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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog., a# M# }& u7 e6 H- ?& r
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
+ G6 o3 Q! f7 l; D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 worst4 b9 x7 @ c# c4 J3 ^- N H
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.- @5 o7 S7 w1 Z, V; m
不眠之夜white night
2 |( p4 T3 F& o5 V1 b0 u不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses- s/ c& R) y/ v, D* s
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
9 v7 n2 o6 b5 k C* m不打不成交"No discord, no concord. 5 } ^' u" N, |: A; n9 Q
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
6 X: O9 A6 {4 A% C/ J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 x& v0 Q& [ y( e" K
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 all8 \) o1 J) L8 G/ {, _$ P" T& t9 u# A: H
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
; c i3 B# b3 f) n国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
/ G( L" v) f! I+ }9 F5 \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
1 c1 b" K c# b I5 R* d功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
6 V) Z: N: N; o$ o% u; M好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
9 _8 W ?+ o. y0 `9 e) t, {5 x/ l好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
: F+ T" _/ _4 R- Z( i- [0 b0 ?和气生财Harmony brings wealth& S2 X# Z5 r T
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
" o3 |$ ?) n- l8 D/ V& ]既往不咎let bygones be bygones - E- u5 ]0 ^' F& ?5 B6 ?
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
* U% B7 \% D$ L金玉满堂Treasures fill the home# c% M# S/ x/ N& p6 F' _$ O9 j) V
脚踏实地be down-to-earth
4 f, s% f& Q! Y脚踩两只船sit on the fence ! Q( g* ^* G% N7 i: f# |
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
2 {) g0 v9 }7 x老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché! E0 A" E6 T, R L* A' r7 b5 o
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 4 o# z3 N! B- c4 e
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."" p Z1 l) i5 q* ^! ^: Z
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success7 z& U" ]+ Z2 L' T
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth4 C( p, Y$ g2 z* i1 b8 c
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
$ G: a& k& B" K W没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
# x* S# j4 w( |$ T ~7 c- [每逢佳节倍思亲
$ `" v; M+ `5 Y) C, v, M9 X, ]On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
# y3 j K# a/ h, y W1 FIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. / T% C: f1 h& D" L
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
3 l$ U" q6 ]2 X O弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.: M' U8 `- _9 _ F3 x, M' p
拿手好戏masterpiece
_$ b* `# z( ~' u赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
! L1 m9 t: U4 O. ]* C抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale. Z& T* L J+ z F( S) e
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( T# I9 ~7 @/ ]* z ^4 K
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 9 \ u D0 i9 f. T
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.
$ a2 \ ?; E7 u( N, t1 B4 o4 S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
o* F R! k# F) W. D! N5 @前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.8 `* ?7 v: U5 M# w; H
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.& y b$ U+ P: v3 h* x: g
One sows and another reaps.
: S: @, @7 F6 S" m5 x9 a前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
* |3 w5 I1 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. $ r3 Q( ?$ P. P8 h
强强联手win-win co-operation
! N# ^% W; o. q" m9 i0 s瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
. C3 G3 v$ |! X$ ^9 X人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.1 e& o9 L& @0 v, z
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.- A. @/ c* z5 ]' l
人海战术huge-crowd strategy 5 O1 M- y( k B m
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " + ?7 o: j6 i3 C7 t* ?$ C) A4 }1 H
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
0 X( Y `! H! `, h6 o0 [6 j死而后已until my heart stops beating
, a, T7 [ |; f, S岁岁平安Peace all year round$ @. J4 j1 Y0 l' Q
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
/ m( p, w% f% r+ ^' x0 {塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
# x$ j! O! N, W: K# ^三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 0 N1 M% H0 ~, e7 Y1 p% [
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." * a8 ?: H: p6 L3 m: z2 V+ D% U
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
p$ l, ]$ k# H, B& `% U四十不惑Life begins at forty.
7 {4 Q2 @! {( L1 n谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " ( x8 N$ ^ N% q9 y' p% u7 e" I) p, T
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.# _3 |& b3 n1 k1 B
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. i" N( i) b4 A" P5 D
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
. L6 ~3 y k9 t9 P实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
. z G: t) R/ g2 N, Z& h* B说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.5 Z4 Y6 S. w0 _) Z& A
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
2 ^6 Z: |# t& C0 T4 u, {% a. Y实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
" ~. ~4 L/ @& t3 f$ [& f5 H: f' D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; "( X: W5 |- ?3 T/ n# H5 @ ~2 F, z
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
- B/ }2 j4 K, C/ K糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
3 ^0 X! |' i) w天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue1 X3 U$ I. i# i2 V7 y& R& \( |* \
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
- o. h6 O# J" P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
! I, I# ~' U9 v% j" l ?2 T5 d歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena( @3 \+ J* _: {% Y( R) W8 X
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
& }& o P# F/ ^往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." % c; {) B8 H1 w/ {. I
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
4 A7 t% |& ]( _0 q# Z# V7 @屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
9 h5 J$ z9 j9 B) @; D2 w% P文韬武略military expertise; military strategy & f' Y" ?2 N2 ~6 c& n' N, _, n) |' H
唯利是图draw water to one's mill 9 P$ Y( F5 n& f. y0 Q
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots& h" [" b' J5 ~$ k( z
无中生有make/create something out of nothing 4 a5 r" j/ i! Z/ S
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.6 C4 S' B' Q% u
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 2 n+ @2 A4 w( t# L
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
5 g1 h8 G0 g: Q4 l) n虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.1 N" _1 e9 v7 B4 \8 _" S- y: B
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off* @" T. r* {8 o# s
心想事成May all your wish come true
% l1 _) M! P5 L# o: v( [心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding: P# e3 x n: `$ }2 j- W) Q, j
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
# ^9 o5 N v' j! I. L" _7 t5 G4 i先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
' n2 L' p( A8 U) A3 U# g& m像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan) Z7 }/ J5 c! D* s. m
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example4 l8 {' Z. S+ P" m7 N
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
" z/ U, y4 S; c% {; L. s7 v喜忧参半mingled hope and fear ' p% R% Z+ E4 q. |) `
循序渐进step by step
! ?) v5 ]+ t% |8 n; D一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest * D' g! Q$ r5 m7 y
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others) X9 } r( n+ C3 Q6 Y( j
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
+ v; C0 V8 O$ e" \$ y有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 6 \8 _0 g' T) G5 e
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.( {& k. N7 S! C
有识之士people of vision# C. X+ D$ }3 C p- A! D
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain * x7 D7 u' H" V) }) [
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
* x9 _ U1 y7 J: _$ K0 P) c- I. v与时俱进advance with times
) l5 P' T$ L' y, z/ F. t& {2 e5 D% B以人为本people oriented; people foremost 7 k' Z8 T) K1 v: b: S9 B; Y
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 8 J: i# w- j9 ]1 L2 b" 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." & |3 U L8 \, J/ E" l
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
3 d7 M/ h) Z3 q3 F {优胜劣汰survival of the fittest 0 x, j9 i- s: t/ \
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
3 j2 M: E2 p2 b( l' b. V冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies. Y0 r/ v9 B% X) a7 }. P
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" 5 x/ \9 f. ~; i+ w" ~2 L
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
+ S, V/ \0 Y! d! B招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
) p2 j$ u6 O+ ]) X% [7 [债台高筑become debt-ridden2 M9 C9 j" N3 U# g) a6 w1 l# S! A
致命要害Achilles' heel 3 ?! A( E: f3 ^/ L# L S9 t
众矢之的target of public criticism6 {6 e4 W* J0 G1 F4 ?# f4 c
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 J% t$ L' F: w7 x, S
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist5 u3 U6 |: h4 ^
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.6 M9 }4 V9 I$ i5 E9 v$ d! L
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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