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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.; S4 J8 C/ ?; p0 S0 r
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
# ^% l0 F6 B5 J$ R! }5 q; R# Z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
! I8 W* `% E" b5 ] O6 i/ b笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
9 e( R4 x6 {5 M. R6 q+ h& d6 [7 j8 M不眠之夜white night
" ?; F% `* y4 x. {3 ?不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
! R* U3 M3 q- K- v. T! T1 y. x0 O不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
" K8 [. O2 D' g$ b不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
& ]6 ^( p5 Y+ K* ?( J拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul 6 H! i' }0 x+ `9 y! w
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new + e- a5 p% G" y3 a2 z
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
; \0 u& A9 F8 U* Q( w: K# C大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener ; N/ a" A9 u8 O& N9 \
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
+ }; P; Z2 B) [+ a6 B: e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
}7 T; Z i. x% B! d; Y: M, b功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
. B7 t, p2 i9 T6 N3 T5 h好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more) P: ]8 r* ^; h+ J* Z
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
$ }" X M" N" b和气生财Harmony brings wealth. p+ M6 A! y3 b" g( f
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
$ p& `! I/ _% s/ L; {既往不咎let bygones be bygones ( S' f6 a6 ]+ {. @9 j3 |
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. * l9 l7 N% k* ^1 S) g/ P z
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
& N7 i) m. E+ L1 o5 m4 M3 Z/ |脚踏实地be down-to-earth
1 u% U+ G/ i2 g+ q# @6 M脚踩两只船sit on the fence
$ S1 k$ S/ E- ^* k7 X& ?君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 4 d3 [3 y' |2 v5 T
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché1 O$ [2 [' r+ t
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
5 u) M7 D! }' F5 U8 l. {留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
" E" h6 R, u! U; e3 E1 q2 i马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success# Q: N9 l5 d r8 @0 T
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth8 m4 j1 N, s* ]- J0 Y2 t" y [; ]
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
; T' K; P1 _. v" c W8 f4 U: T% \! ]没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards." r* W# M7 G' j/ G9 i8 b
每逢佳节倍思亲# e0 P# N7 @6 p% `/ Q; y. \; `8 X
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.' j5 }) m, a9 u/ U) M4 D
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. 3 B7 X' q- F! y* j) E
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
& _, S* A+ `; W. \3 d3 B: |0 w- e弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
" ^4 U/ m7 }- I: o; t* C8 b9 ?拿手好戏masterpiece: R' H0 f! h+ y1 d+ A
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
' R5 }. T% @" W2 q7 s0 f. z# P5 Q2 n抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale$ u/ \$ r' O2 o9 D6 t/ I* k% a
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 q; o3 z8 d4 G0 b& I
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
( h: F0 S7 r" { I" X# l3 K# A- b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.
: d2 B9 }9 X& U8 ]# h6 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
8 i. d9 ^+ p! b6 R$ p4 ~前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future./ L! {* m$ @& R# f. I
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.; w* e- L# c* G, p4 t
One sows and another reaps.+ [5 Y8 K% D7 m2 M7 r: [
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
, Z) `, _. O* f, z k {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. . f$ H/ q0 E r2 G, @$ B
强强联手win-win co-operation
# Y; N6 e" K' G6 _. V: C$ w瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest. N( b" o: p: M7 h! q2 L
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
9 F9 \) D- @1 O0 s/ A3 S人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
0 U$ c h7 D; N4 e人海战术huge-crowd strategy + Q1 F- E' p% M6 Q& O. r
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " " ]( p: D/ [9 Q i) J
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
2 ~9 j% k4 i2 h2 U死而后已until my heart stops beating/ L" U( a. k# K, b# k; i7 Q/ S
岁岁平安Peace all year round5 Y7 { m4 _- v
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." 2 C" k; M, R' @
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.5 U) x# e4 o2 o( ~0 U7 Z, S# E
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 8 o% N# ~3 g5 J( `- S" c& m
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." 8 h/ t' ? n/ Z$ F/ m4 o/ y
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
6 m1 _7 F; D7 [; n$ r/ ~: \四十不惑Life begins at forty. * G1 _4 r, N8 E- o
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
: g: w; \7 K5 P水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.9 ~7 d# L6 ~( y6 i# B. V2 H
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
$ c7 c. w1 [2 _+ l" w杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
7 G# K. v( \& [0 c$ g实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
% Q: d& t! z0 B/ R说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
! g# J- l8 U% J. H实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is , I8 [) x% A6 s* [' k6 J" N
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.. J: {% l& j( D2 X( C
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; "* H1 m3 m2 W7 I. q6 G' F
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time& P' r0 b: ?- t2 H2 K7 k3 H7 O
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets: H6 C0 j+ `0 F; J3 S$ H' Y
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue+ {& y3 O; G* S
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
( v4 [6 P5 r/ d' {4 Q# {! f0 X' l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
* w: L. R1 G+ W {$ A: `1 |歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena1 ]* N$ o# D1 a! Q* u, C
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
4 S/ n4 s- p8 E# s, q; b/ A9 G9 @! L往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
1 Y Q$ O6 x- v, `望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
5 c3 ^. ?: U" a b' t/ V/ E: H) y8 f屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours., Y& [0 i7 F7 J$ N
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
; m6 @% Q# V8 y/ l. p! a3 c N, L% c- e唯利是图draw water to one's mill
7 u- I, [4 q; [8 b8 i& ?无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots6 e& n4 B3 O- N7 m/ _6 H
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
: P9 [) W5 F9 q( i" N4 E无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
& ]/ h" z$ g. g7 U' T徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
) `; c5 Z& M( t新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
+ b6 d4 V V @: l2 T. W虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
/ x# [( b9 H- I+ L1 g; l蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off/ [. R' `6 V: F! O* t0 L: }0 u
心想事成May all your wish come true/ M3 @8 ]1 q/ w/ q
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding* X. Q" B; }4 r7 {5 {
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.3 [% S4 V- ~3 B( x
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound7 t! }: W4 t3 T! o! G6 z" L5 y9 h
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
) r' ]# T6 A9 Z0 s9 `现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
% G Q! [# b$ c9 O8 N/ j息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters , e* W, Y0 z5 V1 f% G4 ^8 ?# u
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear . z: B7 l* z4 f) _
循序渐进step by step$ T, n1 a( R0 t+ m+ D
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
- J9 D9 {5 m# g+ I* Y5 V1 y严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others6 v" a4 C& b3 C
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
- L4 B, E5 S( I2 c8 d j有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 3 o% j) q. |- I5 H0 c4 M1 K
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
, o9 V) \) u( f. \* n) _有识之士people of vision# P2 M% ]. [* ^
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain , z0 N4 m N/ m* `
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
* t+ U3 t" P* [ W0 Z% [与时俱进advance with times
, p* g! w' d. \: i以人为本people oriented; people foremost - C- N3 R- w4 }
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
9 A/ g7 B m b1 e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, K7 ^" {" U
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. / v/ h. W# D# \
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest ( Z; J8 B6 S6 T" [
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.: }0 \' @( t Y. ?% c0 |
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.9 N& _; n4 x- A- ~- F: j
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
9 C" `+ O* Q s1 ~" z6 E一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
! o2 F" `$ j1 _: E招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
% i" s: d" K9 N; U" F2 j1 P债台高筑become debt-ridden+ @& |* u& m* E# f" G
致命要害Achilles' heel 8 g- f# F0 _; D0 `: y
众矢之的target of public criticism
& i! z8 s$ G$ T0 L! W) S0 Y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.+ t2 D. W5 ^2 \- ?/ z
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist' j( |( v6 D+ e+ m# E/ v' ~. Y& ?
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.5 e! y4 z, z( }0 G) g
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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