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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
$ K7 E* n; }) K9 e百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
% Z {4 G( Y: i8 G) {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
$ |' q: G9 m3 [. K& t0 E笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.$ N# W; |# J1 Q/ g1 M
不眠之夜white night , S: L# {) e: p9 D3 r4 m% U. d X
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses- A+ i* u6 c2 N" P
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
2 B4 }0 `1 |9 d: y不打不成交"No discord, no concord. - ~/ m, r6 D7 }4 i4 s- m
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
. N% W8 x# ~' n) U, C9 y) b$ Y/ o辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
( W1 v j8 B' Q2 c @* j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) C: L; b: u6 s2 j* `3 V0 I大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
8 ~# k& h" b! r国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace& f; @: ~# x" K7 ^! v
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
2 \* A: }, w3 A: k5 Y2 T功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
% [) U1 a$ k0 _好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more9 ? q0 u& i+ ?' ], y8 Q
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
) K7 A7 |- g+ Q: @# w# r和气生财Harmony brings wealth
9 w+ ]7 G( _- w7 V. x K活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. : P q, l* K0 v8 _4 [. @6 S
既往不咎let bygones be bygones 3 p4 r/ B$ n: H. b9 u: C8 a: ?
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
5 B9 }. \% G$ Y金玉满堂Treasures fill the home* y, i$ C0 l8 P7 C& \
脚踏实地be down-to-earth ( X I( \9 a& M! f
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
( X1 s$ X% X# w0 R" v S! ^( O' F君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
6 ~. U0 ^$ `5 E8 Z老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché3 g( j/ w, a& K2 B) L
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. ' [: x( k$ T0 i3 D+ k
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
! X1 l7 U2 @+ e马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success5 \) P; u9 W+ M/ r$ R: T$ E
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
# _( c9 ]/ E$ [3 O4 _茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened: J0 {) g* J( n: n
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
- H5 v0 q- R, }! P8 M每逢佳节倍思亲
8 y! H, }2 H+ J; o, |+ nOn festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.7 z( E8 K5 n6 p5 j
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. 3 e* p9 M h" h2 c" T. D- [, \6 A
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "# N- \, F! O1 F" B+ u
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.' ?3 J5 ~* }/ D1 B) [, Z1 t3 v
拿手好戏masterpiece
- B2 ]# X5 Y1 I( @赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
9 {0 N( N: `' h: ~抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
: |5 S; a( ]( f% 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 end
" L5 |8 p( f7 D) A抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities & r( @' B$ f. l" O
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.+ H I* R: Q2 r, M
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- z2 f+ C- U8 U3 k9 O9 D: r" ?9 S
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
9 |8 H3 v9 m5 S% c8 k# [- e前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
* \6 e- J$ M v7 J4 D/ g! l0 COne sows and another reaps.
( W! w9 S# X5 F9 _0 u) G; c. ?$ r* B- r+ M* x前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
/ c! c8 q) O! [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. ) F3 M1 t% ^0 W
强强联手win-win co-operation) P) X- l3 d: F3 B2 s7 m
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
. z0 E7 B8 d2 r5 p& B+ K% Y' \- ~人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.9 D" l3 h, f p8 u
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man." j9 s' s- h2 Y" R0 ^1 u# d
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
% w) l" X* x5 V' b+ C世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " 4 N; Z* [$ z1 n
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; : ^% F* L1 T; S1 X3 o/ S
死而后已until my heart stops beating% W8 r* p3 C8 I+ G; s0 F+ n
岁岁平安Peace all year round
9 D, S* Q+ r& j$ B上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." $ L& U: C7 g) V% q8 n! C
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
( M' V$ |$ X+ Z6 [1 S# x. d" }9 H三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
( G; k% ?; G* U: q; F) R' |+ d0 zAt thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
6 B! Q" f3 m: d# _- D1 o7 e升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
/ _1 F0 C ? s: d4 _8 r: o四十不惑Life begins at forty.
. t. V3 `/ |7 t% c& q: g谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " 7 E' t2 H* M1 |# J1 l) {
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.8 _. o1 U( y* s8 N+ Y6 Z) B
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
9 C3 W/ r$ v: ]3 g杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
$ R1 p. Z+ t! d6 l实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts 0 |) y2 t) H# p; a1 P) _/ }! h! o
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
3 H' O( j; u) U" X6 T实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is ( M1 ]) _6 ~0 W) {3 ]7 j
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
' S$ L a2 Z8 j( s/ E4 Z0 O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; "
: f4 }0 P4 ~0 K% o, @6 H* y韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time, K* M* D% q: A- b( ~
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
( ~: @: P. q7 I8 J天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue$ s( d e5 M% a6 _+ B
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
# t' a4 E: {7 o" i+ [) d, n; M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 ! D) x- ?! @% j
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena/ c6 o7 E5 x8 O% G; C
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.% G- `2 V) u9 u2 [" j
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
9 X. E; \" f" x& d& o; d0 B望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
+ E* i" J. l8 t m w4 T4 X屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.; G9 o; M1 ]: f3 J" g% U- A% a
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy % m8 X! g+ b4 e5 `/ B2 {
唯利是图draw water to one's mill # a! w9 l* }4 M1 d' f) p' F
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots, g* w- n6 L# Q& e# H
无中生有make/create something out of nothing # |5 K" V5 a5 o2 b2 K
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.. T8 k$ W3 |3 l/ t) t; b
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 1 m; w, E6 K9 f- c7 j. W
新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 6 b( @2 O6 q: f$ \0 P
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind./ r Z: @* m- ^, Z3 b
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off! L$ o" G/ _ [& K8 K# ?. I6 E. T
心想事成May all your wish come true
1 m& g' m u3 i$ [ I. F心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding, [. R9 s, K7 C: o# C
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched., ?9 N8 D% N$ C, G
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound: {. S2 e- ]; A3 s5 Q4 }1 i
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan* f/ R) z! ]* I- H
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example' w' x; M& O, l! k' l
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
2 X' u& l& b- ^% Z喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
9 _" {, |* U3 D C2 O循序渐进step by step
1 @) H2 o L l/ P/ {一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
/ F: H! ]9 P" D# N/ w严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others# S# [9 T, E$ g3 `
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey( N9 n4 o- D6 m
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." , J0 [/ y" U( T P, }6 V
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
7 K4 A! \* l4 G9 j' e( p有识之士people of vision# b! H# x4 V# t' `( r7 G0 D8 |0 `
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain % Q# O7 {5 N. a& i( J7 r2 @# K
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.9 U& B. q, a% I0 E" x
与时俱进advance with times0 u/ C7 v! W! g9 O
以人为本people oriented; people foremost 1 R G3 A, t+ G. I9 v: b
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
0 W' l& `; R4 ~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."
7 c$ O; A* H5 g+ z9 u9 j欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
3 g- r0 b) D/ c3 e优胜劣汰survival of the fittest : ^1 X! W1 L+ t+ ~) y
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
- F/ p) e6 F. G" b7 c) w7 r冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies., z- N1 E$ L5 o! N$ X @' W; i
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" ' S) m9 U" E# E4 ^* @
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. , H* c' h6 C4 x, R
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
5 g+ B$ b! {, L$ ]8 j债台高筑become debt-ridden
5 |, O$ E% w3 r4 g, d致命要害Achilles' heel
] Z# z N9 w+ d% [: M$ Y众矢之的target of public criticism
% \0 {0 C* G k6 n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.2 u2 X3 R( q4 l4 K* X
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
- N L* D" A5 n7 q纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
& l# q4 e2 ^' V$ H. t8 g$ B左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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