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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.% A& Q$ J2 d3 v; n7 w2 Z( A
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
+ ~4 p: `# H" c2 A: B: V/ c5 U4 s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 worst6 I1 o9 j5 |$ Y# x ?' ^
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start. d* i+ I! z, T; Z
不眠之夜white night
9 L" \$ b4 u. p不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
* `/ K* m6 b# o( g3 R不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best$ H/ M3 p, N7 T: R: W# t+ D/ q
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
6 S8 l+ H3 o5 ?6 N% e8 ?拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
' R; M% A6 g/ Q( \' n* K) X辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new ; z* p2 w K6 ]& {
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
' A: Y6 }2 D+ c5 G4 k大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
) X2 k- u* a* o国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
0 ~- t" V7 J, `$ @, s% _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 N" Z6 Z: o' e. j
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. + K' i8 z y" m4 S7 i2 h
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
# C$ |. M- k! T' g好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. ; N+ T" ~" C B o
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
" f6 ^* t. t& a* [& e# w9 U! P活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
I" b, Z' {6 a既往不咎let bygones be bygones
( ^* g. Z: Q6 @+ t金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
0 n4 C5 r: r+ U+ j金玉满堂Treasures fill the home% X4 y' f! l$ o8 `7 @! V* W
脚踏实地be down-to-earth
- h N: x @. D脚踩两只船sit on the fence 0 i: H8 o( {& p- ^, p) ]
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
: H! p0 n: v% f3 p8 I, _老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché4 p0 k' B' V! v5 A- I, C7 x+ o
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
! ?5 }0 l2 n( g6 l留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."- L$ | g$ v& b/ F* |) k4 H
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
+ s( L% D4 [) D: k名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
+ h+ J* \* }3 c茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
2 E! f' u2 F+ [( s4 A没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
8 i) f; w. Q% A: K' u- E每逢佳节倍思亲# v9 K3 e8 N- O1 w: u5 `/ b
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.6 [+ ~( |* `; d( H
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. ; k6 u! f6 l- ?" N6 D9 `& p U
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "' H2 ] w4 O3 M% r. K9 M
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
6 @3 C: y) h/ S( H拿手好戏masterpiece
! y9 x4 ?( K! ^2 N3 t) s2 w( }赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
5 [, z( F5 p) W/ Z- E6 `* M$ Z/ _抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale% u0 m9 S% [9 e3 A
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* t A2 D8 X+ q- {! l
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
8 k+ b7 U5 C* k8 J4 `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.: Z) F6 ]' ]9 k' t$ n
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 step6 ^, T/ g- l$ ?# P. P3 l* U4 h
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.1 a. I! J7 P7 ^- D2 e$ ^% D/ F/ b
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.4 G; ~0 M6 x6 L6 k P; Z7 Q
One sows and another reaps.2 ^% E; t: F, @
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
2 h7 i" T/ n0 z2 d* \* f5 @0 K/ s5 n, N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. 5 s% p: e) {6 d8 P, ~
强强联手win-win co-operation
1 q. d8 R# p s g& \瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.- [0 b; V. A8 o9 H7 c8 n, n6 W6 K
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.( j% n# o# d$ F. _/ r
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.: K& R4 O$ C+ N. F7 ~
人海战术huge-crowd strategy 2 i0 S. V# \4 k! d4 ^0 k& y
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " 2 K" ]6 @7 t* k6 q, Y
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; ( U% }# r9 u! v3 H5 I
死而后已until my heart stops beating7 c- B1 d: P' \- d6 ^
岁岁平安Peace all year round8 F: E& p5 _' v% \
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
' C( \9 n( `9 I8 A; q/ f塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
/ f+ u8 X6 i: e2 X! j& R" \0 p+ e& P三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 3 }6 X8 m B7 m% |/ a4 ]2 c9 @
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
3 [; ^# z6 Y7 R# @- I' B' Q9 o2 A n5 P* b升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
8 N7 h6 O& ]$ [1 U1 l四十不惑Life begins at forty. 9 }, j2 {& ^8 z/ a
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " 6 x: V3 J5 c! l3 D v! ?0 O
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
" ~" ^% b, f& f8 @时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
& ~1 V. j. h# h1 H杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel0 A# c1 ]/ Q9 }6 E+ p$ y
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts . k* B: E) Z; B' b
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
( B# \' l) e7 C实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
/ n2 L3 C, O5 B! z& x y0 e实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
2 M2 @* \- i$ j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; "
0 w+ l! X; n7 Y4 v' V韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time p8 g0 P* s( q
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets% {: v+ u5 r' v) g9 b
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue: I! z/ l5 [5 p+ p# u) J& A# g0 H3 I. Q
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
- k n [5 O5 N3 p5 ?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
: ~5 P B6 e j( T4 w. h歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
$ }" l% [% j$ B0 G5 `# h0 Q. _物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
" I. `& X, G' F! H9 i" W往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." 0 _8 G. g8 V5 l8 S
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child) ~# }6 }5 y9 m# i' U8 `
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours. |" i Z- k: w& {1 r8 n
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy $ ]+ ^+ z: E1 { ^4 X4 K3 v
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
' g) W) L" L$ Y7 U) t/ P1 T无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots" U# r R7 j1 @" @/ b. N
无中生有make/create something out of nothing ) l" s- h$ e0 o1 ~6 U8 B
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
$ y$ z7 L) A: w# @2 l徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
1 O7 P7 {% ?4 M- m0 p1 @新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 7 m9 [4 @% s% r6 f% `! z
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
/ t* m& K! |$ p% Z8 q蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off9 u9 i: p, t# t8 r
心想事成May all your wish come true" E+ Y; y4 E5 b# Q
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding
0 i& F1 K+ e! ^, U c, l5 q1 a8 _& D先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
' r4 V$ g. E2 i- q) u先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
: l3 u# b+ [) H4 V1 ~" e像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
- |5 u( P7 V6 L: e/ N7 @现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
2 a# N# S' a8 t: E* F& z息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
+ a: r- n% m4 x3 u喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 8 r* `$ k" R* e" `6 M: ^/ t2 E
循序渐进step by step
$ a! v# ~4 ~/ a6 K- _! F一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest + w+ K# E' m) P. K+ G
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
" H. ^* {" L- P" x+ `+ Z E2 g2 Z1 i+ Y鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
0 d0 q: [3 Y! c* e& C8 V6 u3 U有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 3 @' ~5 y" P( T
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
2 j# [4 l! A, I+ l有识之士people of vision
6 C9 J6 B& I3 U有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain + l& v! I8 ]0 S
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
; V1 l$ L8 e5 Z0 v9 N与时俱进advance with times
5 N2 t" {/ m: E' ?2 g0 o: h& V以人为本people oriented; people foremost
) Y" U0 o- E3 Z* d5 O5 b因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
) ?1 L# z' u) q2 K* q& @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."
8 R. j1 B9 v1 T7 `欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
% |4 B8 ^+ k2 g优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
. v% Q8 i: x4 p英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
# Y. Q- z9 Q+ p) O冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.) J4 l" q5 j) K; S, u: x0 D" Z; c
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" 4 ?7 @ t' ~0 J r. a" w
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. % Z( p3 y3 n' z
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
/ ^: F" m" \( I3 K债台高筑become debt-ridden
6 y8 Q$ |7 a6 K' O/ D) T- q- R* _致命要害Achilles' heel
# f5 t& [6 d8 T! g4 } u! c众矢之的target of public criticism
4 z; e( [, }# r' U0 O, N- v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.$ E' O. E) U3 q) {
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
! Y: D" m/ d% c3 w( r0 N# y' Q纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
. F* x/ x L: e左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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