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/ l& r8 d3 P# a- e One look is worth a thousand words.
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# { ?' Z/ P7 D4 K" h0 D X- X Seeing is believing.
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: Y! M0 t( |$ x2 ~& ?! M' e 比上不足,比下有余. {8 e1 p$ r- M' O' u+ z' _
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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) g! [9 ~; W+ A* K7 Y7 { bid farewell to the old and usher in the new6 A) H6 }& @; E4 w
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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' \! H9 U- B* k" U, S 国泰民安
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. X9 ]2 o p) l( ^( ] 好了伤疤忘了疼: I+ |+ v: ?) l+ Q/ j
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1 h: @0 o$ \2 T6 y( | Bad news travels fast.
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) k* G0 G( n! a6 _$ C% A never too old to learn
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金玉满堂
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# P7 Z. J4 {6 O( A& D/ a 老生常谈,陈词滥调
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3 j1 A- v7 o/ c7 f) r# D Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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One can't make bricks without straw.
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Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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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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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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6 n* ~! E5 M2 r' t There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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- s+ N9 [ L( Y( g, M! u 徇私枉法
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新官上任三把火
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May all your wish come true3 l! \, I, L: o) y* u" j
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7 `& M9 s9 g) y' c7 D, V& A' b- P pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned0 i' T* L3 c% x+ ^7 y1 v
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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冤家宜解不宜结
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