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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
! b: \6 F, f Y: a# k百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.( T/ C2 w: F) M. j' V( s" F! J. T
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 Q/ u/ `/ z' m, R- U笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
2 B( h8 K, \/ t' ]; X不眠之夜white night
% ?+ i* h& v9 N8 ^6 v6 z不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
0 ?4 w0 U5 x9 l, L$ x不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best2 C6 j) ?( K- g/ M
不打不成交"No discord, no concord. $ C) a5 d1 z- C! ]2 R. @0 c# u: r
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul : ?( Z8 \) P8 I, c3 |: v U
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new # K' {- J, [) d n& A* W
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
r; ?8 W/ G# \; _大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener , M+ u! O8 n. |3 j! n
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace" y& }& v! e! |: F0 y f1 v8 k
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 M1 k5 l/ z0 W5 V5 [
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. 9 P8 A, m- z+ @+ l& S, B/ H
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more! A, j( i3 d+ [, U1 G' j$ D# Z
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
: R+ w1 [* B& E和气生财Harmony brings wealth
# w' [. A2 f) f5 Q# S活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
1 f& {3 f* h" O7 f9 U: C7 {) T: x: j既往不咎let bygones be bygones : p% y1 ?+ D; Z) q( a+ `5 m: W
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
9 Z7 a6 f) H+ l6 U& @1 E% f, ~金玉满堂Treasures fill the home, V4 v. _5 Y) H* p# l
脚踏实地be down-to-earth & }$ C5 }1 {% ^, X- X3 M6 I
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
( D; @' t% h5 b+ Z9 i君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green - Z7 J# {% M8 J
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché; z$ G* v" {# g5 {, R" _
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
' P" [ J/ F8 R6 ]( E留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."% H6 W! R" `; y/ F
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success$ x0 u W: a R3 W
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
8 j7 h% b, o; C8 J3 R. y- U& B3 \* h* [茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened+ f; K) {/ e' r, K/ Q, X' n
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.# C4 K2 y! m1 `3 Y9 n
每逢佳节倍思亲( z5 O& R8 ]( u5 F- y$ x3 [
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
+ ^) @' {6 }' DIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. , n( _" [7 }9 z& E
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "! i8 z! U: l8 I( i
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
5 b6 v% d- C2 U- I/ {* h拿手好戏masterpiece. K$ Y2 I( s- R" |
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
P1 ]* A4 a0 H. r抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
% k* |- h( Q) N/ V; C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- @: ^1 a" j1 Y3 w! b8 ~
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
9 @/ Y4 h" n4 w# l2 n p0 f3 I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.+ r4 E) x1 p' W9 ~! q/ D/ F: i
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 step6 }4 p/ I8 r, r( p. R8 n3 L
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.7 ^! H$ v4 Y+ z# x/ l7 m
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.& t- G6 h2 M* V4 J2 ^8 J& L7 R9 ^5 Y
One sows and another reaps.7 Y; T. U7 p7 f4 w6 F3 K% x
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
e1 f. f( W- Z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. 0 v; f* V T% V7 g2 c) ~2 Y
强强联手win-win co-operation) W4 R4 w: V8 q
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
! _6 b9 L! C0 _) M& X% k人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
1 l# {9 _' R& ?7 S人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.8 h- ]8 M' o* F: ]5 |
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
& a( X& L q& R# J0 I世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " 5 u; q1 e. ?' d# V& h# w! ?4 a9 N5 T
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; ) X* m: _# h" w
死而后已until my heart stops beating
$ {) ~3 Z; c. a) j岁岁平安Peace all year round9 s7 ~ [ ^3 K6 h9 ?$ Z4 Z
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." " z6 L- K! \+ ~5 S& S
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing." O/ c2 l8 k8 o" w- q# x8 X
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
1 t4 k/ Z5 u9 J# o4 {0 QAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
q! d p+ k. o5 F/ W5 B升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
; _6 v) e7 b% Q y2 Y! i- g四十不惑Life begins at forty. 5 X/ b$ P3 l' o4 Z# U
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " ) G' z$ B$ Z/ \0 ?: w' G% h9 i: K# ~% L
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
; R% S/ Q) T$ Q4 o& A3 M% V时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. $ Z$ I; U' w4 {- \. X% |
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel# [2 ^ D; U) V
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts / ~' _% ^6 s. |; R1 H {* U
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.1 L( C" c2 n: C- P8 n7 p
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is ' V3 O F9 u# [' l
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
" E+ V- s- z8 Q' {- ]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; "
% r6 x: C4 ^) T/ k w' l; p韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time( O' W3 U! w% P2 T! T- _& J
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets1 }& |7 f8 k) F7 }, X2 i% P
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue! ]6 v6 i3 Q$ ^: }# n. _6 q' F+ Z
团结就是力量Unity is strength.' \9 v7 C; [/ j3 {
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% Q8 x, g/ |* b8 |歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
) X+ {$ H5 v g物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
6 q k$ G# U+ C9 b$ u% e( M: m/ e往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." ) W6 z4 V7 k) R A
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child3 N0 i% E1 s- C4 \
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.3 J i: u' w) d' l
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
1 T+ X! l$ ~" K4 g+ V' u9 \5 W唯利是图draw water to one's mill 2 b1 R; @* W* i _- |/ Y8 Q/ z( H
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
/ x/ n- @+ X+ r1 I6 c无中生有make/create something out of nothing
Q l7 N; m! e! s无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.6 ?& m3 N7 H! H
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 7 b2 [$ h$ Y' m6 i: v
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
S4 N1 _, S- m虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.9 h: |& }( z X' f5 I6 r
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
! |& ^4 W2 c3 n2 v; z* C, Q- @心想事成May all your wish come true; p- g" D$ k- r5 B, _) F! P6 K% A) r
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding* U) d5 y8 j+ ?% k+ m
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.7 q' L8 J' I/ A# [9 d
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
+ y' I4 p+ p9 D b+ w( [像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan6 E7 y2 K3 @) Z. x ]1 |% e
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example6 o9 Z d9 C- U& r( E- V
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters / _/ d; {& H5 r. }- K
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 5 L) ]3 \' i+ ?4 E; k* n
循序渐进step by step" O+ r$ s6 t5 J1 o4 n0 T. J( E1 ^
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest & H+ |4 `4 L& s7 W5 j; A' R0 W( L `/ H! T
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
! b) `2 G( n% e2 Y. I0 F3 L鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey, k4 z0 o& c3 |9 s: g8 X: ~
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
. M0 l! F1 ?# u8 i$ y' t% Z, T有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
4 x3 Q: J; \. G ^( y( A有识之士people of vision* f* Z! ~1 z6 [* `- Y# L. [% ^3 \
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
5 K; w/ H J* q# K有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination." w: Q- ^ V) L Y! D+ ?
与时俱进advance with times6 w) Q" T9 O/ D# M0 Y5 j9 }; M
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
2 t0 ^4 A6 j7 P/ }7 m因材施教teach students according to their aptitude & N. z4 _6 T+ k
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."
/ ~) `+ i/ f; @; ?0 U l+ E0 E欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
# V g' w! }1 x2 G3 h* G6 j8 J6 T优胜劣汰survival of the fittest 1 [$ a* [0 E/ T; f0 }
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.2 m& q* L/ `3 R& I$ R
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.# w" e2 F' S+ L8 ~- Y9 s9 z) l1 ]
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
: {; M0 s4 G, \/ P6 W; I' S一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. 9 j3 h& ?7 }2 [- l, a2 j
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful) v9 }. _$ f: r+ h& w
债台高筑become debt-ridden) r2 S' R, d3 W; f! E/ h0 D# S
致命要害Achilles' heel 8 g, e, O" X2 Z q" Z$ t
众矢之的target of public criticism1 z# ^6 [& {1 Y0 n- u
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.
9 ?$ B5 P: u, g纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
1 t) N1 \/ [& Q, ]纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.+ T+ S& a. {- y
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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