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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.0 L! ]9 h, l0 I3 q, u! F# `. g" p
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
, h6 o' `( c d, ]9 h, l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" `0 i' o, @0 |" @9 n
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.8 B; r" @0 \8 g3 E! A) A2 b
不眠之夜white night
( U: h, {& P2 z. D1 g不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
P, {4 M+ u# W u) G, C不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
g4 E4 m9 N$ L8 g4 Z9 g不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
' w" J2 F3 k! h5 {拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul , [# i. n' O8 J' a: [4 ^
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
) D# o9 N. a- B# }6 h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) o& w# k; F1 u' i/ \2 g0 y
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
% w9 x4 w2 P. q国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace$ T8 a; f, a4 ]( {
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 9 K2 _' ?1 q+ P& J$ R
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
% p9 J( v+ m( }# O- [好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
& ] z" U; f! d1 R好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 9 S: w! J$ r4 {
和气生财Harmony brings wealth% l( i o1 d3 A( _! T- X
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
* }1 G. A& A: Y$ P# c既往不咎let bygones be bygones ! Z4 m+ ^! O& A+ b _3 V7 j
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
4 B: r) t+ c& ~' v1 a, B金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
) t0 `% {& o3 u& A$ ~. A* s* Y! _3 T; A脚踏实地be down-to-earth
1 H( d; b5 B" } \9 J脚踩两只船sit on the fence " ~% u/ E( x P" C* u4 z
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 3 x; G, l2 \ @+ r' `
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
& h8 X L8 F+ O9 W& O; D2 p# ^- I- E礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. % }6 V1 X, f7 y/ p* K7 Q5 t
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
; c3 g) C) I/ [0 V# B; H" g马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success/ h/ G0 H( p/ u: m; ~) V- j$ a
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
0 i8 o' g- }$ J, P L M茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened# B, H+ |- Z/ W2 q5 R( g) W
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
/ S9 u* ]+ R* A) r每逢佳节倍思亲" t" E' S9 R0 `6 f" L8 \
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.) }& Y; @; s5 I1 q; I; j2 M5 J, w h
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. 7 F9 {8 z+ J. _# r( }8 C
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "( K/ f' Q3 [2 m
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.9 S$ G# S& Q& \$ c
拿手好戏masterpiece8 B) c" J, {# `
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
6 f& D- a6 f) s: H, A; ~抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
4 j! r) r; L5 a$ A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
- k" s' @7 a& ` M9 l% A; i( s抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
; p( n/ K, T+ m& Y4 c6 z" q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.
/ r" c" \: {( g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
8 W" ^5 D& [" r1 Y& Q% F前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
5 f3 P$ Q! h9 r$ L9 E前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
2 w) q& y/ l" [* g# g% q8 POne sows and another reaps./ R0 z( Y# @' [' v C
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
/ [) V4 f8 a2 j, A% E% j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. $ M% a: `" ~) ^. X) n$ \) u7 z
强强联手win-win co-operation) X4 n8 M m' l5 H7 C. a
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest." i; n* L/ t& q ^2 G- k6 t
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
& N g! `0 n8 e- S: r, X- L人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
$ f# Y2 b& r% I- l% z- q人海战术huge-crowd strategy 1 _: J7 _: z3 @3 S1 ~. U) v4 G
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " . e, Q$ e- L, Y5 R6 e( v
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
9 _6 `7 d, ~6 `0 z' Z" |5 }死而后已until my heart stops beating
$ Q% |! L/ [ V$ T# y$ q- q岁岁平安Peace all year round
9 _/ i9 T- b% E# n" c上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." # G9 E( s' X# L( Q' R9 j/ r
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
/ o0 \3 P( \# M# |( y三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
3 W) d' A- k" ^; v5 a) ZAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
1 p- I1 A- I# A1 |* N1 J, `升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
. |1 _; f& s9 `! W+ l2 h# Z四十不惑Life begins at forty.
+ `( d& m+ q) X" \! ]谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
* e8 _5 Z H V% W& |水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
1 @0 n& Y* d1 H _9 Q8 ~时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
/ ^. {3 e, q2 y# q0 v/ J+ l! M5 h杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
0 N" j6 y0 q' Q% j实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
g$ ^! R1 Z/ {说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes." D8 m& ]2 \1 s) x3 o( V
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is : ~, l* l* i- \0 w8 x, [7 i& U
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth." y. B$ q" W. }' E
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; ") {" @/ d' | H0 e% S, G% _/ x
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time( P! f7 a+ r2 c3 z
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets. \2 L- c+ k* }8 `6 f5 i
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
# K, s5 z& O2 O M团结就是力量Unity is strength.0 V6 n5 D U U 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 9 C1 r( g1 j' r$ Q8 G+ a ^
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
5 e. p, c6 e' A物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.( ^6 n: S5 s2 x
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
. k2 e8 d# b- Q8 I, g望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
: }: x% D/ Z1 u; O' p& {3 |6 Z屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
7 o; `% l, t; L3 f7 b0 \7 M0 H' _! g文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
1 h. B Y+ U ~; K& N8 H唯利是图draw water to one's mill $ j# l s, [) J- [
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
- H# K% O9 M' h3 G, y& W无中生有make/create something out of nothing
3 v& c$ h* @7 n5 I* D0 D# m, K/ R无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
4 _6 U5 i* P( N7 h; ~+ P+ w( g+ a徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends ) P$ Z4 g# e9 o% R7 c4 s
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
& y" `! s; s1 g% w8 H7 ~5 W虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind. F6 @4 y! t: o; O2 F6 T. X
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
5 }- Z) `& F2 y心想事成May all your wish come true* y) C. T/ ~' q. ^
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding3 z: ]3 p0 k4 @& E. T, i
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
! M! C) G% H% _先下手为强catch the ball before the bound I# z$ J8 G9 S
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan, b' y& j. J6 ~: [* E7 d
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example) \6 k2 U- s: _2 m) s) v1 {$ A
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
* M' M) p/ `; D4 K+ \7 o喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
5 V3 V! H5 I5 V1 x. X循序渐进step by step
( J+ b& M4 f9 L3 W; F一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 7 ^! v/ x, |) ?& ^% }! V
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
2 N6 r$ |1 n* H, c. L鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey, M: Z6 W6 {! @7 \
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
9 {0 Y; e4 t% w有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
/ y. T9 B8 S3 W* L6 Q" g有识之士people of vision
% F) M& a2 l$ H有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain ! t) d: r5 j: q6 R% U, n2 ^. V3 k
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
/ E7 [. e7 [) ?" ]0 O与时俱进advance with times
3 ] \! s! }7 J, q- ?以人为本people oriented; people foremost ' ?* B/ c3 P# y
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude ! h( w2 U, `2 g. S7 {+ `* I* G
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." % ~, q. z! l% P& O) m7 ]/ E
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
3 h2 w+ ~0 X* ?# ^9 ~0 K7 h优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
& Z# F( W( G; B2 U6 j3 s- n2 H7 I6 R1 ]英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.2 V+ D% z+ W' X& h
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies." t$ |/ V" j$ P6 s: v; k
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" " e, H. x7 D8 U5 u; M
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. 9 d& C6 e* A; Y0 b/ J
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
+ l5 e! J! p5 E5 M1 K! R" @8 s' J7 c$ E3 H债台高筑become debt-ridden
6 J( U/ \, n: G( \! W致命要害Achilles' heel
. t6 m. X7 Z+ |众矢之的target of public criticism
, w6 {$ `) d5 H, Z' A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.
3 f6 S3 k' g( d, r纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist3 d: t7 G8 q8 t! F8 N
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
" H. U/ x, Y/ t; q左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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