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Love me, love my dog.
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+ \3 M$ k- {; Z6 l 百闻不如一见
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One look is worth a thousand words.+ Q! n# L3 ^8 ?. g
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m6 O4 m5 |* G( I! T% _ A slow sparrow should make an early start.0 ~/ ~# b9 H( W I% Z/ F t3 x5 w; L: ?
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0 g9 ~( e* w% K 不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best R( S$ I) }# m5 l
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No discord, no concord.
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拆东墙补西墙
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辞旧迎新
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7 }8 H3 [ _( c) E/ V h 大开眼界
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c% Z# e) p7 v- k7 ~ too much is as bad as too little
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) ~/ e7 k! T$ ]# D 好事不出门,坏事传千里
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7 [7 Q+ m: z# c. C i1 Y Bad news travels fast.
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和气生财
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friendliness is conducive to business success, [8 m* Q0 V. E0 m' c7 w3 l
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f% ]6 m# ^0 P, h( u. h never too old to learn
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1 I$ Q# k. C& M3 B 既往不咎
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let bygones be bygones
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There are spots even on the sun.
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% o x$ w! s* z* \/ t 脚踩两只船
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) i, [1 Y5 o- ^9 P! l `9 V sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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6 [3 {) d. M4 |& r* y% U 老生常谈,陈词滥调
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0 D7 r4 W+ H( z0 l* O; I 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
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Where there is life, there is hope.1 [3 M8 D9 u/ g4 U
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9 J- n0 n/ N, ~, ` 茅塞顿开
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be suddenly enlightened
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# {; D; O5 l+ l5 i9 `# o 没有规矩,不成方圆* E9 e: ~9 X& S% a8 N. a, i9 O& q C
' _$ _0 _7 z7 C4 i$ u$ D2 e8 d Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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4 E1 X- c3 N/ ^ The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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人逢喜事精神爽
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. q% ?6 z# I$ G3 r Every cloud has a silver lining.
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A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
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* i2 Q% G# m3 G# z/ z6 o speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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跳进黄河洗不清
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Even if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean - there's nothing one can do to clear one's name
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物以类聚,人以群分
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无风不起浪
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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" B6 V- _) K9 |+ ~; R6 @9 M- L: K$ r 徇私枉法. A; t; f8 H4 R; a" M8 ]
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: P& E4 j- z2 v; v. T 新官上任三把火
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) M: m. B, e! I1 p0 L( b a new broom sweeps clean
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心想事成
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( z, _; Z2 r5 m- a+ ^8 r May all your wish come true$ f9 R8 M1 y, z1 t# W0 V% L( H
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation, K$ A+ p5 R0 ~
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先入为主2 a; d& ~# [5 c: e/ c
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.4 e! U d: C1 c' ?4 ? |2 t5 H
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% u$ N! Q8 i% L6 w( N8 X9 I, s: K 先下手为强$ K: o( c& S8 D% k! b6 a6 W+ t
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5 L" t0 H; ^/ K: p8 E% O The best defense is offense.
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# @1 c1 e( v/ P# ~$ @3 S 现身说法
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5 y c3 g" }) {2 s warn people by taking oneself as an example
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# x1 @; j: d# }9 f0 f7 f: e; L 息事宁人1 q, v) } |$ |5 I! n
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! f# O7 j2 v% _5 M9 q7 B proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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有情人终成眷属+ ~) G$ T+ `, }/ a. D) b
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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有识之士
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6 v( y+ p4 F/ a0 o0 m! H* G1 S a man of insight83& s8 k* l9 v+ X3 [/ x6 }2 |
% J+ r. r/ U* P$ r 有勇无谋
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8 Q! {, P3 H/ X0 l. a y5 G 有缘千里来相会
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; O! ]0 ]" T2 Y3 g7 v2 ^ Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.854 l% n2 F- `! A
$ v* q9 i" t, S/ Y 与时俱进
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因材施教
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欲穷千里目,更上一层楼
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欲速则不达9 k+ a" o( y$ N
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survival of the fittest
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: s6 f( p, y w0 ]9 {6 L 英雄所见略同+ x. o! U: i6 Z1 L% l6 p6 a
: A% D6 `, k2 J7 |& @" _ Great minds think alike.% V5 l! N: B$ w' ^
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冤家宜解不宜结3 m: i t) h( K' Z( K8 D; m- W: j
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4 J1 T h- Y( L6 E( J 冤假错案
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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* T* e% }. F2 _' p/ C; D8 \0 ? A promise is a promise.
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债台高筑
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become debt-ridden
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0 }$ b' v& E9 P; T be an armchair strategist
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纸包不住火
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.8 O8 z5 y5 Q- F' H; L: B
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