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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.) s. n0 g0 [" q4 N+ l
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.3 [$ W3 a7 _: O
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 worst9 q0 ?) K2 }9 t
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
s+ U3 T9 f( T5 `. Y& V, p: }不眠之夜white night
4 g6 m% p, e7 h7 y; l( H不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
u- @9 `7 J# H0 c不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
7 L' g$ }2 p1 ]4 c( p不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
1 U9 G- x3 j$ a _5 j1 t拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
5 N- M9 x) a# a( A8 k( P2 e辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
a. X B2 @& [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
. H- P G& T0 x2 s& K3 d大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener $ B, N- m& S9 w/ [ x1 k
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace6 u- k: c& {5 P# w2 \) }4 i1 g7 H) M
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
+ l% C+ s# D! A* S! X; l3 J0 N4 x功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
) ?- V# Z: X$ `; `0 ^3 V6 Z好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
1 _7 u3 I( j+ z. v' P$ X! Y( l好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 6 k$ n( J# H: d5 B9 v
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
& q3 i( |. |9 ~, g" {活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. 0 Q4 a0 d* S* q0 A# O
既往不咎let bygones be bygones
8 G* n; G% c0 k) B- P* I0 U金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
3 \: n/ t f! i6 ?7 ^* q1 |; f* K5 H金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
3 L3 r; F" E3 g3 w! M% ]5 C脚踏实地be down-to-earth
$ W1 k7 a# c) i- H1 k( l6 M脚踩两只船sit on the fence
& j! S( k1 d( H) s( Q6 Q君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 8 Z4 J. I% k: `
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché8 c4 j% k. x3 r, L3 h5 n M" m
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
V4 p) Q+ s- P3 r留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."* P* i: f0 b/ r
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success/ R7 H6 F# |1 A: v( V8 P
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth7 \( p" A% K6 B+ L4 d! Q( ]0 T
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened7 G x4 u C4 ?
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
. ~ c+ b4 c' ~9 s每逢佳节倍思亲
* `$ T, P5 C5 L) \On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.6 P* L9 o A9 i$ M# G
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
& m: t& Z) G6 x. K8 C谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "; F, x7 R( a- _8 q2 @
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.5 V' ?7 d* @/ l3 P
拿手好戏masterpiece2 h! C' Q5 `5 r0 [
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
1 b# q$ f) H' v抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale; t0 i( e7 T; b! n
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
$ V [2 M( P$ \ k" c) H抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
. P# P# ^& y* {& P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.
( C. Z5 E4 U+ ]+ p+ X% y2 d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% S4 h3 ^: U) k& w# ?4 ?, r0 m
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.3 x. k/ q+ |, R% O; _
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.* V0 ^: @/ C% P, W1 V. V
One sows and another reaps.
) q; [2 I. _7 `( o" R5 Z4 y' _8 k前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something9 o9 \, h8 Q+ k! O
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 A6 Y* L+ I' B( }* j; f% O9 L6 f
强强联手win-win co-operation
( z2 d" z7 ]; U% k8 L! _( q) I瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
7 @9 Z( Y2 k( N6 p$ C$ R人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
, C' c6 Y |$ ^; p人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
0 s9 |3 u8 y I2 I( O人海战术huge-crowd strategy
6 v# |) B; x/ s7 E5 x5 V世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " 0 w9 ~0 u" u4 r/ f2 K
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
" g( c3 o% [1 G! G% a死而后已until my heart stops beating; h c7 O* Q' \' B$ H+ B
岁岁平安Peace all year round" e3 Z& [+ X y
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
- z! d& g4 |! I+ t/ A塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
' O& F; a3 v) s" ]三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. ) D1 a& ~! R* f0 T
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
. q0 w7 [8 N& d升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
: Z$ Q% [: ~+ L, f- e四十不惑Life begins at forty.
! B' Z; W" Z8 w7 d+ w谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " & a9 V, J0 x% H: O! G0 M L
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
5 c) b' S I! T J7 M2 z& G时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. " i8 I9 O% V) z/ V# A9 l
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
$ Y+ z2 o" Y% \; ` h a实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
4 M/ n9 h9 _/ g: {/ E- }说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
; H. c8 n1 a( |6 R$ r7 `实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
) O3 S6 Y5 L$ S实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
" s7 e. N6 f2 N& K+ L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; "
$ j( [) o& \# P. z韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time! v, L' i: e2 R' `
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
3 s: r; S2 d1 X5 g0 q; U天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue3 @6 Q1 o& Z. B6 H
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
3 \# H3 |' F+ ? ? y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 K: a* C0 ^& i1 V6 d1 m歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
$ ?3 B% ?/ m! M3 f; C u+ X物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together./ @. | p% `6 x. p. z2 {
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
. A+ `, B' b1 g: j% Z( K! Q( ^4 m6 a望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child W3 U) U+ W8 b5 [) N% ?
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours., H$ r% J8 G1 ]9 v
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
a& r3 V- ~! j$ z4 j3 z( K# i) w唯利是图draw water to one's mill 9 r f5 Q8 b" f# y- h s2 E2 }
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots) |, H) q" ^3 W& r. ~' ^/ s
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
& m0 z6 t4 v& c h6 n/ P9 F无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire./ \; g6 `+ I% L j# v- R
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends : L( [ f, V! O
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean ( U( W' l1 w. U$ z3 J/ `/ o
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.0 W% w+ L5 p s* k7 R0 J" W
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off7 Y- _, X4 \% w- z
心想事成May all your wish come true
8 ^ B7 A) m# b/ e9 H) c/ y# |( ?! h4 p心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding! J) L" g! U# H+ [. d) D4 _9 w
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched." z, Q$ J: e( |' z9 h
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
4 J# _$ c" l6 d像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan0 X1 n; H5 h1 Y1 Z6 I% M4 [5 Q
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example% S! L: e. q" B% Q# K1 K" |
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
1 Q5 |9 H* Q0 O3 o喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 7 o' }9 I+ z9 `5 V
循序渐进step by step; I9 W7 r) \+ q# x6 X
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 2 X& `. p! Z1 a% S
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others4 ~, p. w8 e' T" B* h7 D( U
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey' P7 U, S" K: D( {. d3 n" s1 m9 n
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
2 ^7 X* F# A8 Y* u) v6 E有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
0 I u- _* R& o有识之士people of vision
7 @4 u* m; T( K$ O8 i0 Z \3 j有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain 2 u" m6 H6 _1 z G& P
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
9 |' B" k" f8 t1 b J% d与时俱进advance with times+ V2 y2 {( R: |/ [% u4 d+ g5 d H
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
/ ]" `9 ], X) {1 e7 y5 j8 s5 s# W因材施教teach students according to their aptitude Y: K. b& ~& u1 ~$ z0 }
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."
0 Z* ~5 A3 M. o; }. e( g$ }欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
" }2 ^1 i6 P( a; l, z优胜劣汰survival of the fittest : Y* y, S, h8 T# g* B) z
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
, h' E& ?! ^6 g: _7 V) O6 ~ J1 U* B冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies." V: g. q- U' E! y4 a
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
8 v* \9 b' t2 S0 l2 `一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
% ?# y; K. ~( `5 R& q招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
- x1 |/ @9 n% X, l债台高筑become debt-ridden
: ^, T) ]; r4 }8 c8 e2 Y6 g* c致命要害Achilles' heel $ ]6 E0 v5 _: b8 T
众矢之的target of public criticism
3 q: `* s. P6 D8 N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.* F( ~* b0 i! j2 d! f u2 q8 v, ? v
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
4 b; |7 _ `, Q纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.. a" a# B! R$ `, K
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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