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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.+ I( p1 h) H- h6 h0 j+ i: Y
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.6 p7 M1 r3 I' s7 [) _/ W+ p" A$ ^
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 worst
% Y2 d- b$ e% J! R2 x笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.* s2 k" d. |% @2 @% U8 X
不眠之夜white night
; o0 C1 T! {7 b: _& R不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses; F9 |$ w# Z' T5 ^' h
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
9 _2 N5 G2 W5 S. t; h3 j$ C* f- |不打不成交"No discord, no concord. 0 o5 @: Q. N9 k$ J% {
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul : Y* j9 V: l, D1 g, ]# m
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
3 v2 g( y" O2 ~! V- n5 s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' _9 H4 [% d% [5 P4 q! O7 D
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener ' T/ d* |3 [+ B, D7 I! X
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace/ V. |4 r3 {& O2 `2 [8 F
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 & v9 z* D5 r* D$ y1 |% n
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. # E" k* h0 w( M) \( y | ^) T P
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more% M' q* c) l3 ~
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 7 ]# X; P4 [! `5 h- a
和气生财Harmony brings wealth% E* W# u7 |# j1 Y+ r# D$ i/ o
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. , W% M" J6 C- b9 X
既往不咎let bygones be bygones
" w: ?/ ~* ~ q E( u$ `, e金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. + N n9 B* M( [5 D% H, T
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
+ A e0 e# G9 h2 A; K3 n脚踏实地be down-to-earth ; h7 s/ ^7 s, [( E( a
脚踩两只船sit on the fence 4 Z4 ]% U' W0 y, T
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
& B3 e5 M. [% E5 n老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché& i) P# f5 S! C, A6 ?( i5 \
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. " g4 K: u0 d$ d& ^
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
" U1 G0 }" b( n) z$ ^( ]马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
7 C, ~* a7 _5 F+ M. A名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
" ^/ ?: K2 v3 {7 K茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened% @+ G! @3 \# `3 g
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
& h; |( x, l) O! N% L每逢佳节倍思亲
6 Y' p0 f& E3 m) {0 L: s" F, C0 uOn festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
: J" ?$ q ?2 r$ m r- NIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. % Q! H7 M4 O' }0 X
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "# A- x- {6 e Y% ?
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
' m6 }0 F `0 x6 ]$ m+ W拿手好戏masterpiece
# }/ Q# u* i4 s赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
; q% m+ b2 ^' H$ x+ D抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
3 {3 E5 A; f2 G0 }# R' m' M破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end6 D: `% p& c: L4 Q7 X
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 4 u: z1 u6 a% i' Y
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.
* G4 B3 o' ^( c! m/ A6 }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 step) W1 j8 z4 W$ x# W1 O" Z
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. x( d4 x' R# U% B7 F% r. p( t
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.8 d: V1 n% w* D K3 b
One sows and another reaps.
# f2 F% H+ N+ g' A+ u. |前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something0 W) t* F6 m* [
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.
+ L# X$ F+ j) g7 [强强联手win-win co-operation
% ?; C# U5 @! X8 u2 |% }瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.5 A6 x5 d$ }4 @$ Q5 i" C+ _
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
4 b3 s( c2 R9 P人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.' a- z6 p% E- j2 n- H0 q
人海战术huge-crowd strategy / q0 w/ j. _' q3 ]% t% d, G- n+ ^
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
I4 S4 ?) \5 K/ c! Z, f# j+ ^世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
: {- J+ J$ |; |% x3 V死而后已until my heart stops beating1 E: H. G' Q' x) Q! |5 |$ k5 C! e
岁岁平安Peace all year round9 p. q. f0 { a1 X, n
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
$ i+ ^$ ]+ b ~0 V8 g塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.) e$ b8 p' l" {/ E
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
/ S4 M. C$ ]* _8 T4 [( g. PAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
" m6 @, k# N- D升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)) G" T; x; ^+ g9 Z
四十不惑Life begins at forty.
# B ~& D) n2 V j' L4 D; N- a谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " 9 a+ x0 k( e+ z/ Z. O3 q
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.' p5 e5 H7 h% f6 `
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. . {4 ?4 T6 `4 g. R
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel7 d; Q/ b! Y/ `. k, a
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts 8 C, a/ w7 S x$ i. x: r2 y
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.+ m* Q! s) Q+ D. t# K9 s
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
- S# Y$ d$ W9 U4 r实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.* M3 A: B6 J: t9 W6 d2 |
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 a7 Z3 S. ~& ~9 S* `: i& A6 L韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time) a6 o% j2 E" O$ ~- b9 d
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets3 o5 I% G; M- u& n1 Y4 F
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue. w' v" i$ G) U# r7 ?/ D
团结就是力量Unity is strength.) m2 {0 N, B h2 O
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
( Z; A5 Y C5 R6 D歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
5 l" D' O" J7 j, c/ {9 H+ f物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.
, {; A; d$ g3 [, }" f$ m4 }/ ~往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." $ Q3 E0 |. l2 w! y @9 }) `: s: k
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
2 y6 I( r3 _0 p5 D1 O" y3 F5 k屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
# I. `2 B5 ^; Z- U$ |1 u/ i文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
Y B: O/ |; B$ G8 _/ J唯利是图draw water to one's mill
5 e+ [, n' z6 Q ]& Y1 ~% I7 p无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
5 N% M4 c) M! L无中生有make/create something out of nothing
3 b$ M% m1 W+ x! f5 x( m无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
9 u' ?2 ]- L: P: {徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends ! i( b6 [4 t2 G* F' X" b" o2 \- W
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean ) N' G, `5 z6 c7 f+ W* [% H( ~! y
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.& l8 v8 U- J: x- a. T
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
$ o0 I0 P% c; w) c心想事成May all your wish come true
5 A! b6 G$ K+ u心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding9 i9 g9 ?: ~; P+ ^" z% \
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
( r. K* N1 \0 w) S. {3 z) q; M先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
) I, t N3 P9 Q/ \像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan F, U+ H. t* E
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example% k% y3 a4 t0 u" l3 I
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 5 `- v& Q- r( Y. @$ _$ ~4 F7 \
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear / S" H! V) F& |+ u9 a8 S& K9 l- ^" _
循序渐进step by step }; v; Y. M/ I& f, U9 X2 u/ P X( G
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest * {8 |7 Z) j; I8 y% q2 `: k
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
& ]$ O! B% x+ Q7 ~鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey7 E, {, ~0 k' `$ p$ k8 G! \1 [/ [
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
1 {' J. j" g) o- T2 i有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.8 M* Q* U7 a( N- g2 b2 [7 s' i
有识之士people of vision
# H* k' m% m% A4 G; e: l+ U有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain I! _# M) x; s# V
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.) l+ E" R' Q6 u; \
与时俱进advance with times
- ~8 _& k! u. I5 }* _- k以人为本people oriented; people foremost / X# u0 b& P! a
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude & B: R/ z8 C) P- P
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." 4 L. H9 r- q" f5 s+ L9 | l
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. 2 I1 t9 b3 \5 M- w/ f
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
T' {* e* p5 S2 ~9 j英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
4 ~1 n" i6 z4 z冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
6 j* w% X4 f0 _+ u! |$ f# ~冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
* v$ q3 E* o& i2 Y. x一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
" G' ?% l% u* ~7 ~6 k2 X7 q0 F招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful& I# l" f& S+ d" V
债台高筑become debt-ridden
/ R b9 U4 U! ^9 @3 z- z; ^. ^ |) t致命要害Achilles' heel
( }& R8 U$ |* Z' j' R众矢之的target of public criticism+ U0 R: | O- G& T* L0 N, E6 e$ O
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.- A( N: A& K3 d4 v' c
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
0 x2 A3 Y' }- m8 M7 {* y, i* V1 |6 k2 C纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
' ]- ~& w9 Y! n: n `- ?左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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