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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
( r! q) j9 I: D0 c8 w# ~百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
+ }& K l- J- s }" X" S) f% y# f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 worst7 T6 @! ?/ \$ p: r3 I$ i, u. i
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.' `4 a6 b$ ~3 S+ a: D& }; Q
不眠之夜white night / u7 F4 d: X8 l% F2 ^) b9 b
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses% P7 \# ^/ m6 w3 z
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best0 X7 Z) _0 k8 @/ J' x9 Y& a
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
" a* ^' Y: ]% N) _4 k拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
: |# K! l! h# w8 {6 w辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new + H) O4 A. G8 u' r0 f. i
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
& n1 ?9 ]* b+ N& a {- I6 C大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 2 k$ ]) { W* o7 E7 y0 K/ q
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace3 B0 n6 ]/ g. \" Z) O1 h- \
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 a0 J8 ~8 K6 Y1 l: c ^* ]) L功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
2 I$ A% { X g7 J. h好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
7 O( Z7 {* P# u& v5 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.
0 f) T2 T7 ?# W" |和气生财Harmony brings wealth5 ~4 k9 B8 T3 E! V
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. # Q* u$ S3 T. d( l* i
既往不咎let bygones be bygones 0 \, i4 h9 I8 J1 p5 M5 k
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. $ h3 r' X/ U+ Z2 S6 X# J2 S( [
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
: E6 a) v3 N# S1 X+ b2 A0 s脚踏实地be down-to-earth # z; S, ?7 k- \
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
0 C F) v; c0 ]: C% Z* z8 G- \9 m君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green % w1 ]0 M$ }( n
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
2 L7 t4 d7 X" [3 R/ g# I5 f( o u礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. ) x* b' r4 n: t0 U
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."9 p8 V: E* ~ K& k% B( j
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success, |* u# a) Y. Z+ c; Z* y
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
7 R, B3 U3 z1 P6 A1 C' @茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened! A2 |6 Q/ J* _: U* _0 g9 U
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.4 X- A* D' i3 F9 X# g
每逢佳节倍思亲! j( n, L6 S& q' _- }. X
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.6 a# T# K S* q# |
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
: B2 O5 k5 p" q' |谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "8 t7 _, J5 k' j. q. |0 A: x# {
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself./ \6 T: G; D1 v; M3 v
拿手好戏masterpiece
# y+ q( y4 N2 P6 }3 u+ P9 W6 L0 l赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad) s, y7 S& {1 I. y
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale! p3 ]+ T( {$ T
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# I$ Y# n% l1 f
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
2 `( C9 L/ V2 Z/ p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.
8 S3 b' r' O* I9 T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( p5 h8 O; l; @0 X1 [9 G! D
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
# D/ Z* Y8 i9 ^3 M+ W6 q( G1 e前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.( \& a; f+ I; ~9 e2 Z* @2 A5 U
One sows and another reaps.3 I; T. Z- E0 o1 ]9 i( n/ S; S
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
) M; l) C: g2 g9 X! [$ ?4 B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 ~/ r& Z- r8 M& Z7 `强强联手win-win co-operation
6 r) m( C ~$ W( H) z- i瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest./ n$ ?5 I% i, V5 c
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
W; i' q' ^0 L' Y0 Q人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man. g4 w/ F& U0 ^8 K7 j: a, I2 l
人海战术huge-crowd strategy % S+ x/ N8 v S: H
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
4 q, u- d5 }9 q/ I9 U" {世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
8 x/ H( B! y8 v* |# \4 }, f死而后已until my heart stops beating
- k% g4 j7 P# y, _7 o: r岁岁平安Peace all year round4 e n5 |+ b# _6 H
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." , ~% [5 q0 s3 E$ g9 w
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
p$ Q9 }& g, E8 r0 E; B/ d三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
9 B: |7 W% N$ X6 |% ]& dAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." ) E2 _4 U' e1 k2 c: k% Q9 B
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)3 m- i" F* ~' Y7 \& M5 U$ X
四十不惑Life begins at forty. 7 P0 f2 L) o9 ]6 s& p, r
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
" V5 O* \" }* D& e; n/ Y5 L水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
0 i- A5 o4 W& J时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
a: E- r* H' M3 E& H! _4 c杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel9 f+ e: [& w$ Z2 M5 F; P4 V( h
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts 4 t/ j. |1 X7 G3 Q$ r3 L2 z, q
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.6 p; h: @% p9 X$ w+ U
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
3 J& W# I# K* N% Q# J% l0 F- n实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.6 ]: V# h3 w) w! \: S! i: M
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; ". U: s! G! X. ~4 k& b# N
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
7 E0 v3 P$ [9 ?' k" ]- u* i糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets5 ^" G! t J, [
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue2 t. O e* ]# r* L* L: T
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
3 i) P& {0 `' S$ [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 ' z4 O" T' G& T- x1 S
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena/ ^7 y P3 ^; k% h8 w/ ^* z3 [
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.- X& ?5 ~5 D* K7 m# ?
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
6 F; L. @' B1 d望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
0 V% _ \9 g/ C- {7 f屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.8 z, Z* {5 [' ?* c; E) L" ^
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
`6 m7 [2 c' I: b% x唯利是图draw water to one's mill
9 a: `$ O! ^) m% \8 m无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots! K+ |3 I0 ^7 j- r' c! a
无中生有make/create something out of nothing " M8 C$ e# c2 P: G
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.9 R; y ]1 @5 p4 @$ O- ]
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
! f' H1 v' r8 H新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
$ e: P4 M3 u* w* I4 [虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
, }7 o% N1 l0 w/ C* B0 r蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off5 z2 ^: d, C. O3 m; J8 i
心想事成May all your wish come true
7 U- _! r4 y# A r# p2 W心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
& c5 M$ K' c# q) e" y" p先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
2 q8 D' L- r0 U5 m# n先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
% w# c% V7 \1 @' E6 m像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan- @- ~8 B1 U& x' |8 g% T
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
" G# ]: A. f T" n2 z# c i: R息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters % u- W# O3 o; I8 @6 ^
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 8 x! x+ e5 ^& Z
循序渐进step by step ?8 H, V \% F2 c; P# E, N
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest & O8 i- Q3 ?% [0 K' T, \
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
. l) }4 M# S0 q# s$ i# ?鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey% k; T( o: g2 \
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." - K1 }! }8 d2 ]9 c
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
) k) Y" y/ K6 V有识之士people of vision
; w! y' [2 s, B1 h有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain & B4 D1 X: |% F. p
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
- S( X% j; \8 Y% s与时俱进advance with times5 P6 k" i9 ], g8 r
以人为本people oriented; people foremost ) m5 ~- \9 c- r K7 D2 q
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 7 k# d/ w* ^4 T% @' K) V7 o
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." ( I3 Z4 ^. m: N3 w# S3 `
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
8 e, M: M |1 q4 W优胜劣汰survival of the fittest / s* N. L, F* g( L8 `$ k
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
( L8 A7 m3 ~; E$ [3 Y" d冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.- E: H$ ~- [9 I% I
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" + {( H, c0 A4 A' l1 N2 F7 Y% L
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. . Z1 X/ b% d: ~; ~5 ~9 ^3 \
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful5 a. R8 w3 q [8 l3 u9 O% A
债台高筑become debt-ridden
$ b& n' J, [4 }* u) I+ W8 J/ @+ J致命要害Achilles' heel
- ^0 e% W* k! p5 E5 H9 h* P# \. G众矢之的target of public criticism3 z {4 Y; [5 D& c& o
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.
' Y- Y5 }. e7 P/ }纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
. v, M/ M% m! e& r# }* O纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.* N% C% I4 V2 {& G6 G. `# j
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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