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爱屋及乌
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Love me, love my dog.
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# z- `8 @/ b1 m1 Q- U 百闻不如一见6 `) F) W& X5 U/ |7 r& n" Q
) t4 L! V7 [: L One look is worth a thousand words.$ v( u: I0 j" c1 b' }( h9 N
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Seeing is believing.
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4 @% S) f8 V# C/ L8 l6 s/ K 比上不足，比下有余! {6 \& z, q8 l( f+ }
! H. d: U; b8 I2 @ to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst3 i g& d; @, k/ L, s4 v4 C" P1 }
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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不遗余力
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- H# o% u& S/ n 不打不成交5 p0 D% I1 j9 M7 l3 k7 I
- U1 m7 R" u) A A No discord, no concord.
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# I) D- `/ w0 R: K try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all* U. F5 A: }2 q2 J6 B% w/ a
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( O; d. f& f1 a- a going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;, r7 g" T6 J& I
1 f* o1 |9 |4 g9 ^6 u# y4 ? too much is as bad as too little
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2 ?. k/ m) }! Z- k 好了伤疤忘了疼
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4 \# i/ P( K* D4 T2 A 好事不出门，坏事传千里
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harmony brings wealth;
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There are spots even on the sun.
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6 x- g R5 _8 R2 t, z1 ~% f Treasures fill the home.# w3 d% [. b; m: z( D
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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cut and dried; cliché
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& c8 v$ s# P4 T6 m9 q& u 没有规矩，不成方圆
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2 g( U1 ]: l# i/ R( q+ l/ Y( J On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.3 m, Y$ l& H8 w& ?1 ?
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1 \8 E5 E+ ~9 y2 E; Y$ p: e make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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2 C: e/ Y; V2 v. W8 E 抛砖引玉
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强龙难压地头蛇
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世外桃源
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3 `* g! Q2 s! r% l3 z0 x Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth+ P: V/ e" {1 |# x
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; I' z8 Y; u! F. {5 L. E* Q a blessing in disguise;
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air6 v8 G6 G3 V( y, w- K) V
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# V; G9 d9 _4 [; ?$ h There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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新官上任三把火
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" c9 `7 m/ {, y2 ?7 R a new broom sweeps clean
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& p* e6 G; C, p" G4 K+ h; q8 k7 ? 心想事成+ D: i( P$ A& c. A1 m+ T8 \' \
2 _, o: k7 I3 k May all your wish come true5 M, D# {" B! ]% i* q" p) V
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心照不宣
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4 u7 D$ n2 K5 p3 \" _2 j. e5 ? have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation7 `$ G4 L4 k, J, p8 Z
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+ S/ G0 m( d6 T3 }- d( C# x z; ? 先入为主6 P7 ?! P1 b3 O! a0 }% @8 Y
# P1 n) I8 y. X- j% d1 L" w First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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先下手为强1 k3 ^- f) A/ F( X5 \9 G
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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ants on a hot pan' s/ y" w N$ u( [
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现身说法
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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息事宁人
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循序渐进
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, I; y4 B, S: |" b. R% V* J: E proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order$ r0 O" c: f& Q4 \# v
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3 K; A: I. T8 C' {* g: J0 ~4 K 严以律己，宽以待人
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1 H; e2 n( y) c8 X8 R 有情人终成眷属
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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$ Q3 b4 c+ Z; e/ O9 o0 [ Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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有缘千里来相会
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/ S. K, K h' V/ p" m Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85: T5 r3 d3 p& ~( S2 [# R
8 C5 x3 x3 ~0 i7 D7 Y4 ~; p" g+ i 与时俱进" f" z! p; `" V" f3 [) d
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% {$ a8 P* @3 ^# [' P 以人为本
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8 u$ Y0 c) W3 y& V! Q2 X9 _ More haste, less speed.$ x& V6 C! \2 e, w# ~9 O0 _5 u
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survival of the fittest
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冤家宜解不宜结8 W c( j8 u. d- y
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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, L- }! L2 P l 冤假错案
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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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( y! {0 g$ I$ T 一言既出，驷马难追
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; j7 L- p+ Q0 }0 l/ b' |1 u. @$ A) _0 a A promise is a promise. D' D! P2 _, q4 q+ ~, p4 t
& B6 P/ [+ P- w& @& c2 T" l A real man never goes back on his words., L% V7 r1 S; [5 {3 k* s/ r, Z
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招财进宝
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bring in wealth and treasure8 T; {8 A* V8 }/ _8 @, S' ?
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target of public criticism; K# Q0 C @9 d: B% v
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$ }2 f6 U# M: G$ C 纸上谈兵5 |* X9 F4 C3 O9 i/ V% i
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be an armchair strategist
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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9 y9 }* F* p5 r0 T7 b What's done by night appears by day.
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' h# X1 Y' n$ Q! s i( i V3 Q* o caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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