5 p% ~- W
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
3 R5 I5 X/ c# u( D" RIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. 7 d: p- |' @# [1 e+ c6 S
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "3 Q4 I9 r& r" H/ U/ l: i
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.& P" e- s+ Y5 ^. ?
拿手好戏masterpiece
. j" h( |2 S( N1 a! I赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad3 x7 x4 S3 n. ?0 A0 x6 K
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale1 F/ g( C0 e7 F p6 K
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' r9 Z" m' J3 \, R
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 9 Z' {5 ]2 z. y) t! J
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.0 }8 L+ w4 w, ^ R
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
3 \; G f" f* x; p* B前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
3 M4 @# Z* ?; d D前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
- |& M6 Q; z! G$ S$ |One sows and another reaps.
4 W+ d3 w$ P V前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
; h+ T8 n- s. i! q* ~7 B; T* N5 ?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. 1 @% y; D) C Q0 t% [
强强联手win-win co-operation% h6 Z& P( k* V# y/ V
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
- B( I9 ^* x- {1 p& S2 q人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.. j( `5 c! a( i, \
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
* N w/ k& t, b$ S人海战术huge-crowd strategy ; Q- d$ n2 r; {8 f7 D$ P
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " , w7 v& \: t& b: A( T
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; ) q) N: j2 D. ~2 G
死而后已until my heart stops beating
6 a4 w- L& q8 i) a. a6 J岁岁平安Peace all year round
3 T% ?# M2 }8 `6 J上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
4 n+ Q, D3 I# @1 I, ?0 a6 Z塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.5 N, [9 ?+ m2 D( S F9 K7 t8 P
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 6 e H B/ v* O# W. }8 Y7 T
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
% P( }2 \2 \, a+ h2 p! ^升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)* H/ }- o( r0 V5 L0 f2 b
四十不惑Life begins at forty.
1 D! N% f9 f( u9 K/ s0 L: G, S谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
! O7 m! T6 ?' K( }8 q x水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high./ h5 G0 K! k0 @, n9 c2 L9 A
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. 3 ~# W/ e. U2 K! M8 H0 A1 v0 n
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel0 a" U# n$ Q: L/ A- o& m
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts 8 X4 O$ C o% S" b
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
8 N( r" H: r+ x& k1 a5 _2 G实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
9 w7 E* H* J- v, [" \- k$ P) b8 t实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.* {% [: _# I1 F3 a
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; "
) D9 z- `: m' T" C韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
* W5 }* l9 l1 ~7 J# O t糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
F9 [" r6 y* `% m4 S$ ~3 U# k天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue1 c$ i& t) [' b/ }; ]
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
8 ]9 s+ M$ v/ [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
7 b) R( G, O9 W6 g, H歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena# w4 ~" a4 d6 i
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
7 N5 F ^" a( u+ _+ p0 |6 M( e往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." ) Q& d0 S+ @) X5 D$ Q
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child! k) d! e, k+ ] L
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
* _ ?/ U; g$ P2 A2 ]8 l+ ]( }文韬武略military expertise; military strategy ! _. J. A2 T" c8 A0 L
唯利是图draw water to one's mill 4 K' E& Y4 R9 U, ~% f
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots4 K- T4 r* T& a: r* _% e- B" `- {
无中生有make/create something out of nothing 8 d4 C& @) o8 _+ S. _5 h
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.3 n7 ~- C/ r3 P/ g
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 9 M$ u6 Q+ e- Q% ] T3 U
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
v! ]# S i$ [+ q* g虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.0 K: h4 G7 g6 z9 |) ]
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off8 \5 N+ j- a1 H3 [) ?1 R9 G; K
心想事成May all your wish come true
- C0 S: D) g9 b心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding5 ]# T, N, E6 i1 c' ^: ]3 H4 K
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
/ k7 k) n8 j5 Y# t; ?* g先下手为强catch the ball before the bound$ K4 ~4 B/ o4 w, B8 X' [/ P
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
' I D1 k, o7 b5 j1 l现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example5 E, N: B! z, U$ M
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
2 Z$ Q/ j6 P/ a# u+ V) |喜忧参半mingled hope and fear , P; q4 G# {% k F' w
循序渐进step by step
: ~$ i; W! `" Z8 F* |一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
& j% L, o3 o1 w: a0 e严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
- K6 M! c! w- `鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey9 c# p1 f0 D. _3 o/ P
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
1 E* m. A V( H$ j. n有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
: a, ~7 e2 ~0 Q有识之士people of vision
( t. L0 G; U) j, _! X0 a有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain ; I$ G/ O! B$ O- l
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.$ U0 X- G' r& x; R# p/ X; R
与时俱进advance with times
: G! |5 z% \/ w* R: n以人为本people oriented; people foremost - K1 T6 X, g6 X( b* ^ t6 D1 N; V
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude + c$ t" t! f& |, f5 q8 E! J* @
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." & O7 s' {1 n; C, o8 _
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
4 R: g2 f+ V U3 |- @6 N. A ?优胜劣汰survival of the fittest ( z+ B5 b& [& ^* [6 ^
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
3 `3 s1 d/ R# L, z冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
5 |, [! B* n& J4 x0 y冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
& Q% A" d. ~/ |& a+ i& k一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
' A0 b. ~1 n) s% Q招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
* k) a7 H# Z5 {8 P8 {) [4 b9 q债台高筑become debt-ridden
\+ B. E$ q6 \/ F; ?致命要害Achilles' heel % N6 _" @: k. v2 K( H4 d" M! e- E
众矢之的target of public criticism8 J6 G" f' ?( O! Y" X
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.* d( r9 s% w! O: r* }0 Z) x9 m
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist- ^" o/ T* i6 v
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
& Y% a2 `: ^$ s+ {! i左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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