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' |* w- L! S; t B$ A% H% {% l$ D One look is worth a thousand words.! Z+ K8 P; d0 n1 {
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Seeing is believing.- W) Q' |/ e/ |' P& B
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9 a/ d' [" y5 n9 b 比上不足，比下有余3 r! n8 l2 o3 K T( X" G
' W% a$ ^; Q5 z1 }$ }. m% N to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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笨鸟先飞
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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: n9 ~) c! N# e$ @ 不遗余力
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2 |, U2 r1 n1 o q% K U6 X No discord, no concord.
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辞旧迎新
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8 F) _, o/ f1 Z6 P; G. l. O try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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大开眼界
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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& I* X/ P. s1 j7 X2 j 国泰民安
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2 K, c7 m' |; A7 Z0 h 好事不出门，坏事传千里 ]/ O2 e' E- j7 M" ]: I4 q) B: n
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和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;
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7 c' p- L. R2 r/ r# \! p 金无足赤，人无完人
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老生常谈，陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché
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3 R( s) P5 |8 m9 v ^ k8 K 礼尚往来( e9 K& M$ ^) G3 d( }# U
. `6 P8 A% P% e8 V" x Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
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Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
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2 n+ F+ H! k5 t1 u% l 上有天堂，下有苏杭( h, J* O2 h; u, n: h9 q' Q
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7 X* c1 ~; T' z5 Z' | 塞翁失马，焉知非福- ^0 m; D# z* M b" ~& M6 r: T2 T
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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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唯利是图
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests) l' t0 y. @1 M; L) }( N7 [6 c
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无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air- }- ~6 ~- X; \$ W1 n; j3 k
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( x, n/ ~9 [8 ?) d; k- S+ |* @ There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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- z% D; T7 u" v# U ` 徇私枉法
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新官上任三把火
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation# Z ]; _3 {+ L* y7 X' X' ?
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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The best defense is offense.
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ants on a hot pan
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现身说法
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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+ ^ E6 b+ f5 ~% O, G. Y, {- [5 H 严以律己，宽以待人
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: H; [7 r" I6 i$ z: M' ]* v 有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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有缘千里来相会9 D3 \ w- ]- ?- e" U2 D, z
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1 v6 J; }3 p# S' ^( a+ y1 ]( k 与时俱进
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因材施教
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$ l b9 V# m! m i6 m% a1 K: w 欲穷千里目，更上一层楼, `6 B, D# B" H$ `. p
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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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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招财进宝
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bring in wealth and treasure
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be an armchair strategist
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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