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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.9 A& t T& g8 }. d7 o
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.) e, y% J' B: ]! W" _* c$ 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 worst
0 N1 D8 P: z, z- O0 Z笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
8 l* x& T1 ~- ], o5 Q1 _+ W! N8 M不眠之夜white night
( ^6 A! c7 m+ t0 A9 j' o( B" m3 M, U不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses- \2 n& V+ H' ?& r3 o2 Z
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
9 g6 c, a( o( X2 X }1 Z& x5 G不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
2 ^7 }6 E& f. }' q, n \ f7 v拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
1 `! n% X2 [" A" F# |6 ]5 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 & b8 K; @% L4 z: e
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; S: f/ L5 L* i/ M( e( Q! T/ z2 d) ^
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 4 g$ x9 O& v+ h. f1 S6 V- x( d
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
: B5 F7 ?, R8 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
) Y# {) \2 ^8 C( L- t功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. 8 c3 z* n3 j+ n( x0 |8 f1 K
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
! j* a) J0 S6 q! z- S6 F好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 9 s" i2 N# a& f9 L# Q5 N0 {
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
2 ]' H1 c2 K1 U M' }活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
2 l: C2 l( s: B2 R5 @既往不咎let bygones be bygones 5 I2 E2 D) e" e8 f
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
3 h1 w+ {1 Q4 j9 [. f金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
; O3 i0 V3 u" F1 H! K( M; e9 H+ [脚踏实地be down-to-earth
3 ~% o+ J6 _& Q脚踩两只船sit on the fence x8 c& d$ ~, j4 o5 ~7 @$ k3 M C
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
, n' O/ Z* G6 Y& i老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché$ b7 S5 O5 M, Y: B8 c0 }
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
+ D* b& z5 R* v$ `: H留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
1 @/ I" D6 [5 K- n# d马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success( J& O8 D* b) H% `% n+ w3 A
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth' z7 a/ T; o: {: ^' P1 o3 _9 n
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
, U8 C9 D9 S. G9 [, K' Z没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
& S$ X1 e# P( h7 h% c o6 ~5 ]每逢佳节倍思亲- f" D, n6 E. P$ F+ F* Z, @
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.( e7 l2 I, I/ N0 u$ |* ~
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. 7 v+ p# v; n/ d2 a
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "6 I: b3 Q! L/ X
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
/ I q; l) A. R, c7 @7 @; Q拿手好戏masterpiece. z1 C3 N( C9 d- m* h; e9 @
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
( P& [$ N$ \' \! }( G抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
+ x: |: g$ w/ H, b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' ~/ \! l6 b0 o( r+ A4 H
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
% d l! L3 j0 A: _; Z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.
6 M* f X5 A C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
: F" i1 S& d8 L2 w2 U2 M: r前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
# r6 C9 M$ |2 r& T2 j1 y. m前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.* ?( j) U3 i0 c0 Q# e7 u- ]
One sows and another reaps.* p( h- @) ?0 ^( P' O/ T
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
1 Q5 u3 j, F* _" s( C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. 5 @3 k" _' {9 F3 N! s
强强联手win-win co-operation& `, e5 N. i& X0 F# T( B9 n; v6 B6 s" Z
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
2 o4 u) {8 I. k9 J/ B4 G人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
# ^& ]8 Y/ C! S) m, Q6 a$ @人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.# b, l: {( c) k5 R( C
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
+ w1 n. N1 e! F. `. c世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
# _8 I: X" r) ^9 C; ~8 @+ ]" {世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; . W$ |! O$ j. @7 T
死而后已until my heart stops beating
' Q4 {/ k6 |5 |. R' V岁岁平安Peace all year round- g: v! z. w. |# P. R
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
2 z% q; Q, H. n: L塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing./ s; ^# r* G- @
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
3 o9 r+ A D! c$ R3 ~At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
) r3 b3 M( l, y" U升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
4 M6 R8 f5 a4 P; h: }$ ^. O% s$ O四十不惑Life begins at forty. / ]7 c! V5 E/ k7 ~. y, F" d9 q, \
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
9 q5 r! ]* |# {8 d4 X# }' r; a水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
1 H2 U- X' q. l0 U& Q0 A- S/ b I9 _$ x时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. ' j8 r2 u% N. {* R5 I
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel& B( d' H( L5 }; M2 T0 ]) ~
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts 7 P: U5 V3 ]+ o* A) `" [5 m k
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.( F1 Z" @0 ]1 Z
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
3 n* e. J# y1 W7 A实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
5 b3 i1 e3 Z: v o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; "
- i! m4 e7 {' r3 z6 R: @; ?# G韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time6 k; W% \9 ~- _# V+ C
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
- J* r8 x5 m8 J, y天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue; g+ n7 g7 D3 Y- }# j2 @7 ~4 ?
团结就是力量Unity is strength.$ S ~) T5 S! ]- t! N2 m1 X, \# Q& M
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 $ n+ ~+ T3 w( a- e3 J
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena" d$ C) j6 I3 c! ?. ]
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.9 Y \& T% Z6 l5 g0 B
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." 7 F3 X/ z0 L1 L6 H D& i* K
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
7 t. q( C, V; l# E屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
" E9 T) t1 ^- ]文韬武略military expertise; military strategy ) ^1 u0 {# z5 c6 m) e5 C: \0 U1 C4 ?1 w
唯利是图draw water to one's mill 0 U% Y, ] ^( Q) y
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots' z" |9 R, C1 g/ ?/ Z: `
无中生有make/create something out of nothing ; \8 I9 m7 F4 |# P- n0 L- G+ c& x
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
/ ^0 R& M+ N/ c徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
+ w* T; |% I* l新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
6 h% ^: H2 M' N$ u; W% h: t虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.6 W. A3 b7 p7 r7 f% W$ p; s
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off# s7 ?! y% G) ~7 |/ _7 X9 k
心想事成May all your wish come true
: f/ U+ E6 } k0 I4 x9 S心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding' }9 O7 s. P0 u( a, d2 B
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
& L& u2 d9 U1 g2 B先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
, b) \& W; H- i8 V5 ?像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
* Z2 L! z ^- A# n0 `现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example( a p& e+ b D9 t7 v3 e$ O
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 8 W% [% z; _/ ]; b
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 0 I \) o2 t0 i6 }/ T
循序渐进step by step# N8 Z+ x: Q/ B1 S% F
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
) M* ?: E9 N; ^) F1 j. U严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others1 L2 [; r2 O0 r; X3 F9 e+ d8 N
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey/ [3 p$ {' C7 ^. ]/ i
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 4 H* Z& E/ ]4 P
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.8 m. c: r) Y3 `: V3 H
有识之士people of vision) W" @: U1 q# \! U' b
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain ( \) W' ~& |4 K) y- H+ e6 o3 Z4 m
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
" L, P% |3 Q7 S- w+ P% y与时俱进advance with times3 f( S/ s- v; s# i% M
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
7 o) l- w4 c) p; X% D$ ]( y: q因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 5 `- _& l0 u# X3 N% _
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."
5 ]( L E. D) |欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. . T) a/ h: {5 S/ [3 Q
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest - v1 n G# B, G
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.2 [6 B6 A& k; ?8 B, p
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
! T! L& u) d% h9 \冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
. V# [& a5 @* @& x一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. ' R4 z" F4 g* w' W& B9 C
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
$ ~5 y. }( p- P; n0 n5 j, ?0 P债台高筑become debt-ridden
6 X4 U x; e+ D J致命要害Achilles' heel
# L2 n3 S, r: t& C, i- [; Y众矢之的target of public criticism
! x/ O* p% i, O3 c; E* f. 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.$ p, }$ ~. f3 F8 {7 s
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist+ w [/ j" c; e3 b# B$ {/ U
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
8 a$ k. p% |) r# Z左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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