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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
; C ^' y, H8 ]0 F( b0 f- O- i/ g) j百闻不如一见Seeing is believing., j8 p) D1 M/ y$ @
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
4 j2 e( r5 q- b0 s0 C! M笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
' l; x7 q- z; t4 K6 {' {# ?5 b不眠之夜white night : b0 {/ Z% W7 Z+ v
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses- i2 V' w0 q2 @6 \
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best5 D" `$ r, q# N
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
0 u h6 [, S6 N5 p7 y拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
" I7 n! y! n& a1 m2 I( _$ ]辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new + N) { @3 @/ d3 Z, z! l
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
9 _- }# U& C6 v b! x大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
* t J" _$ Z! Q/ Y0 F% z国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace- B1 M @7 A+ a6 Z
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
" V, o; C& q, w' @0 k功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. ( t% O3 R3 s- d; l2 \
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
7 t4 `' J$ q) s' \$ w3 j, J好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
1 a9 c2 G# X9 w! k- M和气生财Harmony brings wealth
& t' T- L& ?) a0 L; L" b活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
2 Q+ i4 M5 U0 a0 W# C1 B S既往不咎let bygones be bygones
Y8 K7 `/ A3 ~9 G; g6 i金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
. V3 n( `* I [( N7 U金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
4 L* u1 T5 S. b% Z, c脚踏实地be down-to-earth
3 B: | h0 L, ~. a7 X) j) p脚踩两只船sit on the fence
- s: b- T+ N" R. \' N; g- c' [. `君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green - O. s6 [: l' g$ z
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché- c6 K. ^" {$ }$ D! d6 Q& t! G
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
& y6 p4 Q1 P y8 E# w0 j$ k, p0 L留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
1 n" I9 v7 N$ W+ L马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success3 c L$ |- e6 X- P0 y
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
! K( p9 ^$ H$ D- [6 R8 _/ f4 G4 m% L茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
7 x! R. F$ }. K没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
/ g6 R0 n; P% \每逢佳节倍思亲+ L( [; ~. I& |2 t4 N- {- x( e9 P, y3 M4 l
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
% g* B, G0 i8 l; }, o* XIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. 8 G& U1 i L" |
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "3 i0 a; p- ^0 c9 U+ N7 }, e
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.0 f& K* L4 D: t; g' [4 v1 R; h' i) ~; S
拿手好戏masterpiece1 ?) Q# Q. t' l: B
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad3 z* }- F; m0 u# ^: ]
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale% M0 N' p8 F) g* J* h* H) L
破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end4 E* e$ u O1 ~% U) P6 h V! Q
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
9 n8 i& _# z6 M' i" {5 T& E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.
% x4 } R2 f; D6 u* b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( i% n- K/ z! W( Q4 d, P
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
: o+ i# \( R$ I* {前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
B5 u# X+ t" T, }One sows and another reaps.4 c0 h: t C" |$ t1 X7 [0 I
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something7 k. z6 f4 y! k8 `' \
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.
; J; m8 w2 ~1 M4 M0 ~强强联手win-win co-operation! T. s) \8 D0 K$ R2 ^; p: E
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
. \, H/ r. N1 f8 O+ Z人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good./ f) f6 D5 o- h2 D" T6 z
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
% y( M/ i+ X+ ]7 X2 ]人海战术huge-crowd strategy 4 \; @2 `& d, F
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " " a$ S5 B( u6 I4 X) ~
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; 3 e( U, e7 [+ `" @; S/ L
死而后已until my heart stops beating. z8 B+ K. P7 V1 u2 }
岁岁平安Peace all year round- L6 a1 ^) D4 I+ _- b
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." ) v3 r; ]: f8 g7 @5 j' m; s8 }% G M
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
/ Q! J/ T, b) R" S三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 3 ?1 p1 S! h/ e4 Z: M
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." 2 l; K+ z, _6 G: m' ^( w0 H( t6 y) X, Y
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
+ _: Q6 P( T1 P$ j四十不惑Life begins at forty.
6 t- o! p2 e5 N Y: g' n& S$ h谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " ! W: a8 D/ N4 W3 p @! P
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.) g3 {/ m( j# J# Q+ j
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. ) |# K" l1 ?# v% i: C) M
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
8 ^* ~5 ]; f. x3 k9 ]9 F$ R实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
4 u# R" B5 S5 f) k% V0 y说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
/ w0 x. H9 D5 j# w2 [' O/ M实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
! p$ ^' i, C1 F- x9 D) n# |实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.$ h9 ]1 M% N' t5 Z
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; "% ~# f. f6 P+ ?* m k
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time- K- Z; z! h+ O5 y9 i5 c
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
# f: t, t2 r" f1 A& M天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue( \8 |) E+ b* L
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
( G" n8 g/ G( p4 z; D. Y+ f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 , o8 P) h9 ^7 Q( S: `5 H* T
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
2 i" @3 F" X2 }, v; m, _5 \物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
1 w! ?! t, d2 E& z8 G8 {' Y4 Y' M往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
7 J V7 U; w F$ H' i( I' t2 Y! d望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child6 [4 F0 c+ z9 C! k5 y- u
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.7 r- p; q4 A0 m f$ x8 p
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy 1 p! l- W! [8 ~$ O, @
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
2 U. B$ ^% r8 `* [无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
* \5 K# h$ _- A( o& e无中生有make/create something out of nothing 6 j. N# m9 U, m
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire." v4 j" P K( Z* B# H* h' d
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
% x% x& V9 b7 f* h新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean / T9 z) K& z' _: U6 ^- p, F
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
6 U. l, ~1 i. A9 |( u2 y蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off' @* q' `. j+ _- \% a6 ?
心想事成May all your wish come true
) q+ @7 K5 v, p u/ b( _( {7 O, ?! i心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding! d: c8 [1 w! c( j' ]
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
r7 Y' f; X n- N0 E. m先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
4 G' _5 o4 w. B/ i( ~% H像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan( l" t" J6 L8 p
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
+ U1 D& u# D2 ^' Z* P息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters ( k4 [ ~/ ~0 H3 k. _7 \
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
1 k/ z, y5 s5 k循序渐进step by step
4 B" }. B9 }# \ D$ e' v" G8 H, \5 m一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
$ J H- @+ j! k5 _3 V严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others" V% K% \6 ~1 p
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
8 m s& c* F: M' N! g. g有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 8 O6 H9 v& _% F& M# n8 d
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
6 O6 i3 K% x0 R% b+ ]有识之士people of vision
. @8 [/ L0 ?% L% L有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
* [; x. I0 B- l有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
: k4 e) h$ _2 J; Y与时俱进advance with times8 b" ~) l5 V o# h
以人为本people oriented; people foremost ; ?8 I: z2 u. h" ?; B$ K6 v
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
& T' t5 V& t; F {; l 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."
& o4 v9 A4 x. @* s8 e$ G欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. $ }9 s/ s: L; U3 a
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
) T: M" N) x' A( \: N英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
4 K3 R) S# I; _冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
: F% Z3 J' s' f6 L. S6 O( q冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" / L9 K$ v; c0 d" f5 [ _/ S
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. & E' L6 D$ s/ O' S6 O6 ?
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
/ s. {1 {: i. S% p4 q K债台高筑become debt-ridden
r' g% T) B n4 r E! X Z致命要害Achilles' heel 8 G6 ?+ i9 X) A8 E) i8 g
众矢之的target of public criticism9 A9 b# q6 E! G2 P9 _
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.
( {6 j, J( b% o$ ]) w纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
# R- q6 o! k4 f( O M# t纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.* ^0 a) j& j' S. h$ G* h1 i. [8 e
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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