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1 A% s! T7 H6 \" k8 G6 N Love me, love my dog.! J' ^8 i6 X: V, d' L1 Z [. `
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One look is worth a thousand words.1 F9 Y& p5 v4 l5 S8 Z5 q( B% i
; ?% m" k% }! K0 @ Seeing is believing.
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6 p# E+ f/ g8 r4 u5 ^$ K C7 o8 o. K0 W 比上不足,比下有余
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9 J% F# J; m* j# s' R8 a0 e# ? to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst# H& K" F1 e) K' U% f0 [1 H
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6 w0 t- O) K) ?! C, U# i0 x$ Z A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best! Q1 a- P) H" {
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No discord, no concord.
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' P9 a [% v$ ~' e2 B- u rob Peter to pay Paul
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+ I- T; B4 \1 B( _2 b' U bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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大事化小,小事化了
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大开眼界
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/ J ?# B) a+ l: \ 国泰民安
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' Z# H- V. v& T the country flourishes and people live in peace
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% @8 _/ { f$ d- Z7 Q* ] 过犹不及: J5 `4 \) E5 j% J) f- Z2 c( N
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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;
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too much is as bad as too little+ s$ B- ]" ?5 C. m+ a/ q
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好了伤疤忘了疼
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once on shore, one prays no more
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( ]0 B% ~& o7 Z+ Z5 Z4 ? 和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;, U8 W4 q; V3 ^
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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, s$ G3 q; r7 F+ [0 h+ }: o 活到老学到老% w s* j* p% p! v$ a% V; H
- v/ }2 a8 e/ [( e never too old to learn
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let bygones be bygones
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0 r! U' B9 I" j& v. N There are spots even on the sun.
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+ Q' I2 j7 A3 d4 k8 ?% O Treasures fill the home.
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脚踏实地
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be down-to-earth
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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君子之交淡如水
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.! A" i" m7 R0 Y9 K( ~! G! x3 g( I. n$ M
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老生常谈,陈词滥调
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cut and dried; cliché
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( ~# K; h: `# @ 没有规矩,不成方圆
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& i/ h8 a% k# z# _ 每逢佳节倍思亲6 J3 t! Q6 }2 S2 ~* J
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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谋事在人,成事在天
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Y* F' l3 A' n" Z+ x x0 I, ? Man proposes; God disposes./ @- A+ U+ {6 {; y. z/ p, X; _. \
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1 a9 R' Y0 T# w, E5 p 弄巧成拙
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cut off all means of retreat;burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end' ~. m0 ~) C0 B4 b4 O) h' j
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) d& k" x! i: a( B6 f9 p% {0 j9 { 巧妇难为无米之炊
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- [2 J0 r2 s# {0 s/ i5 J Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.+ k5 b: q$ s. t) s, e8 \: u+ s
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强龙难压地头蛇
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year
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人逢喜事精神爽5 l$ x4 a' ~: C3 b: i) Y2 ?
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5 c3 p/ O: x9 ?- T% u# g: q+ G 世外桃源
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塞翁失马,焉知非福
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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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Unity is strength.
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物以类聚,人以群分9 X" g/ V: A' X+ |) S- s8 N& y
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( N+ c+ ^9 d4 @1 R( a) S( Q% x There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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! |$ U2 {& j' `* {. F8 g" A8 v 徇私枉法
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: u2 W3 D- E- `# @, v6 W( ]) o twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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U# o8 x) V/ z 蓄势待发3 X' J: Y# s! o5 x4 {6 ]* g0 n
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心想事成
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心照不宣! y# h+ x" U: R4 d, i# ^% M, S4 y' V
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d% p- j# y) j [- _ 先入为主
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( j- r" K6 ?6 O6 d) y 先下手为强
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9 |1 Y2 x: c6 J0 |$ N6 ?: h 热锅上的蚂蚁& j. s2 X1 h( ?, k' M+ V* _
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned0 F% o. ?2 l; A; l- P
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有情人终成眷属1 o4 [, B, v6 }' S, M# q& m
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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2 h( C- w5 h4 S2 r Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82" S8 B, o3 ]. V2 m1 O b6 t# e4 R! p
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- ?/ O- I, ~) n! J1 V; ]9 Z/ u) A% ` 有缘千里来相会
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Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85- ]1 W8 L! B" k e" H6 s- L
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Y0 z4 j' f8 Y3 c" h* ~ to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.' Y2 j+ N7 k5 g
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survival of the fittest
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! i ]* i( q1 i2 U Great minds think alike.
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bring in wealth and treasure
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become debt-ridden
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3 G; t6 U. P1 f, r0 ] be an armchair strategist9 O6 }% J. z( ^
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