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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.( E; b# P- ^5 l4 e+ V V1 V% q6 I
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.7 i) m# _1 z& v( I' k1 c0 Q7 Z
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 worst3 [, h7 R' T4 m$ o
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
* j* B5 g! Y! r8 b8 m; P: y, L不眠之夜white night 4 R' F5 a9 D. h' m
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses! l: ]& }+ x' S |
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best7 X: L4 |" g; r$ x4 Y; p# N* O
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
+ a; D( X0 |: |- X2 f) a拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul & L% a" {9 u V5 P5 X& O7 p
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new / i5 ?) e! v7 A0 D/ n( r
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! k: Q6 U1 e7 x( J; t: c2 U9 l) a U* o
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
- ]8 a7 ~/ K$ o! m国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace5 D$ p1 E2 e: H& Q6 U
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 / r! s4 L$ Q. P1 {; ^* n5 D0 L
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
; c$ F7 a6 r$ c* L3 }9 l6 U: _3 s好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more/ g8 g% b' n7 N
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
# S2 K% C; n2 |. I( \3 r和气生财Harmony brings wealth
+ E( Y4 f2 X0 n! J! A" K活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
+ S( u0 y( S# c既往不咎let bygones be bygones
# C' M6 s% f2 S( L金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. ) ]% ^- X/ n: V
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
4 r7 P8 W, k% b( U4 Q脚踏实地be down-to-earth
7 Y5 F, r0 i/ ~$ L* f% q脚踩两只船sit on the fence
+ c7 x0 p5 `$ W" d* p- Y7 e君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green ) V9 ?* L& d1 F
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché) g0 w- U5 ^' {4 _ r! v7 ?, c
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 9 v% C! ?$ b- r6 z3 q+ E0 o2 G
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."% `) f) d+ r9 s( E9 h, L
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success5 V! T7 N& G& f& r
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth+ H( h F. S( {: ^! R$ ]3 Z$ G, H
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
' {2 h4 u) d$ E9 y没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards." [ N3 x+ p9 c1 ]
每逢佳节倍思亲
6 f& f: x" Q. r- EOn festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
1 \. u9 m, O# w3 b. @It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. $ j% T; D V* N* q3 H3 q
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
( d% V5 |/ `$ [' D, ^9 q0 W弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.2 F$ h* b( }9 |! P
拿手好戏masterpiece
) Z3 K: p4 T' U赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
% d$ r8 P$ t: y6 l! X/ C抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
- h* F8 Q/ `/ L! g3 `' t4 i+ r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
% j5 h+ K! h3 T' y抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 3 u0 V! [; D5 L7 `" a% N A! 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.
+ S! g2 B- ?- P. j. ]5 t, J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
( `6 w/ {( ~1 a前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.6 h- T+ W3 j' s4 }* _
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
! B4 r1 Z0 Q4 |9 }! ROne sows and another reaps.
9 O% r* ?) ^( V; \: z4 ~0 C前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something6 c9 Y% i/ J) X5 N
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 {3 ]4 |1 c" H* B3 d
强强联手win-win co-operation5 c% g0 o) w1 R. e. Y
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
: x+ ^8 g3 L2 k. X2 u人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
8 h$ H! F0 K1 q$ g人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
' o0 o; c. a& k' h& I人海战术huge-crowd strategy / o+ U! ]7 n; P* _2 f5 w+ E
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " 0 d/ v* r0 u# r: b' h, M
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
+ I' w. _' F1 ~' g2 S死而后已until my heart stops beating
, E ?/ I/ F* t8 f岁岁平安Peace all year round$ [" b m/ O" ~1 F! k! w/ {
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." ! ? n9 P3 R5 w$ D, z2 R- P- O3 y
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.) ~0 G/ T* Q' g* r. B E
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 8 m9 Z7 O) b! U9 b2 c1 x$ D
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." 4 y N+ J6 G! D- \; v/ }2 G
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
$ S; U/ L+ ]2 M4 J: c. D! ]' e四十不惑Life begins at forty. 3 u/ P* F. H1 \* U; l+ v) {$ Q
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
& }+ d' C/ R C5 d( I水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high." o8 q3 H9 _4 U
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
7 e$ G5 W3 V3 E8 Q! g2 K5 w# Z杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
6 E# M, L$ s, ^实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts $ S0 N3 T* x; }" G* }0 c
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
8 T8 s; `8 k; ?5 i实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
0 i( \0 e9 A! U8 t' B0 S( T6 X% ]实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
4 \0 A- Q @9 P! 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; "
* w! v% H' C6 A5 Z韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time$ {, P3 m2 T) K; h0 ]
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
0 e4 B# m5 D2 Y4 D" Q1 U天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
! ~1 F* { V3 a9 h& g团结就是力量Unity is strength.. U0 a& I5 F1 q0 c y
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 $ X5 Q) B& f0 q3 C0 S+ Q8 A8 B
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
* N: I5 @7 q8 ^: j2 R# n7 l物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
" C2 R: p) k* @7 Q$ m- |往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
2 x+ h) G/ S/ o% f p望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child0 L8 o1 Z9 b2 T
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
4 [' A. W% c8 `9 n6 M/ e, g文韬武略military expertise; military strategy - q3 b3 R( \7 a
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
- W7 F1 I Y `无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots3 Y7 |4 O M& z* }" c/ J
无中生有make/create something out of nothing 6 Q6 g- `9 ^6 X" J( h& Y2 M' m0 \( y7 [
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.& Z1 h0 I8 W5 T- ~- d3 |) @
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
/ i9 o9 ]8 `3 C新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
3 @4 I; v7 T( Y0 r4 @虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.* y* m4 Z7 q8 h, J
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off1 z. s4 k9 l' ^' d G' s- S# D
心想事成May all your wish come true0 O9 h( C1 J) ~$ Q$ d0 a
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding( q3 A. l9 D+ O- m% X. s: G) a9 \0 D
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
0 s% M: W, _* a" G先下手为强catch the ball before the bound2 Q, Q; \' H: l9 B7 W7 [" O5 B4 d$ b
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
* ]0 R6 [3 \, s7 g8 u) f1 y现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example1 P2 y5 x2 d4 A+ L; [
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters : X6 B2 P7 v% T6 [* \3 O- j$ N
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 6 E/ v2 x( {+ T4 _# u L; Z
循序渐进step by step! P* l( g. ? ~6 N. Y9 U
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 1 Z) q3 W1 s8 z% @
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
. J7 m; w0 l/ d% |5 q2 M/ E鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
8 a( v/ i! d% D* c4 J( h有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." $ N" c! G5 y O- U
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
; y6 Q* [& r3 l0 U& P" }4 o有识之士people of vision
8 I, g& e9 M- E M有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
C3 N2 p" K8 \) H. U5 M; L( n, n有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.7 R6 N9 j8 d8 [0 @6 a) D
与时俱进advance with times9 i# ~5 m1 P/ J1 q" G/ [
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
1 x* Z. j. O+ n2 x+ w. O9 q因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 9 k0 A) _- d3 D" h* r. b C C
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."
2 p9 S1 T, E; u' w欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. 7 I/ T, R5 Z h- v, S
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest 5 L9 Z' C9 v2 C4 H2 S6 J
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
/ W6 ^0 |0 y+ S8 a6 ~) y冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.) U! J. r/ z8 ~' c
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" ) W0 Y% h4 |0 R% s
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
+ j; b3 h; b! ~% P& m. ^9 v! y6 u$ i招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
R( E0 g" j3 R+ @2 V' s1 n& \债台高筑become debt-ridden
$ k: c0 y& H9 p5 Y致命要害Achilles' heel " @6 L+ } m5 m8 O, ?
众矢之的target of public criticism1 ~' [6 L t# o d
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 H1 z5 W7 G8 a) W纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
$ a* o5 t( H/ p# W! }纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.' R4 \- O: j9 L4 q6 p4 Z. \1 y, A
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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