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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.7 y/ V8 J" ?0 |" a8 i8 V( o
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.% k3 |5 c! {8 P& w; u
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
9 ]/ `4 n' ?/ @/ h" u笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.7 j7 l: H) i& L$ v1 r! a/ b
不眠之夜white night
- V9 u8 b1 ^3 u- Q不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses% ~' Z5 Q: Z7 w
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
6 u, E* A) N* f# o3 c不打不成交"No discord, no concord. * V1 Q! A, z e( P d7 a
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul 9 P) s! B/ @2 o2 [1 l* x+ p2 ^
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new - K& U. n h, @; c
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
+ ~4 X+ z: j% z9 g) M( E6 P f' U大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 0 p9 I; `* k& M! c
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
: P5 q9 u- |! f. K* 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 % z8 ^( F; B: n0 {# [) R( n
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. a" I: a( B ]5 L$ o
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
: o7 s+ b/ y Z8 P好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
0 d4 }4 p0 x P t9 [* d和气生财Harmony brings wealth3 _8 V! M" M/ O' u1 e7 s) V y
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
1 V4 i( z/ f$ X5 Z# I既往不咎let bygones be bygones 9 O5 ]; R7 c; j
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
$ c* |0 B9 T: L6 E: G金玉满堂Treasures fill the home, p: P# D1 x9 I/ @- |% O/ \3 R
脚踏实地be down-to-earth ! i, \8 r, u1 @! l, A# ?& t
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
/ m7 t0 _1 z# ?$ _君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
) H) b7 U0 x: z! K, d2 \0 M7 r老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché- I9 q2 t( T: V0 s3 W& f- p; F c' ~
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. # j; k* x3 z+ ?+ L2 \" ~( I- x2 n1 Y
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."! ^" i" e, K& l% ~2 s _3 z: W, g, T8 O- z
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
# ]1 P1 z' e4 Q: P/ o+ R1 q3 F6 y: d名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
: p- k+ X1 a J2 T( Y茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened2 G# W& A' t* b8 {' y
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
4 m4 ^, x4 I, P- _6 }3 e" t6 R- X每逢佳节倍思亲3 ~4 g+ G/ y6 o9 E- A
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
4 l0 [2 B7 A) W: D- S( ZIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. * z: a. O$ {5 a3 A
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. ") w# j' o. ?8 N$ b6 V z( l
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.6 ?% N$ E" d9 s7 B1 j' m; z
拿手好戏masterpiece
! l0 P3 I+ n- H9 w" Z4 B赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
l7 \) _1 ?$ e- }* J2 g! Q抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale2 ^8 H, l! N9 x+ 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
( |1 I4 P5 r) B抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 7 f# m+ p+ |) V" A2 C5 u
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.
! ^5 D/ W+ M. ^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
/ j: U! y% m# N4 v, e1 I9 Q/ W* q2 Y前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future." j) g7 J- s/ O( K0 g I/ j
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
H0 _2 g# V; xOne sows and another reaps.
* e9 s" n; l4 E% {2 @5 [5 J6 k4 @前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something) C" u9 D1 W# g& h/ o% u$ L2 ~- a6 E
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. " b( ]8 j! d) ~4 y; w5 p" P ]: g. x
强强联手win-win co-operation
2 W6 f8 E( B8 G! Q9 _瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
3 {( A7 F) \. N5 J) h人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.3 F4 d2 ^4 V' s, z7 F- N& b
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.. K4 n* q, l/ S( Z1 u# x5 |4 M
人海战术huge-crowd strategy & A, R# P/ O4 ]3 N
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " $ s0 u2 n2 u5 |! [/ L" K
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; . f( z9 K) V4 q% [. y1 n& x7 {* a
死而后已until my heart stops beating1 S! C- H# g) E- ^/ J) j( Y" W
岁岁平安Peace all year round
' @% t3 O6 C4 h* ^. C上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
7 \" {. F9 Q' T% S塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
1 n* u# y, ~! l! b: C9 Q8 g% ~三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. * V6 u8 R. T* p& d3 F0 Y! o* a
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
0 r9 a$ v) d8 z5 ]升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)4 `( K s9 v* d/ M
四十不惑Life begins at forty. ( J3 L$ ~, a" V1 n: R- k4 r
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " : I" q- I/ t2 g. }8 d' J2 a# m
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
1 ]+ X6 D( x. |7 u时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. % Y. d& t% a, Z' H& i' u1 j- y
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
2 k& Q1 X& B& s$ p" O实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts 7 b: i# J' M" G8 ~0 s7 Y
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.' k) ]4 I1 o- S5 Q! p& V( {: S
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
( ^9 i8 T! D x/ d实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
; U1 ?5 [! M; W1 U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; "9 E5 B5 }" j/ Z& O* y; }& P
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
5 }8 w& i: _6 y4 a9 X1 v糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets, [" f( p/ e2 s
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
2 e# f2 u: I7 [7 |$ A; f o团结就是力量Unity is strength./ Y& ]" K7 ?8 [! 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
4 P' C, A5 Y$ a0 J歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena% g: Y* ?* ~1 Q2 A/ l3 [ X" r% |
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.% r5 j# I( B: t5 f2 ?$ o) A
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
0 p+ }0 z+ h7 Y8 ~/ ?9 B望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child# d5 N6 c* f% k" ^# p$ {
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.5 B9 C4 P1 t$ {/ j+ v
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy % T$ [, d- J5 ?1 f
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
" S5 R4 D) ]1 ]无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
: @1 ^# e0 N2 i& o& G无中生有make/create something out of nothing
7 ]5 K; b' ~8 \6 U! P0 Q, C9 E& u无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.8 p, B& v! K0 v
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
7 E. [2 s1 K F( r新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 1 E! ^+ Z9 \9 b! d
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.- }/ |+ v% N- W: B4 G$ G% w
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
2 p" {* _9 M! e; g心想事成May all your wish come true `+ w# p: Z7 F
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding: g. [& `& [' e
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
/ N: p) D( J" i; {: I先下手为强catch the ball before the bound( H: [' p+ o7 [$ f Q7 h
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan0 A: b# O( Y9 f5 k1 ^
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
* w/ d' B# [* X8 w, O8 e息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
. j+ g8 m! H I- l* u2 b( G喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
4 w @2 E- f( G* j* G. t, U循序渐进step by step
& K& `- m; b. a9 q3 y2 N0 _0 c一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
- G& B2 F) Q- S+ ~严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
% }: s( [( e, |/ S. C+ X7 e& {& A鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey" Q6 Q( M9 v0 z7 w$ u
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 3 Q0 g! d0 O3 w( f* v" H8 f5 w
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
+ j2 y- Q8 \+ t9 q* ?# F有识之士people of vision0 k# k2 ?. l# j/ S' n
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain / Y! d( f. N7 r B
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
/ M. [6 x" V. Q9 B% A$ ?; ?/ f与时俱进advance with times
% x% {0 L$ ~) g/ N. ^& }以人为本people oriented; people foremost 8 C6 e: R8 l' _; b1 N) W
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
( a6 C0 O3 L% Q, c+ V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." ' C2 }6 L9 K A2 G1 J$ c
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
$ d, m- o% l! S* a3 b$ ]优胜劣汰survival of the fittest 1 R- X, K) }% [! T H6 h: U
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.3 N' v8 e8 S8 I2 G8 }" ^, h/ b
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.! r# ~7 L' j7 B6 l
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" 1 q0 f r$ J& ~
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
; A2 J0 i) `+ R1 A' a; G' s) P招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful* R' l7 E( t" s4 N- m
债台高筑become debt-ridden& |6 z6 c1 l# R5 T2 b3 a0 i3 u
致命要害Achilles' heel + d* l" z7 {5 s
众矢之的target of public criticism
# [" A' ]9 v- F& g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., V, {+ _* ^+ ^8 X
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
' V$ D; l4 {/ p1 f% t# c纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.4 l) v/ S l- u" ?3 Q
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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