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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.! M" E5 n& S4 P4 r& E# f
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.3 j- W: f5 b B: w/ R1 {( [
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
- v8 X. B! z, J笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start./ C" X, l6 H- p+ Y8 I* s- }
不眠之夜white night
7 ?' |& x _# A不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses6 |% A$ P; }( R2 G! m3 n
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best/ a# P1 Z& e, }8 Y
不打不成交"No discord, no concord. 1 x+ e+ @$ F9 W
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
. F' Q3 k& Z5 C8 P! g# t: Y$ ?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 _ n; T# E, }: I5 x5 h8 T& j8 c
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' c0 I8 L$ r2 l& }3 g6 [
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 0 P+ j, b5 D5 {. V5 q* `5 w+ S: Y8 R
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace9 ]! E8 d% t$ L! N$ \5 f3 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 " _+ Q" a) {/ d
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. ' w& s/ U( @, Z5 O9 x/ O4 ? C' {
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more5 n' T* V0 n: o
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 q6 F& o/ ~% P* U Z
和气生财Harmony brings wealth% N0 G$ i( R- ]% P; T
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. % v3 h) p( Q+ }
既往不咎let bygones be bygones ( Q6 n! V2 I) H# R
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
- i3 T! }, v+ v6 W; c" N6 K3 Q金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
- g3 P) e/ t4 C脚踏实地be down-to-earth ! [+ t: M) d' x7 P+ a
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
9 s; _7 U: y2 g4 g2 V" `君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
1 J* U& c1 v" S# U1 s& L( G, R老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché4 e7 q/ X% M# j6 O
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
+ J* M8 L5 H! l: P留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope.": F1 r U K3 `2 P, t: j
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
! C1 L$ _. r2 k& t( O4 j( w名利双收gain in both fame and wealth' o% ^$ u4 B3 y# B- A, s. F
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
/ f3 w( v9 t' ~5 v( R+ r1 o没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
' l, f9 v* b# F每逢佳节倍思亲
! `4 r; S) n0 Z, NOn festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
( x8 Y' M3 z W' H! KIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
5 G D/ l' c3 k4 g7 Q: ?1 y2 K谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "$ q! ^; G* [, X6 e* N! i
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
2 F3 r( H" `: ] t拿手好戏masterpiece
1 Z6 ] F+ P2 ~9 C- g2 N: k赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
6 K3 }& D R1 O) O2 S& C抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
# A6 {: T) b* A7 H6 o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
! T2 M2 n* k2 f9 J+ k1 U( k+ a抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
: `- v5 y* o$ I" e0 `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.' Y, j# x* ~' n6 l j2 V' 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 D- U- F+ m2 t0 b& T
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.4 {7 N6 l9 d! V1 n) X
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.$ }; I. s# t- b3 Z$ N
One sows and another reaps.1 ]5 K$ X- D* I: |; Y
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
: ?& a' {& z' u/ M9 k1 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.
" {1 U1 J: J- f3 Y* @/ H5 K: k强强联手win-win co-operation3 E0 V5 o* g# K G
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
e+ p, I g( s& r: A人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.0 w) j. L; ^2 d0 h$ `: c
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man./ _+ m, U* b( f/ U9 Y
人海战术huge-crowd strategy 5 J% r+ j- l8 e$ H0 T, M, [
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " . S5 Z1 V3 h/ _5 u
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
4 A# _( W( P+ x) ~1 j D死而后已until my heart stops beating( n* T, ?- e" g! y1 }
岁岁平安Peace all year round
, Z# K. o" L2 Q9 ^, @* s上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
6 ^* U0 x' X8 }3 D塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.( I0 R2 u+ t" g4 \3 P& ^
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
- e& f# j4 @7 }% @! s6 IAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
G3 V* r- y- j) Q! Z, G1 r }升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)5 t8 Z ~+ X7 v2 F. Y
四十不惑Life begins at forty. 3 B, H1 T$ m A: i* U1 ?/ X
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
2 H8 i& S @4 y7 F7 C- c8 y" F; g9 D水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.; c* A+ c" k$ g w2 O8 C2 ]
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
. T& Z+ j8 i1 z6 s! {杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel. F# L, Q( m5 K) t
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
3 L. L& u5 G( A% ^说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
. S. Z/ g* E# v* p) v; r- H, s1 E实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
5 A( [' d" M' U3 w- J" q实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
9 M% I {2 P! ~2 W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; ") C: q. y# l6 k' M
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
' L, ]2 `; R" l4 D糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
6 X" ?+ e* a2 G2 T( c天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue C5 k* m% L) i% D& l( S7 x! Q
团结就是力量Unity is strength.9 w$ N" [# {& _* N, j8 i$ ^
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 " _' Q O: j) y# U
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena, Y, W. t2 j0 N! k# z$ S
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.3 f# e3 F1 K9 O# H& K. q
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
8 T+ A$ z, `7 S1 ], {2 V望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
7 A0 z+ C' y, P" U. c* n K屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.6 P9 I9 [; H# q% E
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
& m8 ^0 k" f4 ?4 r$ N4 d唯利是图draw water to one's mill
: q# h7 \- `- ^' C$ [无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots' }8 T( s5 i* W0 D% h, y; P
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
% _6 A" X, v$ K* q [% u+ `2 T无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.: q/ b; e8 K+ A, d
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends + Q# }$ \' f7 i/ e. Q, }
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
- M, p! u; Z! J( h+ G. K" J虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.7 w8 t' r3 b( ^. Z/ l- ^
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
3 q5 i- n) F, g# ^7 ~0 `# g4 z, w( l6 L心想事成May all your wish come true
% y* S: P" p( W) r# A. [1 I心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding" a3 T* B) N2 ]# K3 k3 C
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
$ U5 g. u, M( b先下手为强catch the ball before the bound# a$ @* L" o; L
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
3 t# r' i: _. n7 o: ]2 p现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
6 ]2 K s* `) p9 u息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 2 q4 A- k: z# C& ^: i i
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
! X) l4 O) [8 d, m3 C循序渐进step by step) ~ X3 }0 O9 S1 A3 k5 p: |
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
3 S# Z* F+ P8 q; k, i, D严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
/ Z0 g- \, a. E$ {3 @鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey, D6 u1 I* F, r
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." % `. e3 f5 r9 j8 i! A0 _, j
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
, P' D v3 I6 c有识之士people of vision+ j# ~# s: h, @5 j8 ?
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
) @ B' U( p* T- ^有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
{ p& A! j& L$ L与时俱进advance with times
0 ?9 j4 T% J) R以人为本people oriented; people foremost 9 U. H2 A- B1 g4 X+ ~; e
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
$ B' m) B0 W4 D2 D. }+ e0 u8 Z/ p6 W2 f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." ) S- H2 V. G3 e) k; D) Z' m3 l
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
" U J2 q% ~9 {/ ?+ Y) n9 [4 M优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
; ^' G. Z* D, N" K- {1 A英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.( P! j5 K) n4 | S! O
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
) z8 V; t1 @: I6 \& Q冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" - v2 H' c7 {/ H
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. ( }. w" i9 H1 R7 r0 y% o: l
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful9 x8 P( v) M+ r ]4 P$ e9 Y' ^
债台高筑become debt-ridden
, S* O C. t5 e5 ?8 }致命要害Achilles' heel
; |( a/ q- g- K7 e' j# ^( m7 z众矢之的target of public criticism) L3 O% \1 \/ z9 r& D* ^+ H
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./ [& ~- l) w; x P. S! [" w& U3 f
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
2 R' O/ S: Z" M+ ]纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
) j; x6 Y0 `6 F f* e左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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