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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
0 P n) l, P5 e百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.5 u$ Z$ {. z! @. p l4 x6 ^5 }8 k
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
1 L0 K: o9 H) t3 T8 \笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
) r& m8 D1 a" r7 ?2 t不眠之夜white night
4 k: y- t6 p+ z( R! O不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
7 x( p: V9 i- _! T6 I8 O/ y不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
" L5 I; s+ l' C7 e" \不打不成交"No discord, no concord. ' @$ }6 {5 {7 ^/ p* _- V$ }# |
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul ! t+ {7 k v5 E7 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
. o& N4 z4 U! s' a& C/ c( V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
) v8 g. s6 J# R9 l大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener ! @3 i% W" k& E3 u( A0 s
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace) g0 K3 q, C: \& H+ `$ x
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 0 r/ z5 F( _- g2 Y% M
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. : l8 V6 Q1 }! @! |* N4 O+ Q
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
; C9 m, i3 Y4 z; C0 |# f5 v/ _好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. ) l0 i7 `4 X' Z& @/ }
和气生财Harmony brings wealth& v3 c( F: X* \, G- s
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
8 |1 h: u4 {! `既往不咎let bygones be bygones
4 K/ H6 p7 V# K; R, K) n+ N金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 4 [' H9 M7 Q3 q0 d! H1 S! X6 n7 s
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
' q+ i0 h; b; }3 e: E$ |脚踏实地be down-to-earth ' H5 ~$ [- v* _3 D5 @
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
* v; x* n+ w b: g7 z君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
8 z/ y7 Q/ ]+ q老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché5 ^# D' r, f1 Y% N* F; M0 G' V
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
3 ]/ g! X/ v1 S/ o留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
7 \6 p! S! P" F8 E# ?2 Y! v马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
; ~! F0 k+ Z& O5 l* [名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
* g' u3 ^1 G% x& k茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened/ l; X0 F1 G7 b1 ?, z( n7 g; C
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.: n' s5 C# o& I8 ?1 K& c; k
每逢佳节倍思亲
% t9 S* n! B! T, x4 p+ a+ q, \: nOn festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
$ z) Q- S! b: n, ]" r/ G! RIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. 1 D. {1 R- @9 @9 S5 I& G) c
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
/ L, L% u5 b: }5 W+ }! D) y弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself., c! E4 M9 Z. D+ s6 j+ [' f1 i
拿手好戏masterpiece
& A7 L0 F7 [: @3 m- D! v+ v赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad m! v" C9 V. H9 L, M
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale1 B& Y+ v+ b/ L p! W
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
( `' P2 I% ]$ z z b抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
1 G. p/ \9 m- z1 c' w ?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.
) }- E# q5 E: C; ~5 _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( b2 ^% x9 z5 f- g
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future., v6 t1 d1 z; |1 F. K1 U# x7 r G
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
4 ?4 l: _0 S: N t* n8 I, gOne sows and another reaps.6 L$ \% m$ A+ j/ D, t
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something; B" L; ?& l+ C! S+ D" 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. 2 h3 t; ?5 j; Z+ [, a& o2 ~
强强联手win-win co-operation% W: f( X/ i# `; ~ P
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.) s8 K* r6 X" F
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
( i8 b2 c5 L8 y- |" @: y人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
* s: t: r* P. O' ~3 a0 }7 S) O人海战术huge-crowd strategy / r1 R" u+ g% [9 L! {) |8 i% }
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
( {, B, X Y- Q! H1 i4 R Z6 w世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; 6 V8 o+ v% V. j
死而后已until my heart stops beating) {2 @1 W4 Q8 O% A
岁岁平安Peace all year round/ j: j) ]' @! P. y* d- w. K, _
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." / k+ q4 J0 g* c. i3 S* r& x& P: m
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing./ O) k$ q; c7 \5 G4 C: J$ j2 {
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
k* H( O5 a$ w* d% xAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." + ^! g& r7 L0 r* j
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)7 x- ?4 X1 o1 Z! j; C: ?4 X5 g8 k
四十不惑Life begins at forty. 2 b6 ~; j4 t/ S" E5 e* _3 u8 i
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " 3 F* E6 |7 |+ K
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.) n; r/ v' z4 B6 X
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. * U5 [6 W: l8 d# t
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
; \* v) L1 }3 C& @% S; Q) D实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
* m% t0 ^& Q9 c6 M0 I- a+ ^9 Q说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
# J! H& L- Q8 Y* R实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is 3 W% J. E1 R2 e9 J w
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.5 w* n- ~6 I: F; g6 C* v
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; "+ A, L. r' Y) y+ M& g
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time2 I/ i+ s, y* B# A: N+ }
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
# e6 S$ X! | B* O; ]* h天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
' `2 `. Q! m' ?0 P/ N. \团结就是力量Unity is strength.
@" }. \5 Y* E. T; k) R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
r( }5 g# b3 L歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
+ i b2 y5 _: e, p物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.* K+ n% r3 D8 p! C& h5 h% x
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
( g- ]9 {* Y# ^6 T2 L6 F$ q望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child: q/ I% ?0 l; Z: i5 X7 Y# p
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.9 C) ]! X4 H- O3 ]2 o
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy & N: K) P+ ]9 j0 B+ c8 C/ E
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
4 I3 Y; [+ @$ g无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots2 k! m: `/ @0 P# M8 m7 o
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
! o. F2 u& w' _- q4 X9 G* z; a无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.3 ]5 L, J2 \# Q; m9 T5 @2 {
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 5 t" F: r/ O+ d! m0 ?# u
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
1 b9 G6 G0 C) j3 I; k% E虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
! ?! O# w. K1 ]( J/ h* r蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off. r' ?' n; _( E9 o3 L7 i4 b
心想事成May all your wish come true
" |, q* ?7 m8 l心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding8 I( w: |. e4 D
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
0 A, n @* @4 y# Q/ ~8 O先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
, m8 T. V' F. L像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan' o* j: Y# f6 I% ^: U$ P
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example8 Z- k+ W0 r; O3 s) C
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
! A- B7 R/ N4 G- L* L0 C喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
g$ C: g( B+ y循序渐进step by step
5 g5 M4 C( K b6 y b2 Y一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
( G- {- l; @3 ~/ }( q9 B严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
" b5 {+ ~" ?7 A' i鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey# B/ `# b9 W- a9 a
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
) V. T4 g* {# T有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.$ p' k; I) m9 _. P- |1 K
有识之士people of vision
3 a9 R6 ]# g/ l2 K, ]/ g$ v3 s有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
' N h# j+ ]8 s: Q9 F有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
7 A \' _" {/ U9 D与时俱进advance with times# y1 F; U) z$ X) H4 E
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
9 U$ u- ]$ u2 J9 s5 K. B因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
. d* n$ X5 B& d. _1 `6 K7 Z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) p8 i8 n欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. " i) D3 i4 L% \- D6 ~
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest 1 y+ Q$ M2 j" s. a+ ?' T
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.6 d: f, f2 }0 y; @6 I2 ~# o+ E
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
/ z3 V$ b" L a/ K: K冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" & O, F+ S# x# V8 k7 a
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. 1 W" M# t+ }* U0 B* b+ G! |
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful; {2 d, }; }7 V( L( k# p. U
债台高筑become debt-ridden! i) b1 g! H( A1 G4 z6 a: _% k
致命要害Achilles' heel
$ I- J* ?# U5 }. K众矢之的target of public criticism
3 N) C& \3 i \6 o5 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.
: h* z1 B3 m& Q纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist2 e/ k9 `+ X& G4 L6 s' z; s
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.) e8 p5 b& I7 o; i$ D; X! ]
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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