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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
! o$ ?9 `5 C" p# |/ @百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.. S' ~$ e: u9 n0 Q
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 worst4 b& N& H0 n$ c
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.: X4 a: u) ]# G" p, a) f, }
不眠之夜white night 7 o: e" X1 b, ^( h& ]. Y) t! ?
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses- Y* K: ` M2 N2 \$ U! l
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best3 f5 n4 i3 K3 Y- Z+ y5 ^& r
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
6 y1 ^1 y2 i! g+ p& T" ~拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
! S$ K9 d9 v! K& 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 1 H: i/ H# @6 ^0 L' _4 `9 M4 H% {
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$ g l, g: a7 ?* z9 g5 P( P" Y
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 4 K0 k9 L6 u, [3 A& X
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
3 u/ m4 ~6 q4 K _# K i8 ^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 n3 `8 _: @, k+ j R, B功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
2 k) ? a+ E4 S好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
/ R* ^8 j/ a' Q* 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.
1 U* i1 T. x+ g, v% c和气生财Harmony brings wealth7 \- D; g- ~8 O$ i6 h0 S9 }
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. : |8 {/ I, M3 W, A) F# {0 V
既往不咎let bygones be bygones - i" c$ s. ?5 c7 ]4 r% B5 Q ~
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
) f5 Z/ F' V: x* ^0 p金玉满堂Treasures fill the home8 d. `, R( h) w( G- A
脚踏实地be down-to-earth
: x y/ [' o$ N4 j2 o3 v3 r脚踩两只船sit on the fence
+ @# f7 x( l/ y$ q9 J君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 1 C& b0 a2 R% j. f- |* ?9 d
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché. `! i+ {) Y: z" J# B6 W
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. + n: A( b$ l3 o
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
2 ^/ s1 m P/ B) ~ a马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success+ D5 u- ?3 \# A I
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth6 O: D# j% r- J# Y8 |
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened, N- K- ^4 U) ?2 U! N1 k
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
! W- \9 M( q6 Y& {( y每逢佳节倍思亲8 |- A, `" N( ^& |
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
" B5 y$ F/ R/ ~; q! d6 iIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. % u! @% g# x9 _+ R- o6 S
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
3 {% c( I2 q2 m; X7 _' `% x, m3 i弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.7 @3 v! A; {, q4 G$ n+ S2 y) V
拿手好戏masterpiece/ B. C8 Q$ L: G* S' N) c
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad3 `/ Z6 d( L# U w
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale: I# X! l1 u# e% V4 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
! z4 H2 C! s" B抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities # t. @" c; c6 l& d) `
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.
9 e' f5 O( Z) M# T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
- d/ l5 J& ?( s4 Z' A前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
i: W0 i* [# b! x前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.9 x: k! p( I' Y5 w# ~1 t
One sows and another reaps.
4 i* W" _+ [7 t" z% l s& ?- r0 B前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something) ~& S& ^+ b( S* b9 t2 V& d; A, 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. , r! v( J1 ^; V* z% V
强强联手win-win co-operation. W" K G5 u0 n" x* F$ p
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.# k: M5 ^: M$ B6 c! C k
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
6 N$ ?" A* C, H7 U, U人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.- Y! r" P j( v! x% R! v
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
?1 P$ k2 t" E4 F) f世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
# r" g2 {% i4 l6 {% |7 R世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; ! m- ^* L( i" D! j9 A" ^$ v1 Q. L
死而后已until my heart stops beating4 y V( G4 k$ X8 H- J
岁岁平安Peace all year round' }% }) @4 Y9 r# m% h+ V3 d
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
: D" O8 O# v0 l" a7 f塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
2 M$ [; L3 u, d% V* p4 W4 V# R: O三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 4 R9 \/ }9 C, L+ P; N$ F5 L; V
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
# c6 p1 \; x: F# D; M升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)2 i& I2 o# h! H6 p
四十不惑Life begins at forty. 7 m% s6 B( n% v1 ?5 _- a. w) W
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " : |8 D o& Z5 g2 C9 x9 z
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
- q( W( c! r2 w) t% d2 p9 N时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. : ?9 S6 a2 d; b4 B# L- I
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel7 s3 M$ `8 c# F. g$ g4 N
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts $ [1 K* d3 B* l# [0 I4 \
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes." [2 c. \. ?* x( \) q/ X
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is 6 o" c3 I p( {, T* [- r1 Z
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.. O9 M+ m7 B6 F. s
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 N I7 R0 q6 Z4 ]. ~韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
2 p( G7 [6 r: n8 E+ o, I糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets' a" [- E2 K( I# H( W7 B
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
) N& L" |$ n% f1 X1 R4 ?7 |团结就是力量Unity is strength.
. M) [& D8 ^3 T9 C r; s. w$ K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
% x2 w' `% Q. ~* n& c6 y歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
% h& z, N* v! Q5 i- d物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
- O7 _! Y" [: q% E* W$ c往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." , x% ]9 j# e1 H2 X
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
( h; H" K* l n* a屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
, J) P! R$ r, G/ y文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
' v: ?/ N4 K7 [+ S唯利是图draw water to one's mill
9 i+ ?6 w7 @' g7 X$ D无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
. W* x, Y' q7 D& |4 \9 q无中生有make/create something out of nothing ; w0 O+ z. h h4 T* ^; V; G; p
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
/ \$ `! h, y9 P( V$ ^1 v徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
9 B1 u4 c5 M% L新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 9 U/ r) k; M! [
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind., \. \3 w/ B! Z& M$ Q
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
+ N7 v2 F" w2 }7 N- y. D- P' c心想事成May all your wish come true1 e- ~# x4 P9 j- x/ h9 f% Y; ]
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
h- `$ m5 a4 o4 p4 G8 V先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched./ _* o( X8 C1 @& I1 ], r
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound( h, I$ X9 B; |8 G! C7 Y z& X
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
8 O Z. N, w8 A. P/ F4 l+ f现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
" p& ~) x0 n) b* x6 l Q$ A+ F息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters ; G- u$ t7 g* j# j3 v
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear & Q) n% b& I) U3 p( V: S6 {
循序渐进step by step
" q3 M4 q5 k4 L4 R7 t- B3 h一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest $ \9 E# ^9 A: b* M. K
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
$ N3 g: M) W, I4 s) Z鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
, Y1 E5 k" f6 f. K, J- A9 E有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
) h9 L( p8 u* X$ d有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.( x6 D& \* p9 e: P) e8 C
有识之士people of vision
! T" E! e( w2 c' @2 e有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
1 L* f* i$ F' s/ r有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
9 E F) @4 O8 {) O与时俱进advance with times
9 ~# o ^* p S7 ]6 b0 P以人为本people oriented; people foremost
6 v% q% P j. k u: i1 M" ?因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
" f) O$ G# p H; b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." . \% ^& M/ i+ `6 r# ?. c. N
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
) z& i0 A! P4 H优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
" t. E. ^6 H6 M6 I4 x! t: u# `英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.& W1 ~+ m' q1 n. |7 [ ]
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.8 F D3 N$ t: T6 ]/ u
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
( ^% ]( G* b) {/ L$ i% N& u; a一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. 6 R5 @/ T7 G/ t! b( V6 ?
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
# _: [, X$ R, n; r. I P债台高筑become debt-ridden3 Y1 b! \1 @/ P" y K9 Y1 j3 X
致命要害Achilles' heel
$ x$ `3 {4 |9 H) S; P- Z众矢之的target of public criticism* w e7 v: H: }, C
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.
; u% S; h) c% x; q# {纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist2 W$ M( @0 k# E/ | _5 e
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.+ H7 r! P: g1 L3 s% e
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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