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- R3 \! A# J2 ` 爱屋及乌$ Q% N8 ^$ a5 U4 P- I2 x0 T
/ j! [7 p; e5 Y4 h. w: M0 y9 W Love me, love my dog.
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" _! x. m# h7 \, r 百闻不如一见
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. L' ^, t ]) ^ K! ^+ V% H One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst7 ^ M' f5 O% y% Z3 t
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* g' F% M9 N7 A) G 不打不成交
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+ p" k0 a' t+ x& |0 Z No discord, no concord.* G& y" l" Q% U7 \- ^
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辞旧迎新
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% B4 T3 D6 c1 z5 u7 }8 s 大事化小，小事化了: z: ~; ]9 ^; Y0 Q j( j
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大开眼界
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国泰民安
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too much is as bad as too little
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& x& x5 A" t7 d1 d: t 好了伤疤忘了疼# s+ c4 N6 q. l% n
8 v+ \3 M3 H2 t/ x* z/ A once on shore, one prays no more
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, B% X0 U3 [% P( V I" O0 ^3 ]' ^* K 好事不出门，坏事传千里
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" j$ a* D' _4 b8 s! p9 l2 \% `' O Bad news travels fast./ }- g4 Z. I( |
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& I+ b) a3 D4 m) W 和气生财
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. F' r% Z6 G$ z0 ^3 P 活到老学到老
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never too old to learn
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金无足赤，人无完人
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% Z5 O7 E+ C9 Q7 ` There are spots even on the sun.
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金玉满堂
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, s/ _, z( F- f+ m6 Z: n Treasures fill the home.
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+ Q0 `" {( T! W/ n5 @ 脚踏实地
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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cut and dried; cliché
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" S* a4 w! J7 p" n- c Where there is life, there is hope.6 r V( z1 \, t! ]- a
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gain both fame and wealth
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7 f7 x/ M' x- R8 I' f5 W( y 每逢佳节倍思亲
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2 W2 V4 l! u: K3 r; e/ D' F, ^ 抛砖引玉
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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
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强龙难压地头蛇
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; l3 {1 m; X# q. |5 p 世外桃源
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: |) O4 m8 i' R' g, t" Z4 d+ _ 人之初，性本善
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Every cloud has a silver lining.
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+ x6 ~% Z- v, l 三十而立
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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.( H$ M- M2 ~1 ^8 Y2 i9 U! j
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use a steam-hammer to crack nuts
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说曹操，曹操到
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糖衣炮弹
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# B1 M% y2 ?8 R# T* | 团结就是力量
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests0 O1 Y2 N- ?' `( p" D1 k8 U" W; R
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m# V7 e7 @* G, d4 n 无中生有/ t, l; s: e& f; m
3 X6 e0 x$ S. { K, \ a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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( C$ @' t% q3 B2 r+ i: U; P There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.5 J! V1 L, m( i; O: v( {
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/ y1 z& f0 v5 e0 g" [, o 徇私枉法0 e. M( M* a* P2 j I
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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a new broom sweeps clean4 B) R! _$ T- Z2 M1 B6 e) [! W: P
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蓄势待发
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May all your wish come true
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心照不宣
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation! n2 M; J3 p4 x4 ?
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先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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/ W$ g5 |+ r5 _; _4 e0 `' i+ D$ \ He who strikes first gains the advantage.- [: }! }) Y: S! K! b9 \' q
) {" ]4 E# J4 \5 E9 b The best defense is offense.
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U# Z# K \8 }" o0 R% W( | 热锅上的蚂蚁
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ants on a hot pan
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2 P( \3 E# a! b& Q0 M0 j: j a P0 v 现身说法7 @, T5 H# F1 f) P2 Q
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned+ x0 r; a3 } E% n; c( R+ c8 S/ h
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3 y9 W* }# z- Z2 F L4 [ proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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有缘千里来相会
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因材施教
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teach students according to their aptitude
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欲穷千里目，更上一层楼
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to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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* n9 q* q& G# s* W0 B5 x2 ?; R 优胜劣汰
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survival of the fittest+ R. c% Z+ s8 H; w$ I; G" B8 g
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Great minds think alike.
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冤家宜解不宜结
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5 q* E, F, r) @0 _1 _+ u7 @7 o. D* ^4 S 冤假错案
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' Q7 ^, G9 Q) _ v A promise is a promise.
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A real man never goes back on his words.
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3 i% B- \1 u G! ~) r 招财进宝
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众矢之的
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target of public criticism1 I; Q; b, a( |
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1 R! m1 ^1 Y3 a% Z" V be an armchair strategist8 u" |4 E" V; U, G) [( o- v- Z
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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! x5 M" y g* B8 ` What's done by night appears by day.
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