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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
+ Q* Z# N9 u8 P9 z' _: ]& k百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.3 @$ ~. X! h# g4 i
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
/ ]0 E; ^) m, F# `: A ~3 o笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.+ s& C/ s2 }5 }+ A' W; [
不眠之夜white night
: N5 Q9 G U; q2 f' m! O( l. f不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
1 n. B+ h) j( E% R不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best- T6 O9 r" e+ Q; J4 I$ \: L0 v# y5 y
不打不成交"No discord, no concord. 9 R& n- [6 B6 P/ O1 y8 m/ |
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul : N( w3 x ~2 l/ ]' w+ w. B
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
0 C- D9 n0 X/ {9 V. x6 P) o) _" b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
/ A8 U/ Q0 e+ v1 r! {大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
& F3 u( d6 Q$ n/ n# B. i/ V, u国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
3 z3 z. Q+ N3 F/ t' y$ K, d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 ; r8 ^, h4 h. G5 F1 _
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
. P# W1 w1 r4 p5 J$ _+ ]好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
! j6 Y* @1 _) W8 }# X. `( f8 \: K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 [# P- A8 c! O0 I和气生财Harmony brings wealth
Q7 X+ n7 T6 e7 i5 ?# A7 T活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. 7 o8 ?% @7 N& C5 f5 a0 \
既往不咎let bygones be bygones / h+ w' }3 E+ V O- V
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. $ L& @. ^/ A G3 J0 C
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
9 E- y( R4 r/ U脚踏实地be down-to-earth
: Q8 f6 U9 d2 U6 V脚踩两只船sit on the fence
1 h$ w9 k5 @5 p4 J" i% U; L5 h君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
4 h* p% _* k' Q2 s: ]' G老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché8 ^7 _! O3 c; J" f |2 p
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 5 t: h8 e* @* X1 _7 g, T. K Q0 t
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
4 Y9 E) n0 R2 V马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
5 X9 m; V% C% T2 \1 f$ h名利双收gain in both fame and wealth% S7 S$ c; Q( w( l5 I* j9 U
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened/ x2 l6 Q! ]# x( y- y7 G; @
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
7 i- z4 v5 H% h9 Q& ^每逢佳节倍思亲4 N* P( u1 r9 C. N. s0 x% O
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.! Q- ]& g1 @) X- r! E* z
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. , G* c1 ~8 t: ?2 Y
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
7 V8 T$ t; K- f5 V弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
& U I: ]8 Z: W U3 I# [! J$ N0 n拿手好戏masterpiece
( `/ p/ i5 o3 |3 P+ o2 Q. T赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
3 j- {: W% o5 e7 e* w7 ]: G抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale2 K# g; S4 E8 m
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
6 ?( O) \7 s X, b$ `' [抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
4 \1 R/ Q) L9 ?# Y! {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 F# ^! z; 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- _; x/ k- v+ J3 ~ ?+ O' d
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
9 J$ p4 E n$ S$ g$ O- R+ G/ D$ |前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.. U ^) \+ w! l; W' N9 R4 \
One sows and another reaps.$ G! F* k% o1 E: x/ i6 N) s
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something x. y# B6 N. u. E0 M
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. + s& p$ \2 B6 C; t3 H5 r6 X& G
强强联手win-win co-operation$ s. T! a$ q4 T2 m8 [$ s( B/ V
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.$ x5 f- H) y2 n# F y$ ?% P
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
4 Y/ `4 W3 ], D7 A3 w8 F' X6 n人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.2 b6 L/ y* f" V9 o" P
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
4 \, _3 ?' b2 _% T+ H世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " 7 y% F4 T# U4 G+ W
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; n5 l v/ Z7 A4 y9 @$ v' G0 @
死而后已until my heart stops beating
+ h: U' `6 l2 T8 B0 S$ y8 p j岁岁平安Peace all year round# x4 c Y' F4 V
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." + x4 m( N* i3 Z3 z
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
7 t. F' B) x+ G" E P% X( T) O三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
( m7 H2 O4 I- I! R' [At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." 8 P% t0 b$ J: Q+ t. Z) }* f9 ^
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
# \! t: ~- U% ^4 X: y" ?3 G$ s四十不惑Life begins at forty.
1 X& M# j2 \" \$ O+ J谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
! M5 P+ m( _1 w( F; |3 N水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
/ C. o6 P7 U- r. r* {. ?' q时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. 0 m2 x @9 f& g+ O$ t5 z. ?+ r
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
# s& G! t* x7 B, @5 E+ x3 I/ m实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
% O. K. p% `7 H说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
% v0 w9 e' [9 @( C) @$ [3 Z2 s实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is 8 T" s" w. c, a. a1 y- h
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.1 y7 c' {/ l1 L# K& a9 P7 R% W7 p
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; "# a( |# @1 l1 |5 y
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time4 G* r" w. g" w' h2 }1 S, x2 ~6 N
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets* ^) S! p# M" @8 }4 J* s# V
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue/ V- X4 C2 B4 Y ]7 n9 x
团结就是力量Unity is strength.6 m, J/ k5 H) E+ k. E
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 9 T2 d& u8 e7 g) |
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
4 P, S0 G7 ^# `. k物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.% ]) W+ `) e% {$ M2 E
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." ( q/ a W: }: {+ |
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child/ M1 Y& F: ]" s5 y
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
: E2 }8 r t4 m9 p( T文韬武略military expertise; military strategy 5 t9 F% q1 O+ B, G" t7 x; i" i
唯利是图draw water to one's mill : S" G$ h' p$ z6 P
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
" h1 \3 ?6 h! g- E V3 I6 `' M$ i无中生有make/create something out of nothing
8 I3 Q8 D! ^9 e5 X& w% I1 H无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.. n! R8 C; U! H$ M7 [ V$ N$ C9 D- W% K
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
, r2 f9 k4 L# g# ~5 m; e, Y! @* [新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean & x. e+ j) M4 J( T
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.8 @+ n6 ^/ X! H
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
+ V: h* G' p/ g: w心想事成May all your wish come true* G1 Q) m$ z5 }1 V
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding! w" z. C; N' u( D' `
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.* U4 O2 ~) B6 t5 U4 b
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound3 O0 g$ ]$ Z# Q* }/ m! W3 b! ~
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan& r( g7 E- X i0 \1 z8 x- r
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
) k1 v& D8 G5 P0 h息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
# w3 V) e3 I0 ?( @3 Q9 |9 C4 S喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
) d& u* C) @3 p" E9 W; {循序渐进step by step" A. j, V, j! h7 i( G( H
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
u6 ^4 a+ b8 @4 {' g" o严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
- p3 N& i2 n* g3 I/ |0 Q* S鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
' e. V6 D2 X( @* e+ n有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
; S/ H9 c' i" s |5 x有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
/ {# M+ C7 c, d6 _: g Y$ o. O2 d1 l2 B有识之士people of vision. L7 i+ J7 B# x# p
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain 2 x! r _0 d% w- _, } E
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
/ W3 h3 u' N% Y( X与时俱进advance with times
& s. S( e2 `; x& x以人为本people oriented; people foremost
: N# [4 i& [: W# k6 f4 n因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 7 M4 y# W" \- B& L" w( A
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." : L9 J: ~) c2 z( G
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. 4 A8 F4 N/ g/ {
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
/ p# G4 b# }2 `4 p% B7 g- o英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
' p% H# W+ T7 c1 }* L, h/ Z4 {! {0 ^冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
# n' a8 r5 |; _' w% n3 T; d0 E冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
8 f* ~- p/ A& T一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
# G! L3 t( g9 b; U4 ^/ P招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful5 H$ t6 l. M1 A4 y; p2 s5 {7 _
债台高筑become debt-ridden
" j; U R: e' J8 F7 F致命要害Achilles' heel 9 y4 M! U' c; p, f2 n
众矢之的target of public criticism K& m$ f# `& P( d: C9 ]: a
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.
0 b5 b3 N7 `( x' |/ i& a& J纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist. ]$ B' V9 j& I; G
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
' [# C$ s# {* D4 v) ~$ H. v左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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