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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
, t+ q5 ]6 V! f0 N# A百闻不如一见Seeing is believing., R; I! U' Q( ]" G9 M0 u2 {& 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
( w$ x- ?: h/ v$ n: m笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.$ j' |3 v: |) c- l! g6 @
不眠之夜white night : C0 W& q$ O7 [
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses8 F2 D) T) U. \) J' c
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best$ F8 W5 ^/ s+ \! D! i) E7 Y
不打不成交"No discord, no concord. 5 _9 t; W% m/ W- @
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
6 E. U+ X% j' g( ]; Q0 M2 |辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new . }( a/ R: A( |) _ i
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. `7 S" j V- n, i( |/ Q1 T& V1 [5 u
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 4 Y6 V8 u+ J9 y$ T
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace# o& x& K; V; x+ b% d: ?
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
, G- ?& h( \* m0 S. \% l功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. - H& B) @$ g9 k- {* n! D
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more+ I4 I& o, l3 V
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
) f( M0 ~( `. Z; K: m, X和气生财Harmony brings wealth5 W( e8 X0 M' b) e6 f
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
6 s0 m9 N" k( F9 `4 B9 q8 Q既往不咎let bygones be bygones . p6 j$ ]) O9 r- w" w$ P8 X4 ^2 R
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
+ a+ P. Z+ }/ ]2 T金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
% F. F4 [% o# y脚踏实地be down-to-earth
% [1 |8 }3 k# }# \5 K5 h脚踩两只船sit on the fence 9 @5 g( q, k3 r, S3 ^
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green * @9 i3 h9 M! m9 v* Z8 J
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
/ ?- t5 R" n, v. K- }5 Q6 c礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 9 R. H1 D8 J/ v, s* i& V3 p. \
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."5 G9 O% ^* `/ ~& @/ v' R
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
; ` I: V; j1 V; V1 D0 B; e名利双收gain in both fame and wealth0 k' I: ^& g/ I5 y8 V4 l+ i
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened$ a' i/ `4 ]' _/ b! t/ L$ n8 B7 k+ d
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.5 G5 _: j1 g6 D7 ^
每逢佳节倍思亲
8 l8 J# |" \9 ^On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.9 p5 h- ]6 W: D0 S# r5 M
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. / o3 S) l. E% F& @6 S0 I
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
; [4 M+ N, H8 e$ U; Y" m' o: ~, L弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
5 N; F" g7 ~2 {" Q0 y: S拿手好戏masterpiece
8 D3 q5 E0 L/ G" P9 {# L赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad( |3 }# e( u5 Q
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
7 Q9 l' Z. J q7 Q8 q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' c4 G# `) p' [
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities ( ?! `9 }* b, J$ ?: T7 ^
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./ R$ A4 u8 ?- _% b
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- N: [$ w$ d P- C) O( r; d
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.7 ]: M. n7 `6 m! B2 P4 O; F
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.9 Z: R9 B; H- a
One sows and another reaps.
, ^; G6 a( U; e" p' K% A前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
+ t6 i+ ^2 W8 d: S# D& ~" Y3 q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.
* G1 f- I# {) d1 Y强强联手win-win co-operation
9 u6 i4 `/ J. T6 m瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.7 A) J* r- d/ Y% ^* _4 T% ~7 V
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good./ H9 {8 I# |. b3 P! w' p y
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.5 L1 q9 E1 k% R% O: S$ p
人海战术huge-crowd strategy % ?% O8 ]! i" R3 ^/ w6 |
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " ( B& B5 v$ O' Y' \. |
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
( X& D0 W! F& ]) b5 R! Q死而后已until my heart stops beating2 m B/ X" |, z. L) C
岁岁平安Peace all year round+ _) _( L' B5 B, ^( ?
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
' m; s) b! d# S; ]塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.5 m" h" x) p3 M- m$ N. b: Z
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 9 G& t P- {/ b' F2 ~( V% N
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
+ \" D- i, ]; V2 u! }升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
( b- Q" h6 K! u* z) F; s四十不惑Life begins at forty. / E% @- w. F; @! P+ j2 u: V
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
$ k% T' P; F; l4 q& y( [水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.9 z- ?; P! Y( x& D# D+ S2 _: b
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
. s+ \( z5 i: y( G杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel" h, Y/ a e/ s- T
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
: ~, h* y# t6 F9 u说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.: k. [- p) _6 y# t) t1 G" c
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
$ \" B% i1 A+ o9 |& M" }实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.) K4 E; \5 Z: f! h$ Z: J$ t
山不在高，有仙则名"No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; ", ]# f4 v. [5 ~1 X {/ C! X
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time1 C0 ^/ q; Y9 q( ]) E( |$ P% _
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets. m* i) L2 r1 Y
天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
: d5 V# }9 e3 `2 Z. z团结就是力量Unity is strength.# Z. o$ n6 I* h& _3 j9 ^3 j
跳进黄河洗不清eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name 8 \) p' H4 ?5 q2 i ?% o8 |$ S" y
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
. S9 s8 p( o: Z7 v物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.8 a& M8 r6 c7 Y w) |' S0 a
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past." 3 \( N4 t8 ^5 M! o/ |% h3 J
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child3 k& _5 P8 `6 h$ a0 M, Y$ E
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
+ ?3 d/ i1 N3 r: Y文韬武略military expertise; military strategy v! C! @0 H; N' w2 x
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
; Z# O$ U' X% J3 m8 L无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots. i1 u% ]; z7 l* ^/ U& ]5 R8 B
无中生有make/create something out of nothing * T' k8 q& ~" W# ?& q
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
) z0 Q7 E* z0 g徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
1 a6 a% ?/ w6 D d% H/ H2 I* s) S新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean " Z5 m# W: m, ~# H |' W- d
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
0 S& }/ Y2 y7 h2 E蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
- y3 N5 G2 ]* s+ M# p6 j% f7 `心想事成May all your wish come true( ~! M+ h" K8 x! V$ {8 ~7 a
心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding2 P4 T% U0 k0 N, n, ]; d
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
# R7 M$ F% C4 Q5 ?先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
8 s6 v. r- O" `& X% c: \% [像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
$ y* ~3 Q+ d% {+ b现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example% Y/ q6 a: |2 B" @# p
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
4 E$ S) y+ O) k+ H% h- G9 u喜忧参半mingled hope and fear - e9 [' e4 h) q3 p- s
循序渐进step by step' D4 ]$ A& ^ L- M8 s! d7 ]
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest % S! u+ J [1 J( e8 M
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others; \! ~4 G+ l% W1 T
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey9 }. Z8 L B2 V, ^- V. m
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
( u3 _0 o5 h7 v7 H3 m有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.8 A; S1 v( L4 F4 W5 y; A- c8 E# a7 X
有识之士people of vision# j& m+ O# F7 h/ N) Y
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
' ]" k9 \3 _/ X* g1 U. ^6 }有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
/ z: w1 R6 P) H: q1 Y与时俱进advance with times
1 d8 {1 x, {4 O8 l! O6 J以人为本people oriented; people foremost
5 b8 O5 e$ M F: Q& Y0 `2 r* J0 R6 d因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
/ ^9 f" i- q8 Z }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."
+ Y6 T; f& q1 R2 `6 W; s4 r欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. 0 J, c* L5 i3 ?; c0 O _4 M* T
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
. N$ y; z$ d) b英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.* Y5 w! _( a! ^7 s. R
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
7 ~) e; |+ ~ ? B冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" 0 |' _( L: r& {) x
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. 7 z6 x/ r( g2 |& B V o3 f
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful9 U7 K. ^# ^& O& v. B
债台高筑become debt-ridden
, }8 a' q: S! L4 \3 Q致命要害Achilles' heel ' b }$ _! a( N/ | f4 G' f, @8 E
众矢之的target of public criticism0 Y( ^( _0 M! m/ 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 @2 B) i* d! z7 U
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist4 k+ C2 y- J) m# a
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
5 A8 T* P5 m& n+ a5 {( J左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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