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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.7 ~; p* W! i- n x' I4 O
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.2 p0 c0 J# y) G
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
( E& R- { y6 @# j {& g1 z2 c笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
, A. d1 B& m9 Q不眠之夜white night ' g! |$ @# O4 e- ]& t- g2 k6 o6 e
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses4 @, L4 L( [% v9 Z) x9 i) F
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best: b: r8 z/ O4 u% K, @
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
) M& n1 g+ W5 w拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul 7 T' ?2 i4 s6 N* u0 |, f
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
1 y2 b( E2 H* F+ U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
5 v' ?$ N- L" `大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 6 a' V7 _$ J0 k$ c' r( d1 b
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
3 ~# d& o. Z; Y: ~) Y' C) l6 A' K8 I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
! W1 ?4 T9 H# r* o功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. 2 W0 v6 w8 g e$ b# h
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more3 E- _9 b3 Q- a/ q; l; q+ P5 {2 Q
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. $ X7 l( r7 D3 g; E6 o# I
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
/ e1 Q, B5 @+ \. Z' ^2 Y活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
6 Z! s6 N/ u1 F0 Q t( \既往不咎let bygones be bygones
$ i, _4 J# a. P" y9 c1 P4 c4 q金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
/ k e m! i3 }6 ?! J; q金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
9 I+ w* t7 m& n2 _; K. q* ~! w9 ^脚踏实地be down-to-earth
9 o( \0 z- C+ {$ @* m: n* V脚踩两只船sit on the fence
# a2 [6 p2 q! j8 B君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
+ o# A/ L" |. B/ o老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
& ]! ~, \5 b6 t礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. " o! B* s% u! a- S! V. v
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."8 p- y1 S1 P/ W+ ^
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
; G# n8 _- g! X$ Z) ?名利双收gain in both fame and wealth4 c0 Z0 F7 v5 x' p/ M" m/ j
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened2 ^3 x+ y! Z5 l$ [$ Y$ q/ ]% @
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
1 N2 v2 S& O- C/ `- t, {9 @; F2 ~3 b每逢佳节倍思亲
: r2 y' p3 F' E9 h7 B+ m, p! rOn festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
& E" H0 v. [$ t' |: s$ Z1 W' FIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. ' [/ b; F$ w" `) m: p" ~/ _
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
7 u- u* L! E. g- I, L7 L弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
7 H# }- @# o: ^# h- Q" D* O9 _. o拿手好戏masterpiece% v. E! O! p8 Z" O3 w
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
/ _) P5 q n# A1 V抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale f" i" Q: S& `$ [
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
u6 \3 c1 `. j! D) x抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
6 L) m4 a+ j2 ~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# g: V# h2 i1 g* l' a% A0 |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: c* R! A4 W5 p1 ?; y& G
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
0 a0 D7 ]6 @7 J( y前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
, l% I: x; w& l5 m- l3 J* d* L- tOne sows and another reaps.1 l: V5 U+ e6 x: |
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something6 |+ B, Q# D1 {
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. ! Y5 F4 h/ _' k6 U. J) z2 B3 q
强强联手win-win co-operation
4 G2 |# J, V2 l H6 {瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
6 G' Z+ ` y7 I2 O/ X' u4 q人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
% E. }! o' r% _% I n, |人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
( m* b- C; F& @( W人海战术huge-crowd strategy
& \# V5 N( W* ~, q, b# n8 R世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
* `+ M2 H0 O5 v, E6 A& a世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
: C J7 |1 I# d- v# C Y' ~- F死而后已until my heart stops beating
# G& v5 ~3 {; S4 y ~* Y岁岁平安Peace all year round1 X' J# }7 l0 U( o% z6 {
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
7 b; c- n" ]8 f8 L* |# ]. b0 h! B塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing." o4 `3 p) q3 ~3 A3 \# P7 @5 G/ Q
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
! {& y( r1 o, m" h6 H9 NAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
4 F. b. [9 R. O( E2 M升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)+ b: i" S/ A6 G3 t$ s$ e* |7 b1 _
四十不惑Life begins at forty. 5 D' I# r2 }6 `, I" K& \) e
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " 8 R/ x/ Z$ {6 O" x
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
7 [7 @0 [5 X3 a. E h2 t W时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. ! [! s& c; z9 |4 ^) S! y
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
, c: y7 K7 ~. x0 k实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
m! t/ F0 V$ l5 G/ V2 Q" L6 r说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
% v) ]+ e9 U) s实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
1 y$ @3 n# J5 `( r$ @实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
: t# y3 {( }3 N' e/ y* 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; "9 I8 F ]2 ~. C, ]
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time5 t s& g1 _0 @; E; z2 B8 x
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets* b I3 F0 c% m( O# F
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue5 E8 h- I0 Z: Y9 f
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
( |% R3 E' Z6 j) d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
. S5 [& y# T3 N' |7 O歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena% r# j: F6 i$ F
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together. L! a' b. p" d3 K! A
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." ; U! o6 R7 @3 \: v, T
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child# d, y" `+ [ h
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
; ^4 y6 Y) ~5 N0 e) C- [# G9 N; y) F1 r文韬武略military expertise; military strategy 8 S$ T+ N# ?& k8 O- E7 m7 N# O
唯利是图draw water to one's mill 8 z" Z4 D4 `$ j: m" u0 L
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
6 G# x- s t0 K7 |无中生有make/create something out of nothing 5 N) |, C1 x9 G2 J% [
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
: l! ^4 n ]" u+ D0 k% Z2 V* X徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
- _2 Z2 [" v$ O1 @新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
& _' a6 c+ r0 m+ k0 x2 n! r7 i虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
' s# B* k5 x T$ Z; }# y* e% P; u5 x& A蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
- P+ B1 D k. H+ }4 E$ f心想事成May all your wish come true5 S1 n) {. _- B. n% L
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding: V/ S' j: X! e- n
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
$ }& Q+ j1 F A- H D先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
9 A1 G! K! r3 o1 ]# {1 ~像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
0 ?5 B. d* L8 {- X; ^2 \# G2 @现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
9 D6 }. h3 [# m6 W& q. k5 y息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
8 b& f3 {% c; R W# n喜忧参半mingled hope and fear $ @( i0 U% p4 @4 H( D- c
循序渐进step by step
4 Q) {; _9 m( O( x一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
# `) }8 o! I$ k$ p4 \+ a严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
' |1 v6 ?* a7 c3 x鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey. h7 ^- U, x6 e2 R# b
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 6 e6 g( i( H! Y( e( E( Z
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
+ l U, J$ C- g3 b有识之士people of vision, k4 n9 q* P }/ J
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain - q& R2 _: D' z- p3 S ]% F; ~
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
/ E3 j! P' e- z- ?: R( n与时俱进advance with times9 l" R9 Q+ {: u, w
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
) R& ]8 m( I9 m6 D因材施教teach students according to their aptitude % P; u, k( M/ q" m& J6 {
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." 6 q9 Q" G# N; j0 E" ~$ p, |9 t
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
& H- A0 U [* ?+ F# D! r优胜劣汰survival of the fittest 5 W( n6 P" L. h; P
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.0 \& ~. ~0 B ]0 G) \
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.. f# F; z& r( z* }9 q: _% @
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
1 R) M h6 e8 l' L& p2 s一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
7 E* u: u% o/ n招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
8 p3 Z' E5 h5 c9 D4 Y; N债台高筑become debt-ridden
, D! r% r7 h: W致命要害Achilles' heel : J( ]) R# _/ u* G+ Z- y
众矢之的target of public criticism/ m5 j j* l' q" T
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.2 t7 Y4 ]; e n% ~7 t% P/ |; O& P
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
# d1 ~+ v \- _& F. U纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
7 u# S8 K& x% Q! ~! @% e2 N左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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