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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.8 J, F+ D$ B; h+ Z
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.5 B+ R; [* E0 ^* T+ B
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" j+ J9 v7 H( s7 u1 q
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.% J- e( d4 U1 t$ ?
不眠之夜white night + `2 t3 [3 z+ H
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
# J! U, D9 _% z5 |+ e# N不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
# z9 q8 A; T# D& J( N$ [9 u( x不打不成交"No discord, no concord. " o: Q! B# Q+ Z. N$ U& w
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul & ]8 W# K, u& R, ]
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new + ~2 i9 {) c' B/ F. v2 `
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% z, H7 [: a/ K, G
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
/ s: ^ s3 O6 {" I( @0 h国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
# V/ S$ [ f& b# K7 y1 r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 8 |% |; k( H* D; j
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. 9 G$ b" Z1 P! S c7 ?; C5 `. @
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
1 w: T8 i/ y9 K1 g Y8 L9 c好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
4 J- I d$ s" ]$ J* d和气生财Harmony brings wealth# c/ H$ |6 Y( D x8 E' h5 @4 H
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
% @* m9 _6 V C$ X% l7 T5 A既往不咎let bygones be bygones
9 q0 D* l+ L* B/ q. x1 J金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
+ h1 H+ C4 V" ~- k* E金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
& @7 n5 X" [& s+ L! z脚踏实地be down-to-earth - ~5 P) A, @8 X! d( [: E% O
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
8 X X3 j7 J/ W9 k: N君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
) D4 c) W0 w% R" Z9 O老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché- s, \' H+ K$ M5 e8 m
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. , E! u1 l$ i7 P, I. O# }
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."* x3 v# E: {5 S$ ], l$ _) S5 P0 e
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success8 y( |8 {+ v; N% C, S- t$ L
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
# p; o9 V6 u5 q& p茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened9 h* |/ {1 ?1 v) k) ^
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
4 u, f: v' k' F5 X! o/ a每逢佳节倍思亲
9 T: B- n) J1 A5 r) r9 n4 TOn festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
" v0 j9 C) n5 B( q5 j8 m6 VIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
: N5 |: C( O( [& Y. ]谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. ". f2 z. r* T; f; W: J6 M
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
Z$ p* I% c# d* Z拿手好戏masterpiece* v) B( \" t% W" g9 l7 U
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
^* H4 Y; V7 K K4 m) c @' _抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
7 _. E! w0 s0 U. ~! F4 P$ K% d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
- \( b! u. v F& R! B9 Y* j4 M3 e抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities V% J m( S, Y) w6 b& J: C a
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.6 w" m5 |- C% ?8 l2 J }8 N4 ]$ V
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 y. |& b/ r. p0 Q [
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.& U. `; ?7 Y* s/ J* [6 { @
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
9 M3 X2 w8 i) ROne sows and another reaps.1 @+ Y+ H; @: a2 u
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something, _$ J m, l3 b0 | ~
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 c8 o J$ ?2 Q, Q# a
强强联手win-win co-operation
. u8 k; w2 X5 f% h, o/ n! z瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
! P3 l6 N1 O9 g人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
" Q" {# m# v. M( n% q" ^人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.7 b! }0 {7 \6 i+ `$ g4 k
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
- P1 F! T- U& ~" ` t i世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
9 @+ Z7 ]+ E/ h3 m0 e( Q世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
+ q+ X# t) h, Q# I8 S8 Q; ^" q8 H7 H死而后已until my heart stops beating7 G$ j1 V2 t' M: B, E0 ~4 m$ b
岁岁平安Peace all year round; H* x" {2 p- u$ [# C6 o( P; A) w. W
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." : k! L' O: ]" n0 O7 x5 @0 [
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.: ~4 d& u/ z- _% d7 {5 J/ W
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
& a* R7 g' S, B! w8 [. yAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
; h' Q X, ?, {/ `升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
' D# D2 }' s. L) K: `' C四十不惑Life begins at forty. " @' d) x& g* t+ N1 F5 h4 l# c
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " * j/ s4 ^( c! C3 u* G
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
3 o1 `5 ^, C- ]时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. ' s0 k, z# J7 J8 L
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
/ v" @! D3 n# U* i实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
3 r* Q6 W! V, P% l( b+ F# [说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
( j- A* H7 r' s. P% y) e, ]实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
" _; ^2 Q; n( Y0 ~( h实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.8 c% L2 x0 o' I4 h, 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; "
9 ]+ y+ e2 S8 Y4 R9 ~7 R韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time3 Q' U$ t" e$ i( @7 k
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets- {# S: l+ N7 F3 x
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
9 o+ t) J! f. C- y( I8 P$ u4 `% D6 E团结就是力量Unity is strength.
0 n8 W# N- v3 v# W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
# y2 A K) C q. E5 l歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena8 Z V- |: M; o! F/ E6 o G
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
+ D6 e# y' j- a% Y& V. t往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." $ w0 Y+ O) Y" e! D
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child* y+ X% ^$ D- T8 i( g% ~6 m
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.' c/ ^3 l, D* C* v* h
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy 3 ~* V3 A3 y+ x
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
! |* m" O5 u0 Q- O6 ]7 f无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots v" J: z; h: q7 Y* K+ _% m
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
8 m# h4 k7 h7 \- F* P$ q. u无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.# X# b. g; I3 L$ n, a
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends . v+ x/ }# a. ?
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean ; H$ L+ s+ q* W- \
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
$ p2 Y7 @" J& t0 W- d1 [6 e* O蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
# o! E+ f, W8 o7 V3 I2 n' a心想事成May all your wish come true
4 C' e, u0 N& H4 |# v心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
) n1 |9 P6 O% X, _! u先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.6 f# ~1 g h, T; Z" p
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
7 g) E! t/ l+ n像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan6 [, X0 `- L8 Z& S2 A5 T+ W
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example' z% ^, S* Z' G& ~" d
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
# ]8 ~, M; V1 a喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
: ^ C* V- }0 ]' x9 j3 M循序渐进step by step: x7 {7 M& E; }. |; w$ ]( W
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
" ]/ j4 T4 ]' k# S$ {8 t) ]严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
) S3 _4 t/ w# [ c) k, x2 ? A9 a鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
4 v$ u4 [* s& x6 J3 f( V有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
0 o2 j+ Y7 ~4 J3 G! v' @有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
% K/ y: {. r. F- J" X有识之士people of vision
4 l4 P* e: |+ U; Z3 r. _有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
3 Y. K3 P( A5 z: {- J0 @有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
* G* B5 `# [: V与时俱进advance with times
; W- p7 Q4 C) R0 t3 E% }5 \( Y以人为本people oriented; people foremost
7 ~$ x; x; C8 P" o2 f8 {因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
. _: B1 X6 [6 O) I, H. d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." ) Z$ y' C; O- r- |5 M, w" I5 G
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
4 C) H3 D* {! C6 V0 M+ a- k N' |优胜劣汰survival of the fittest " {6 k0 R" ]* P0 t; Q; ]7 ?
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.4 O5 m& x- b N- d
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.9 L i" r% v5 b; p j c8 L
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" 6 {$ C* c0 b9 |8 Y2 M: l5 E
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
) B6 n/ w& Z$ c( e9 t5 a7 z招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful! e2 O0 d2 V- P3 K
债台高筑become debt-ridden" q: i0 K0 D4 g: M% g6 _
致命要害Achilles' heel # D& `* C( d& V+ {, c& P! i: m
众矢之的target of public criticism
S/ N4 A6 e7 ~5 s9 |$ Z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.5 w% ^ X: @' D7 f9 |: |7 j
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist& v6 s9 g" o) ]# p5 z
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
. ]( U0 ~, J" I/ X- Y3 X& i左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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