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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
" ^! ?+ W) n; f) H: x百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
8 d8 B3 J0 R" x7 G {( z, w) K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) o# l# _: b' l+ b$ @& ^. e
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
: D& H0 C# J6 |5 f不眠之夜white night
! d' e w4 v$ |不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses% R; d9 p. | A" S
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best1 W. }/ d8 ], d6 P
不打不成交"No discord, no concord. . g2 m" R& u! c6 l, n Q
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
9 o) m& f: Q, K; `! D辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
5 X/ P% Y% s" n: Y) b. |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
# w. X& G/ M" P( o! j大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 8 e9 z/ p4 [' U/ |# @/ e$ {
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
( A" [0 t% \: @# `: g" A, V9 x @( `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 & S+ u) d% W* W- Q
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
T" ^; i' I) Q+ V" h6 O好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more7 T2 ~7 f$ y$ T# _# W: w
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 3 m4 E8 Y* H# O6 g& T0 M$ }
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
& P/ y0 o4 c) O: M) {活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. - s0 b4 Q7 y% F! L# x# w* V
既往不咎let bygones be bygones
' o0 i S* b: @5 Y金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 4 `9 g2 c8 r0 ~' ]3 F9 t
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home$ u0 W7 Q, _9 H* O5 h: f1 L$ U
脚踏实地be down-to-earth
8 o$ B5 a; E% |8 q* a8 b# y0 V脚踩两只船sit on the fence ) Z7 i9 d7 X8 n/ J5 u) V
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green # `* A C2 d5 `1 V; F9 y( r# Z
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
q3 E+ p9 f) ~, x ]; c) Y$ D礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
8 N$ w5 C& i) N8 o3 w/ z留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
5 v( p5 B; [2 n马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
- L9 a5 t. u! t+ S! o/ o% {名利双收gain in both fame and wealth" C" l0 [1 b7 I( N
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened$ Q+ O1 _7 \7 x9 A, n* e0 c9 n9 t
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.. m n8 Q" N* I' n* F
每逢佳节倍思亲
S; k% ~: ^- z9 dOn festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.0 U6 M4 [+ v- O9 E( E# A
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. 3 ] c) M6 Y) n) i2 O* Z4 x4 J
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. ". |$ h9 s+ r4 L) q! b2 F9 n
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.' N6 L5 ~2 n+ M, p8 d. L6 b
拿手好戏masterpiece
4 l* i1 H& k9 e9 r! l: `" M赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
8 P- ]% }5 W. c; n3 _抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale+ p8 S. ]+ C( T3 W# z
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/ |1 B- Q3 ?# \3 K; Q! T
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 5 u2 Y" J, a O4 F0 A$ S" k
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.
8 M p, |) b9 \$ ?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* G7 e6 H) g+ k! Q d& {
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future./ P9 k- f9 _0 J% S" Q# B
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.: I& b: v0 I7 i9 `: Z. Y% _' P2 C
One sows and another reaps.
5 U& i' k/ r& J- \: y3 p0 B前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something* T: D4 e+ U: `+ \* f* e
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.
7 Z3 ^. ^1 n$ Q% ~* ^2 l7 z; _强强联手win-win co-operation
: E9 E5 T1 Q, L2 c9 Z; |瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
: H/ b- B% q3 _0 x6 }( F2 Z人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
" I+ N. C7 c9 l( |人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man." D! d0 I9 m9 ^6 I9 h4 V
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
& F% ?9 g' G$ [- j: F世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
2 r& d- }2 H0 _, a3 {# N世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
1 T( F* s4 ` O# A" A9 r- n, V# y死而后已until my heart stops beating7 H( g0 E7 G& d! b# ]. d
岁岁平安Peace all year round
% K( L% C( Y# ?! p9 q上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." 5 @+ K3 L0 H- w
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.0 \% e7 d' c2 D6 A4 L5 J
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
: i. I R5 u" J+ o- F- n& SAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
/ O! R7 V. J% x0 E升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)) l& C# M8 U* r) U, o' B1 }
四十不惑Life begins at forty. ' i# m9 u3 l8 M6 c C# o
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
& Q O( a9 e6 M: K {5 {9 g水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.0 b3 v, S4 Z0 j! g
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. 0 O3 A, B. }6 S
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel/ P/ J7 g! p2 S+ G
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
" A$ Z L' U1 j6 `: w# \说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
; S% f' v6 \, w2 C0 f实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is 6 x3 D4 h0 O$ h$ V
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
( d" W7 ?* V& Y, l4 F0 o0 ]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; "$ l* F' S5 C' S2 E& [5 k4 z
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
# `8 W' H9 f0 f' A糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets3 h0 O `9 |/ ~' `2 _$ t
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
2 J- r5 Y# ^ {* _: O团结就是力量Unity is strength.0 n1 u. K P* q" Q1 }& Q
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
. x7 b y+ [: J! V; [, ~( h歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
3 l9 X0 b; v6 B% P. y& R! u物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.- ^, r" P% {; v
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." 8 Z y1 Y. k6 e) M* y' Z
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child) C- {! N: u8 ]
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
, y s2 u- W; k1 t3 b( \9 E文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
' q& R3 u ^7 e% K, B- @, S7 z唯利是图draw water to one's mill ; Z6 d1 E v0 l; _" v# I
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots2 ~$ |9 ~6 c2 Q* Y4 a
无中生有make/create something out of nothing : M, y6 s4 u: |" w
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.8 n6 W' _5 D" g
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends ( k& G# L1 t4 U) c
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
. a) T. H2 }8 a9 j' v- f; V! l- o虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.4 [1 l- r& V. @, S2 o0 c' h
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off( m/ w* B- Y; W7 f8 f
心想事成May all your wish come true
: z' a" y8 c; |: U. E- _0 j心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
4 R! n2 Z" c6 K: ?7 f8 |先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.( R; L+ w9 u! w+ G+ Q
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound' Z: `8 w/ y' F2 r
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan' p# Y. v& K8 `/ w
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
7 N5 W- ]) S: K+ ?息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
) r1 I* q! N; R1 E1 ]2 i& { h6 r1 ?3 |喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
3 \7 T+ G9 Y6 S8 Z循序渐进step by step
" a2 u1 [4 K* c/ y* F9 ]% p一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
) ~( M- l3 k7 g( X严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others4 Z8 f \0 o& P N
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey& ~. q4 D! U. D, d+ ?% M. e6 S* W
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
! R) y+ F- ?( M/ F, [5 c+ n% v0 a有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
" v1 T+ l; K6 Z, `3 U" _有识之士people of vision
4 U2 K8 _* b0 }9 ]$ @ k$ K有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain + w! X$ f. K6 y8 K: ^# [. z3 j
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.0 z; Q8 e7 T6 l7 _6 e* F
与时俱进advance with times' o8 S0 J' u, j( C7 a# E* t
以人为本people oriented; people foremost % e) T4 g% F# l7 }" }! r k' G
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude . A/ k" j$ K: f0 E# K8 r
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."
9 j! D' d9 p; P& r欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
% h! |1 z5 S$ ?- i: P, O优胜劣汰survival of the fittest & m" B! \8 r' e/ j0 q
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
& f# \- }8 e1 T, ?/ _. P& k* w1 `! I冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
% @/ e$ Q6 j; R9 V/ }* L q" Z冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
7 d& Y6 z" v) X) N" q$ u一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. 1 k& `1 z+ C6 \8 ?* ]# k! A+ W
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful2 B4 r! D) W- L0 H; V9 L' |. q. W
债台高筑become debt-ridden V, a5 I- ?3 G+ y: A: g3 ?7 S
致命要害Achilles' heel
/ s% }# V' J4 Y众矢之的target of public criticism
% a$ `* m% ~/ d3 ~1 k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; B" Y" Z$ U9 M9 n/ {7 |纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
: K% h0 U8 z3 K0 m' a纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
* } ^3 [; D ~/ Y B左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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