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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
. ~$ R: a) `/ z百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
& k" m4 C) `' O' R: v7 C/ e* F) ^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 worst0 T- d7 D5 K9 G+ J6 D; o
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
I; Q) M0 o+ W' w9 P不眠之夜white night 5 B, |& M( q0 P! Y6 d
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
; p; s/ ]7 t1 [ }) f2 J# }8 `不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
- a. I. n! a2 S0 b1 _6 t! o, K不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
- ~6 Q" L0 ~* L. T' c拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
& N1 K3 K- S' K辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
8 A7 U0 k' r$ ]$ ^1 }7 a7 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, V$ G' A" z, ]! Y
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
/ @' Z& R- P4 _6 A国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
& v, G ^) B2 Y, D' o& n( T# q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 ; }3 I) _0 q5 m
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
$ Z; i9 ]- p, |6 w% m% w好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more$ F0 Y2 K" u7 m: J4 w: y
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. / I' l" I; N/ q: }* I, m+ w
和气生财Harmony brings wealth; D- t; p8 a/ s1 P k' q
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. : x3 H. l9 `- r/ G: L- t. N
既往不咎let bygones be bygones 5 Y' v% g# X8 {6 e# ^
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. ' c% H- e; r+ ]: p% C
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
% W/ S5 X# L( W1 R7 v) Y5 ~: g/ L1 g脚踏实地be down-to-earth
0 @8 c& k9 L- G8 G2 r6 z) g脚踩两只船sit on the fence
0 [* A, v8 _- v% o2 r$ p君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
+ \: ?. e1 P3 h: }; s老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
) X5 w/ l' [0 M- T4 A/ N% b礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 3 S) j" ?0 o' K" j' n( w n3 y
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."# J. C; e1 f: b1 W
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success8 B1 ^# ^; S# w. r& P
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
0 \9 h% }( a7 s' _' F5 J茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened2 w1 x! C1 M3 Q7 o' v8 |* H
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.+ k9 D% s: P4 o* {4 T% k7 V1 ?3 b
每逢佳节倍思亲, L2 D& _+ x+ k* `: X4 B
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
5 ?, K' V( E# t) I1 ^It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
) M# T* j6 }$ t d+ W. Q谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
1 Q% W/ k1 j) _* |7 j$ L# O! [& L弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.7 R& U, P* G- \* J8 ]0 X6 n3 k
拿手好戏masterpiece
% b7 A! C; Q& n+ `赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad! k4 e* K9 O: l( [
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
" B. t6 E/ M1 G2 `+ k1 Y8 J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
% E" ^$ I) D" J4 O% A抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
" |& b3 S" d; G6 P3 C& E7 S) J* q- i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.
$ A+ k) T, h: F3 v4 Q& Z0 l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 step4 i, B: b/ F- n/ |+ B/ d0 o( X
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
, f+ h- ^ j" B5 r+ D' |1 \7 \前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
6 i. k! F) f3 h( KOne sows and another reaps.; E+ D: o% w# s+ I' R7 K8 s0 e
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something. ~% M# Y5 r% B4 |* N& O) R) b+ 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 d9 p' h- S0 w: y9 E, o强强联手win-win co-operation; _: S5 J4 L6 |
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.6 w Q V! P) X9 |
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
4 X; m& c1 v4 q" A+ m0 ?. Z人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
! U: p( f7 Y5 [9 A4 O) A, P4 [0 L人海战术huge-crowd strategy
- X0 M0 c0 H! Y6 W世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
8 p: T; y, q5 I世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; : A% [; I" p$ i# @
死而后已until my heart stops beating/ D* h; N* E) ^
岁岁平安Peace all year round8 h H" Q# C7 @7 m
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
, ^) O, I8 K0 y' b! y塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
& g! \' `% L* N; H3 P7 [0 }& o# h三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
0 D6 U) \, P% }, T8 v+ B1 H$ BAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." ; i" U1 R" c% j* [. |6 R
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
$ L' Z2 l+ i2 M4 G四十不惑Life begins at forty.
0 q& r$ }. _# t' ]0 `: v5 {谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " 1 l" Z. w2 Y4 I- d6 P5 E# Q; f' w7 C
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
5 o& T$ [# y" L: T) N$ ]0 f) l时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
7 g6 {6 Z: Z6 x2 O' G% D/ {杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
4 v3 n( ~# C! \6 v- r N- \实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts , m! |) f) r' h+ d5 ^0 \$ H2 ]
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
+ k6 @ P- r, b& ^! O2 J实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is . I' K1 k5 l% i2 F3 a/ I
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.# Q9 M4 y% Y/ f+ h, `6 N) f
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; "* }/ X1 `& D+ Z7 q' f+ Z
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time' \; n7 A# e H# p# V, |3 @& |1 Z
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets* E) ^. A# Z+ c8 k3 F: y
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue8 y% J8 ?0 \$ D7 |+ q: @* q' G
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
9 [* G% D/ G: e, C% B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 + y# i6 s2 z& p% v4 r! v
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
+ ?* z/ K; ^. V( `5 W4 W, t物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
) u6 P5 w) ~. _$ ]! m往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
. n3 ~. _8 z5 t5 M, ]望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child) h5 P. Z. i. g, M
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
4 B0 f5 r' f0 }4 [文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
, i8 L8 Q* R' q4 K; E! e唯利是图draw water to one's mill
- U3 C- _! {! [& q7 ]0 n无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
; [2 W3 h5 T9 W6 }; I( [无中生有make/create something out of nothing
' }* T9 t6 o+ G+ c1 y6 x' l0 o无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
7 D: S" f f" Y) s徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 7 r; O8 F! C. ^0 P' {& R7 S2 ^' \
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
# d$ {& c* P. x9 T8 w虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
Y6 p% y: J, q蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off0 f; X, g5 r* Q* C$ x
心想事成May all your wish come true/ x0 x5 v& j" |& m& r( H
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding0 J* `% F7 _' ?7 Z
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
8 k8 t: V) d7 w/ p, ?先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
. _1 t' g* k: P; P; ]; g像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
& ^. R2 U% \3 @$ }# p现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
4 K/ f& z& x- j7 X2 \) p息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters ( ]8 i0 `7 M! {. f2 e7 c
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
. y/ r& B T7 u ~& F循序渐进step by step
& _+ h0 u$ K+ M8 H2 h$ m一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
( \* l- R, G Q严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others- F) }+ D: P, H4 |7 j* m
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey( y/ W# N' H, H& k8 X1 M' _
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
' ?. l! `2 M: w: Y有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
# r2 K. Z, o5 J7 i4 m有识之士people of vision* X; e) J4 Z$ ~( l9 i
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain 6 n9 O# M# i( c1 V
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
0 w! J5 _7 E B2 t7 \与时俱进advance with times3 E: O( G' m. n8 U k! Z
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
9 l6 I8 M% Y0 L3 C5 u因材施教teach students according to their aptitude ; u: E, Z: U: L* }, u
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." , s2 A7 U. T) Q5 R. B/ N+ ]# y
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
9 Y/ |4 E% O& f& |: X优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
- E4 {% v8 y8 n/ K英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
9 E8 }, S/ ~6 } ]冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
& W1 a7 `" I+ \" ~- B) s冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" , k4 l4 l: B" D3 d6 p9 Q5 @+ Z
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. 3 E5 T. m% X9 ^: D
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
( n6 H m2 o" W& k/ y% T债台高筑become debt-ridden, l! {+ p2 G1 z% T3 N
致命要害Achilles' heel
* o# G, T2 x- `0 A, M5 q( H众矢之的target of public criticism
/ P7 j$ A6 l2 l$ X P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.
! d+ y4 N) X5 B# h纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist0 g+ s5 e. z# c, {7 n1 L7 X/ ^" R
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.3 P4 B% R+ H# ^! J
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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