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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.& q; j3 {' |! I; S1 M' f
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.% ~" ~0 U. g7 V7 H# O" m+ j
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% x0 }. a4 q3 y% G8 _5 t
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
" t# ~0 g9 J' T, I不眠之夜white night # r$ b* }6 z& O$ |% v1 s0 q
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
! T* _+ j3 H, X. |" G% x不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
h4 g E9 s+ O9 O0 ?& ^+ X不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
6 o+ [4 L5 n: L# D* V, G拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
$ N5 h, n0 _- i" z辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 6 V: e9 [+ U% ?+ K7 [! g7 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' y- ~1 q7 P" u1 j
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener ' F: I# `( m# F$ c/ f
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
: Y P( f5 x3 ]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 ) b, l2 m$ Y/ `; x( Y# n
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. # ^9 |: S4 P4 {3 Y- I6 C, s
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more: K0 v- L; V0 e
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. ( c4 T- Z: C) l; r
和气生财Harmony brings wealth$ l1 e7 y" o8 T$ L7 R) {7 ^8 g
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
% ~( ^3 S+ L% z( F既往不咎let bygones be bygones
4 m! e! n/ |& q( j金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. ) Y5 X9 _1 \9 q, x8 [" \7 O
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home' V, p! s6 K& I {! d) O+ p U/ Z
脚踏实地be down-to-earth ) ^) E7 T" Y m+ c( j
脚踩两只船sit on the fence $ M% @" A! d2 f# C7 o/ {
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
9 P3 r, R# ?( x" |$ k老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché6 i1 I! A5 t, O
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
) ]" f6 {6 X8 L3 e留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."3 O+ `/ x$ f- n, x9 @" A
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
) n- W: r+ {+ _7 b9 E+ }& H名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
% S K4 u3 h3 z p H2 }1 H: `茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
3 P* T2 ~( \' s) W7 o, h# j没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.# q3 M8 t$ h5 w4 K
每逢佳节倍思亲! c, Q0 V' K+ C: Z3 q* Y% M
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away. }; y0 [9 n" ~6 W. @9 O& U9 L6 I
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
: ?" k( n. l9 y6 _谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
2 J3 `. O) [4 R/ ?弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.2 G- @6 ?+ ^: |
拿手好戏masterpiece( a; s7 }) e+ z3 H
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad1 B# M) P7 U" }7 j
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
3 I; L1 Y4 g' D+ k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
Y/ W* k( u/ V* S) R$ W; ~5 k1 U抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 3 ~/ T$ b5 L" Z9 h
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.
0 @: P4 H V% O# e+ ~: `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) z# F2 w" }$ }3 p
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
5 w+ Y7 y- E9 n: ~6 n3 N. W; a前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.2 |1 o+ o9 @+ E# O4 q
One sows and another reaps.
7 q- \; H1 D, i4 D7 ] M6 Z9 {前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
# Y7 p. Y/ g( {' b0 T' h3 l+ z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.
) n, v; X T T; P( f强强联手win-win co-operation3 k/ p* n2 J, I" Y( r- y% n
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
" u+ g1 W0 d6 o9 j+ x; D3 O人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
" f) m) |- J+ v! V% W I x人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.4 @3 g" C' p- J# J: s+ |( D0 E
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
5 m& v0 J; V( S: H" K5 l4 b; {世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
( @4 S8 [. ~9 H& ?+ I世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
7 K+ n2 J1 N ]0 n/ @$ @- M死而后已until my heart stops beating ?/ h, s/ P% o H7 \% r
岁岁平安Peace all year round& D4 e# d8 K: m4 G
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." $ ]% x- N" L& V, T& I5 e
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing./ U$ C( T: H. J- N4 r
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. ( G2 l5 \# q" x( h) Y! T. W( B
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
4 G2 R, g5 g/ k, V0 [7 u升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
( `3 b5 ~( Y9 C2 a" x2 V, F) n四十不惑Life begins at forty.
- b4 l* A1 Z2 J) H5 y- c: q谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " 9 A. b3 z% l. P" a: j* ?# h
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.8 i. P6 j" [1 @! i' C8 X. A0 _" G
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. 1 _' M; \( d% Z6 R2 r
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel8 l( F" B. S7 N8 C% B+ P. s
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
# a! Q# w" h. T( J# V( D. E, i说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
9 `2 E1 a& B$ j ^2 Z4 m# o实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
i# r. n9 R% T" V6 N( n- [8 \实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.9 ^; V2 [7 a# q2 i ?9 L- j6 t+ {
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; "
7 I( H5 ~0 c, h5 w( x" [韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time1 M2 ?! q( K7 V# W3 h0 y, |
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets; @( W6 m+ \9 a
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue4 ?, O* J- o/ ?
团结就是力量Unity is strength.' s% ~9 @1 d9 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 8 H- v+ L9 J+ r5 J
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena" e) m9 x/ n* @) j
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
! g h3 f7 g! E: C2 }0 e往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." ' X, _$ B) ~* `) o6 Y- T
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child! t c$ o- d$ ^1 {
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.0 S: F8 t* A# N: @+ h. \1 M# |
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy 3 I4 E% J7 f0 w8 G0 @2 X, ~4 _
唯利是图draw water to one's mill 0 |8 S ^* j. T2 x6 ?' i3 }
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
7 n) h [# h' Q* g无中生有make/create something out of nothing + Y; Y* g+ A* t/ u4 `8 a4 s. i
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.( n5 e4 P1 `$ @; [/ q/ p8 K
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
, P8 v b' ~, O6 o新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
8 k+ g; @) o# S4 u( x- N虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
! \% Y! h& }/ k4 {蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
/ e' \. }$ ?: ~( m心想事成May all your wish come true
( b) a" [! Z' S7 z2 y心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
$ N1 E8 q- A& y先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched., R) Q$ J7 R7 v+ r }: |" s. [
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
" S* d5 t, `5 W# \8 N5 g像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
$ f4 q6 [; N8 O$ _2 L现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example5 V. b" C }! S# b4 t6 S, \
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 6 Q. j4 P+ V) _
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
; J! [9 B* q- L# f: C8 v循序渐进step by step% T v$ \4 n: K3 B% I4 E( G% o/ I
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
( _6 [; f x9 c, O$ f严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
* D0 P2 h5 j1 E鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey" Z! o1 h+ c. l0 P% P4 c" [7 R* }6 B
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
$ k. F! o! s! h& s; g有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
- X- \& Z' G* j& g5 R* h; B- w$ z3 l有识之士people of vision
9 Z- ]% P! @1 c2 V2 p+ b* |有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
0 X1 {* [. ^5 o8 Z有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
3 r* C1 T& v, U与时俱进advance with times/ j: d, F9 j: g9 \
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
* T& Y! l) s2 x& b; S. `8 N因材施教teach students according to their aptitude $ X4 S" u- Q+ q- u. g- a6 z
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." ; P# g/ ~! X$ N' q5 J) G# I
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. / I9 }: I3 `# w* v
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest ! m* e7 t- O9 B% r# B' o; {
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
4 N, @% N3 f8 ]: w7 l' a冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.9 h) m( B) m. J* u9 L
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" ; G9 ]% f) ^' M8 N {1 ?0 `
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. . @6 B, n* I* r$ k: H$ @' |! E: N
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
+ b6 C5 I- x- z债台高筑become debt-ridden2 V6 C( x4 C+ y: c
致命要害Achilles' heel
" u% J( a" ~- U; ]众矢之的target of public criticism
3 W: e) f5 U0 B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.
: y$ z# g( i- \' a. q& ~" p纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist0 |" @9 e+ b* Q$ E
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.9 C8 Y6 c' O6 [0 D
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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