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One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
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6 F2 P( f5 A7 b. \6 v5 m" B spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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9 e( w+ L/ `; I9 T No discord, no concord.( m* L/ I9 W' Q1 g% L8 `( Y
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大事化小,小事化了- N& W3 U& E2 \8 N- r. {
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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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6 `8 B, r2 H) G1 W; D$ S' B 大开眼界# j! X5 }) r5 m* f. N2 {! y5 ~
/ d+ S3 K+ g" o5 p/ t( Q broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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国泰民安
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the country flourishes and people live in peace
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既往不咎
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% n2 Z9 B m$ L: X 金玉满堂
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2 w! [' j7 J8 U5 ^3 { cut and dried; cliché
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2 S! ~" v0 s& u. O 每逢佳节倍思亲
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( \0 `/ L: I; V5 D1 b 前怕狼,后怕虎
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世外桃源
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塞翁失马,焉知非福
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, h6 r; }1 D' x 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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团结就是力量
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Unity is strength.
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~% `, C, o( \7 ?$ I6 f% Z 无中生有
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1 e6 G' I, S" S2 o; O: I: ] 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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accumulate strength for a take-off
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心想事成
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May all your wish come true% @8 R& z' K I9 [
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心照不宣
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* u) I7 z. W6 ?; v0 d4 v have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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6 v8 ?) C# t) D2 Q! x5 }( G6 q warn people by taking oneself as an example- _" }' a* j1 f3 q) D: p
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息事宁人
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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6 f4 d, b f2 ]2 d& ?# a 严以律己,宽以待人
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有识之士
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teach students according to their aptitude
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More haste, less speed.
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; B7 W+ y% D: s cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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become debt-ridden
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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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