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2 |% d9 ^6 Y6 C/ p9 E 爱屋及乌( p: `* X+ N; ^/ _2 X" g, b
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' J& Y7 W* U# H6 c Seeing is believing.
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst1 H3 \7 X8 o/ b" y& m+ X
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. k. \0 B" N- M3 g( N No discord, no concord.( b$ a' J' H# _# z. V$ R
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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( v8 H! B+ c1 Y: o8 b, f 大开眼界$ x* Q# x- O: a9 Q/ ^5 X9 a
# {$ v2 }1 |* c! E; @5 |0 g0 Z& t broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener+ d7 M& n5 b. \9 q, j# h$ m1 F/ Y
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the country flourishes and people live in peace3 V5 V1 a+ H- }2 x
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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;
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once on shore, one prays no more
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8 Q% j2 s( T" D/ p# m" n: T& s6 r$ C 和气生财
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There are spots even on the sun.
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金玉满堂
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- Q6 y4 d% z' g( F' @+ W5 J Treasures fill the home.
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9 {# `- S. A, T, n8 h. E 脚踏实地0 ]% s$ `6 X' |, G) n8 u8 W
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" G6 E: R; Q6 \8 _, B 脚踩两只船
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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) K: w+ P/ I0 y 老生常谈，陈词滥调% e& b9 j, w' W3 m3 \( h
5 M" X3 f+ u4 `/ W" a cut and dried; cliché
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" y! h8 k) J6 Z1 J6 r$ C achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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9 n; W+ d5 z/ p n2 Y 名利双收4 B" `' n5 M8 P9 ?$ I
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' ^! G9 X2 W5 E 没有规矩，不成方圆0 [- Q5 ^0 E9 H5 w. l
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. f0 _+ ^# @5 l+ c 每逢佳节倍思亲
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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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% L- w. s# Q# Y; Z5 z j8 v 抢得先机
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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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说曹操，曹操到
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests$ V) X. D J4 U- p% i5 d) V
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air2 b$ J9 e; @2 y; B8 e( o$ D! K
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8 @) x) p5 }3 g }! E2 [7 Y; ~' d# i There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing. S- w, E- s6 h8 X+ i( R
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/ k) z, z# e6 I( X& u( q9 h 徇私枉法) w$ K7 }- m& D% X" e6 H) z
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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8 g4 k: t7 Z4 N" b$ {% O& B 新官上任三把火
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/ J+ n# X, r+ P0 Y; B0 M, a2 L# Y a new broom sweeps clean! C5 U/ B4 G1 L* R7 s4 D* Q+ R
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4 n, }6 O h* R5 P: n 蓄势待发
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accumulate strength for a take-off
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! P( e- H/ F/ c7 T 心想事成, F0 C1 l( q8 |% M+ }' C) [
- m4 q3 I# T; d% _. r7 I May all your wish come true
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# u7 D, x' P/ A 心照不宣
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% @; J" i2 n/ o( Z& k6 } have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.0 O: e9 C# Z _4 p* e' B; v. G
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The best defense is offense.
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l$ i, R5 d) V ants on a hot pan
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5 Z8 x, B5 L. a/ z2 u. }. j# R 现身说法
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# G# q, i- ~. ~ warn people by taking oneself as an example
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息事宁人
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5 D; W1 V5 D) r/ k- q9 {" G pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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循序渐进
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$ H1 s2 y5 S/ q2 Q 有钱能使鬼推磨" E, I8 X: y& C8 \: G. r! \
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.826 z- l) ]' ?1 b7 W- M' x5 L' d
, H( g9 |5 O; G- A3 w4 z 有识之士
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a man of insight83
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有缘千里来相会
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3 }% O5 Y* [) H$ U/ ]* `+ k Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85# ^' k' F5 K/ u7 X& h
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与时俱进
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因材施教3 I8 v# ?: Z" S% _" m; [( I! ?
5 P* l' K% H; q. R/ Z9 @7 I' ] teach students according to their aptitude
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2 G. T: H& y& Q: s to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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5 v+ a W! b+ E4 `- V4 t* a: k- D Haste makes waste.
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2 `/ a* D+ @ e# _# s( V) B, n- m More haste, less speed.4 q) f. r+ u. S2 B/ [9 }6 {
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. u; h4 g/ S& I; [4 @$ O 优胜劣汰
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英雄所见略同
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; j5 u7 `" {9 f+ K; z1 O- l 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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众矢之的
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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