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Seeing is believing.
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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5 ?* P, y; a4 Z+ K No discord, no concord.
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- Y9 Y7 z& z6 M bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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W' I2 U2 D8 [( O2 F 大事化小,小事化了
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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" r: R/ y& W7 _$ f1 G1 a. Z 大开眼界
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener7 E2 H2 n, b! a, d/ S+ ^% x1 t
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1 `2 _# d3 Z3 O9 z8 o 国泰民安 |- ~9 |- d" _& u
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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过犹不及
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/ B# i+ M& `0 p' g* N+ M- ^0 ] 好事不出门,坏事传千里
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5 e6 A* q; U# N7 ]' E8 r Bad news travels fast.$ [( e7 k" A2 p( a7 p* a- m b
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和气生财
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friendliness is conducive to business success6 z* j- c; N( K2 F* \* y w
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let bygones be bygones
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There are spots even on the sun.
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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cut and dried; cliché
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. {1 b' o6 L' C6 c, R Courtesy calls for reciprocity.7 U- z. ]2 @* \) U& T+ n
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! I( O* s/ f" ^% i: m3 ? Where there is life, there is hope.
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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2 |: W/ n% N3 p9 X+ V7 g+ u" i6 @ 茅塞顿开
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Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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每逢佳节倍思亲, C5 B8 r- J+ G9 g4 y, u: M _
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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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r/ R7 m* }; b, d- i! K 强龙难压地头蛇
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3 U8 r# D2 D& X( k6 [0 ` 人逢喜事精神爽
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events." p& v" M, N+ U8 G! B3 q4 @
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5 P2 r8 }, e/ G* B1 u 世外桃源
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2 I% m5 w3 Z8 g ~ a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
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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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/ W6 C1 o+ N" k5 u& w seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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8 t6 V0 O% c; J 说曹操,曹操到
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( e5 v$ T! O8 {0 ]9 Z! i 实践是检验真理的唯一标准& l4 \/ {: ?. E' a6 F6 X% v! x& [ B
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韬光养晦
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天有不测风云
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7 A7 }% M( |% F4 t- z 团结就是力量# I3 E4 U7 t- }4 o) }
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物以类聚,人以群分
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望子成龙
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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徇私枉法
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! O' [1 u: W/ C! l. j 新官上任三把火
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a new broom sweeps clean
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蓄势待发
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6 O( |2 P) n7 |% z& a 心想事成$ O& q9 F, O% d$ @
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- a& u9 s' Z. b$ T 心照不宣5 @2 p7 {2 {- T0 a9 z! O/ O
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# s5 N. M5 ~2 g5 U7 \! Y 先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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7 a3 Z, O; |9 N2 C 严以律己,宽以待人, G0 r" R8 O W" ?5 B; B; H
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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5 J. ^0 e. e4 h 有缘千里来相会
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与时俱进
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以人为本
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Great minds think alike.
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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A promise is a promise.
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bring in wealth and treasure
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2 I0 h' ?; ~+ `+ @( ?' |* t 纸上谈兵
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. f- S% m7 I8 O You can't wrap fire in paper.
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( }6 j2 z9 k* o* ?& E- C5 t What's done by night appears by day.) @5 K8 _/ o; ~2 X
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左右为难
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