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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.2 U- e& t0 w5 w7 B& k
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
8 j0 m+ D, f9 f8 g: ?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$ t2 l- [7 o _! A$ j6 j m" r
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
) U/ m# F$ G( w+ c# {+ R不眠之夜white night
2 h3 R' [6 X$ A' B D不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses' r' Z2 q& l1 X+ Y! \# j* {# B
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best3 e9 C: ]+ a- _* H' r
不打不成交"No discord, no concord. % F, t2 a* O' Y V; E4 t
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul 9 q- x t6 K1 G6 T
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new ) q( ?1 ^. ^; A) a2 i+ G; x
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, B- c0 t0 A' k0 Y5 L; N
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 0 Q4 S$ d" U) U/ Y
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
2 R8 @: K( N& P( 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 5 F& B G Z' }* [+ H+ {
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. % |$ q( A ^: u& a( i+ `, U' V
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
# m4 m) C, d& p# E8 f a8 }# _好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
+ D1 h* I0 i! w和气生财Harmony brings wealth: P# H$ ]/ L2 c/ Y( Y1 M L6 D/ b7 j5 R
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. ! x% m" S8 u+ N) ~4 K9 t, [
既往不咎let bygones be bygones
2 a4 S& W+ @& r2 C: a! Z金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 8 h0 w! B' A- _
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home: D- ?' L1 X" s! b
脚踏实地be down-to-earth 0 ]3 R& s, z) f
脚踩两只船sit on the fence : M p6 Y. P- y7 \& J9 C
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
/ O& y+ I; q$ w+ i# u老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché$ D8 V" \) C' z: B( ?
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 6 B+ o' V1 f. ^% K8 C
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
. D6 F, `& R% D2 V" X; @( |马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
( X% B3 l3 |3 j8 ~# Q; ?* P名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
. K0 {* M) g/ j/ Y+ {+ c茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
3 R0 F/ X% s8 {* j0 K没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
4 e, F1 J5 k3 D4 w2 `0 P* b每逢佳节倍思亲( |, {2 a) [' p2 ]
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
& C, j7 y) c3 f, s O$ fIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. % U* ^. P& r' [4 T _4 @
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "( {7 Z: }4 a9 v- H0 a
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
5 A) G( q1 }; W5 N8 _. A' A$ t拿手好戏masterpiece3 S2 r* f' h9 P+ M1 A* h
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad6 t6 g6 V" x, a! z& l" X
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale6 }& f# u1 \. R5 r1 n0 {$ V! P
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& G7 K/ D+ I; ?
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
. E( ?2 X0 {7 `! [1 d: @! U8 h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.
! ?' ]" j6 g$ U" R' 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
0 J" x( G0 u5 i7 p8 L5 `7 g前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.$ o4 @& d" T& M- M+ M
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests. l X% P; m4 W9 h0 l% a& a
One sows and another reaps.
5 f U. A3 Z5 d1 a5 \% q# \* G前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something/ C9 U( ]9 w6 T- x& T/ 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.
+ \4 z& s4 Y7 W+ P) e强强联手win-win co-operation
J* L7 ~- j: R瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
$ R& M$ e7 E2 c; d6 ]人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.+ F0 y/ Y# j- \! E2 R
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.& Z$ b) r) ]4 {2 @% [
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
8 v9 Y0 L) ]6 [3 L世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " p* ~3 r( s: L) e
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
) |# I+ c! S$ \. d, z7 j' d死而后已until my heart stops beating; B2 k0 d, `$ h
岁岁平安Peace all year round( a, D+ a$ b; B1 U7 m% b+ p1 o
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." / ?* [" D% S3 |' w8 Q
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
4 [$ U# R! j2 V* Z. }2 ^; i! N三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 1 m4 b- S, v. U1 ^4 j9 _, `
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
8 y( V! H9 r0 p# e) v( z升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)2 W$ q0 u% }+ _1 ^* |
四十不惑Life begins at forty. & b6 T+ ]6 ?, }! j) s4 a
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " 1 ~/ u. v S& f+ o# J
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
; Q; w! K6 J7 j' O9 M2 f时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
' l& J6 C7 T( z Z杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel) D, y. E; s& i4 d b7 c
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts . T: a' J8 g0 H/ P" b
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.$ x; ]+ o0 W" r
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
* l; _( E) q2 T( A% S0 Q实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.# ?" J3 z+ t/ {, k/ q9 X' 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; "
9 B L: E8 g% s& K' ]3 L( [# C韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time& i1 X _1 s q y' p
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
' W' n0 a: @9 C0 z" T! e天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue' ?" c$ F1 J# `! _6 F
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
, F% g/ G% e& ~2 i) v9 ?4 w9 U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
* P* ?% X/ g, L3 |. `) @歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena" G5 g( Y- H+ d) t
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
2 N# Y! s" Y# [9 F2 R6 K# `0 K9 T往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." 0 g2 j$ n# h4 s J
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
- {% y6 |0 E1 ?- g屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours., Y- P8 R) K }: `: Q# M
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy - A8 r, y" Z: ?1 M& f1 K( }
唯利是图draw water to one's mill ! f3 s0 \3 ~" H4 U7 O+ c
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots/ t2 C' P5 {% D) O
无中生有make/create something out of nothing ( m3 d+ v2 g7 P1 D
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire./ N F1 e9 {. P* c, @
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends * O8 l1 r9 ^3 Q% k9 H/ I @
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean & N3 W/ s$ l% Q {
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
* @) U. r$ A: S0 B. G蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
$ U: j: p, W% c5 C( ^4 O$ V' r心想事成May all your wish come true
# L' f2 }9 ?$ l) r1 h6 A心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding. f! N! _- S$ a% `; U$ q# s
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.5 a: c l% v% G! n# y
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
" i# f( ~4 b- E% q! J7 @6 y1 ]0 q' h像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
8 [ M+ f# R# U, W现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
# _+ \2 `1 a- V息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
3 d w% E7 P0 Q2 s9 J( A喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
2 m4 z- y% I& X( k" |循序渐进step by step: V$ `6 ^- O6 l# W
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 7 V7 p& z5 L6 e' i
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others* z7 @9 B ?" H; Q; o% [4 x
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey9 q) C0 v6 H0 X& O, l) w3 t( V$ b( G
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." ! j( x# y" q% N" ^( u
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
: F9 z! _9 v7 |. s! }( U$ A; U2 g有识之士people of vision
& S2 i3 W5 k2 A: H' Y% L- n有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
& r5 G: U7 G) E; N" B有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
6 U+ U$ f1 s* P' U" L与时俱进advance with times2 w7 y2 g1 f/ b; x+ q- H4 S
以人为本people oriented; people foremost ) O- ^2 W" Z6 O( ?6 X- Z
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
' I3 M5 L' v; i- e( r& P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."
) L& ^+ |4 u: l5 c' x% N( T欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
" U% \) i% ~8 B0 B2 r& v+ h优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
2 P6 R& M% t% ?. t! j3 h英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
; h* E+ R' U% `8 r% @, d& Y冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies." n! w8 u& l0 a
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
8 z* d6 ?3 S& r5 u9 e: x; G5 \' `一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. 3 s9 F$ O7 {$ c
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
5 f( L$ M( M) E; ~/ R债台高筑become debt-ridden
6 V$ s) J4 p0 h& `' u% @致命要害Achilles' heel
; S" W! C4 y8 O* n众矢之的target of public criticism
/ w& F' g4 z$ C" G+ S" [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.% ~1 q' e! D. J2 z4 \
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
5 T0 ?# J- T4 J% p6 [纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later./ a$ k: C4 \" `8 S3 T
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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