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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
& s9 h- E% T; H) h7 X2 N百闻不如一见Seeing is believing. T$ }& S- x. f2 _* q% Z1 r
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
5 }+ K" \$ N% ~6 d8 k笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.+ \' F. S8 E8 R9 X
不眠之夜white night & y4 h3 M" _& h/ B$ a+ j3 ~
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
H5 f+ l7 }, F: A( H ]不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
1 c5 h. K8 X# Z4 ^! U1 N不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
- [. m k6 W9 y% x拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul ' }4 i& Q5 B8 C% p
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new ; c3 Q; X; u9 w8 x
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
! h4 V( |7 q r& I! v9 h大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
! C+ ?4 `$ ]- ~* ?2 O. q+ E国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
# W v g J# ]( ] E& W- x& y& s( m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
5 Y1 R2 K" E! O* Y功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
8 v) ?4 H6 U. a' s! E% g好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
; _8 w/ t# z A* \- b( 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.
$ E$ ]% i6 q! O( |! _, \和气生财Harmony brings wealth( t: }5 l$ s# d: ?! k% Z) Z Y! f/ u
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. # @/ C( Z8 O# G! G
既往不咎let bygones be bygones
9 M' R6 G) s$ J, S4 Q+ Q0 o3 H金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 4 A# W; N n% J: s8 i
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
/ D6 _3 H; x- C, t5 k0 h脚踏实地be down-to-earth
% c" \! r. t, \6 {脚踩两只船sit on the fence
/ H3 ~+ M' {1 _- f: @+ U4 @君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
7 s0 c# o7 D; m3 R; r) a老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché$ n/ b Y# c6 P1 y4 Z6 K; c
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. : u4 o8 _ Q) s0 m! [' ~
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
, o( `# P& b1 g1 h% N+ {: j5 Y* I马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
+ C* e4 {* C8 b4 L r+ X名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
; f% U! x6 r- r- F茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened9 r2 J# \2 { V" ?% E0 B
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.5 I1 \6 k' Z# E ?9 c9 P0 c9 W
每逢佳节倍思亲
$ o2 i! ~2 _+ ^On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.' e7 W% S! k- ]8 D0 C+ W
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
0 C( P" A4 i: q谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "4 J) W# W5 B3 }, `
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself./ p% a1 J3 z8 p% R' e0 S" c$ l! m
拿手好戏masterpiece0 r* c" ]/ r$ K* m1 d
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad7 B0 w2 |: L3 a: W
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale0 W/ g* R" X0 d" H: h
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
2 L& @& P9 h; H9 o, S9 i, r抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
6 H. K- _* K" [. g" Y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.( O3 u: a/ K' o" B
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 step3 v3 B) Z% U5 N
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
& G( b; w- [6 i, I0 o0 P: k前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.: j( Z1 N: h2 K1 m- S
One sows and another reaps.
! K% H' [3 ?; |/ S- w3 I6 T前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
# D, i% o2 L* Z, @) O6 {7 ]- F& y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 I% J! W2 [) o/ u
强强联手win-win co-operation
7 n4 |8 D& r& M& a& \瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
6 C; o. ]# @% w7 s5 b$ }人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.1 F" ~, N" o) e; m: X8 n; U! \
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
' X+ v9 \% l* ?* p5 |" A0 O人海战术huge-crowd strategy
( T9 t" G! G5 z$ ?8 z9 O& U0 k世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " 2 s' [7 K. @+ G0 }/ k' l
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; : s2 n; N) y+ I: c% R! x @
死而后已until my heart stops beating% w4 B, I% ^0 r! o& K: @7 w' X
岁岁平安Peace all year round' n( C$ T/ m9 K
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
, f/ a6 I* |& I塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.% g: Y$ ?5 R( s: Z
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. ' h/ p7 H! o' v# Z
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." ! f f& V* e: h$ [9 h( n1 W# x- V
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
4 E+ j& p# R* j4 Q四十不惑Life begins at forty. ) J3 m8 g: O; W0 `
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
1 f) |+ Q$ P/ A+ C& r9 c& f水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high., ?- T2 V m+ m9 c& `
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
( T1 ?9 H m( v( j杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel$ G& J' T8 k. h! P5 ?. O S
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
& C# N! R, n4 [& Y s4 k& ?说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.! I7 s4 ?) j1 f( m9 y+ B$ b
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is ( X8 Q% ?: @/ J/ u
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
+ }8 I4 W$ B/ h$ X- Q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 _7 h3 U. e$ S4 `韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time' D4 G8 N% k% ?/ }; V* [
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets0 J% u. Q, K2 u* [! P/ C- L( ~" E5 c
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue4 ~5 O; e& [; s: u5 p
团结就是力量Unity is strength.5 |) x+ S% {2 v1 k
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
& T# ]( ]7 y+ q) h9 ^0 f歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
# Y; x1 k. T# w. }$ b. O, t物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
& b8 v4 J5 I0 H6 S9 D6 ]$ F/ a7 |往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
4 n3 z' |% m$ B+ o* D1 q望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
2 b3 W y. n+ W% V: q: U3 M屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.1 I& V6 y7 u4 Q# q
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
3 F5 i3 g( K; e1 D5 e唯利是图draw water to one's mill 0 i9 M" [+ o. w2 I4 j
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots; y6 q7 ~% M6 k8 d8 R) N
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
5 k# {- u) ~. L1 J无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.4 F) b7 a! U9 r
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
- u: ?2 P" m* J; U N2 v* p新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 0 W: n" Z) X9 F9 D
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.# e+ {. ^4 y3 D+ c) \
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
. `. [) T* J+ H2 w心想事成May all your wish come true8 S; B* P0 {- i* r$ t2 z
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding) x( j4 e, x; ^8 v3 g0 P" Q
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
1 k c5 r9 }6 ~先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
/ p) F+ M1 R8 Q* _像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
! c5 i# Q2 {4 a* o) Y现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
% f5 Z* [3 g1 H: t& w# R2 ~" X- E息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 1 _8 V3 w2 m% D# Q! x
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
% _' l4 S2 e1 m- ?3 z1 _& L E循序渐进step by step; X5 G$ z+ |8 u2 }5 ]
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest - P8 a( Y ?; P- H# n- ^/ ~% `
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others/ l( y( A) N+ G9 @5 O, g4 N
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey' k# p6 b, E9 m8 ~% I6 I
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
; b& \% X7 |$ P9 w w) J/ S有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.; J# j9 c9 e/ p" N! S9 e; u( \
有识之士people of vision4 C. T* ~* u! {1 {! N6 b* h
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
7 G! M- c; z! t/ f }# e2 l7 m5 B有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.+ _: p3 v4 t/ I8 k: F m4 S `: w8 }
与时俱进advance with times% V1 k2 t' p& }* N3 Z F/ F
以人为本people oriented; people foremost . `4 D& s) Z# u
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
/ K3 r, H. I7 h0 ]& n& @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."
1 G( u' G0 ~4 C( u' K. D0 u欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
$ D# x U9 @4 P% K! X# }) h优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
( w9 b$ h: z: ]5 L8 s2 k英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
# f% }* K% W- B. o+ f+ C9 Z冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
3 j* q$ P! H" c+ d* ^9 k. [3 K冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" ' ?5 B4 Q7 c$ u4 T; i
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. : _# }" y5 ~: S4 D) R* @
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
7 f( z6 @4 d5 ]债台高筑become debt-ridden
5 w$ n! H: {( P7 p' l致命要害Achilles' heel
* C, `+ _3 y$ \7 T众矢之的target of public criticism
$ w* T' h2 a7 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.9 A% W6 o) i( p0 j
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
1 W% q* z' f1 s3 W2 f* j纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.: _1 {1 i: M# J6 n, P. A
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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