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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
/ _+ K1 U+ ?# z7 K# R7 \. M百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.9 B. s/ Q1 ^5 y; z- F+ \
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
+ J( Y: k7 Z" X- y笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
8 R3 ^# Q/ f) z8 ]" ~: C不眠之夜white night
. A3 B/ o6 V1 r/ @" }不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
4 f( a! `* Y) |8 J* e不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best, K9 Q; v5 o* D! V9 N% S2 y5 l6 d
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
2 w& }/ V8 E& m. \拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul * F/ v7 [( ^- o0 q, L! f
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
& L! E& a' ^6 M- i4 r5 f4 u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
8 ^7 w# O9 Q# D- Z2 S; T3 D大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
% w o2 ?/ J" B" R# O! V国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
$ S" T; L, ?# K* s2 B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 0 O( U6 O0 O" k3 z
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
6 {, }+ J6 }8 l! h好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
0 T) J, E9 |9 w/ W好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. & J" V9 X4 f4 e5 y
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
" F3 [9 F1 g) |& J) M) R+ E活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. ' c# }8 \0 I5 ~% y0 a
既往不咎let bygones be bygones J4 f- O* M/ S6 V& u& X7 e4 T G1 H
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
% l. {% g i0 o: C; i4 Q! t金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
- c: o8 d+ x& ] A8 x4 a" n0 h脚踏实地be down-to-earth # f3 y/ _8 h( V) ?% k
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
7 k" j- E6 k6 A君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green ; p) a0 q# }/ @! S
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
. l$ x% p. Z; d( }8 D! ?0 K礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
% N- G0 Q; h( V8 \1 K( S' a留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
( h. v& e6 R: ]$ o# w: y马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success, n- f, c' N5 L) H9 q/ p0 {
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth- X5 O: M d7 M4 s! n# s e; j
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened+ F t& J$ L" \$ |+ ]2 O+ x$ ^, m. W
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
- E$ G# a! t5 B* ?" j; f: E每逢佳节倍思亲; O: T5 q# Z; b4 Q( Y
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
9 ]: s& R' p3 K oIt is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. + q3 x7 H8 W; ^0 [
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
% a* W% }8 ~; S. T弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
" f3 g4 F+ A V8 e: r6 L, o3 \" J拿手好戏masterpiece" V# l- D6 k5 r$ U* }- S* A+ j% N
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad5 H. m/ n8 U* |5 z- r( S/ G4 F
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
9 @( F c# X7 U1 F- 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+ T% x% S: H* w$ Q
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 5 d. u) Q1 j9 R* J) @0 Q( p- @ L
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.
7 U. `0 o8 V8 k5 _3 E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 step6 a3 E% _, ~& c- A- e9 }
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
5 M/ w' m P- y前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.' `2 ~. V) f# ^- T7 f/ r5 k
One sows and another reaps.
) I1 }- b% u$ f$ S7 i前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something. R+ K, i3 J" V+ t* D/ j. E- y
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. 4 G& ?9 x6 \6 U% ^$ f
强强联手win-win co-operation
( o5 h1 ?' y! i* {: G瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
$ l/ i9 S8 S8 @6 P人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
, M( V8 Z: H: {- U: u人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.+ k# C3 K# t! S2 r, S4 z# U; g
人海战术huge-crowd strategy ( G8 g" h6 J' }) ?/ z
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " / [4 E/ B$ a" z3 p6 V$ J: h: k- G; z
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
7 j! E0 u3 ~( x& e5 b9 P) q死而后已until my heart stops beating
- ?: ~6 h3 _$ X) o/ J6 H7 i岁岁平安Peace all year round
3 o! q. ?: {& |" ^. p4 r4 {% `上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
/ Z# j& i$ c9 v5 a6 l塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing./ j8 E7 m, f# a% h: N! p
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. - X0 l9 ^2 V" [1 |3 u" b
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
, a/ W- x( W* |! V+ w( y! z: }- s升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
7 m9 W+ l$ ~4 w6 u2 N四十不惑Life begins at forty. / K. _3 W( q. g" {( m
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. " 7 h. u ~8 h& S6 d
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
9 O! ?8 M/ d' [时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. ! N" H2 H* f, l+ } e, j8 R b
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel8 M4 O$ `5 e' U' @/ b# N) w) u
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
& O; V( V! [0 ~+ f% ~( O1 J说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
' w$ B# ? m6 l" j' q6 `/ B& R实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
3 x/ d( f% S- I {; E实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
w6 _! t j& X9 l g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; "2 }( h c* o; @7 I9 I
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time
' T# K' d- P$ g# Q5 @* q7 a糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
% @, e2 S+ C: J天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
# }. |9 V% k; M. T" h- C$ ~团结就是力量Unity is strength.% e8 q# `2 W- Z" b5 ~
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 ) I7 o8 Q7 }4 g7 h; U' D5 O I4 ^& D0 }
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena5 B0 v( K, f7 A( O& m
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.8 U1 q- T. R5 v; p$ s/ U
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
) k/ e" b5 T0 T8 ^( u) y* h望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child
% d! t' r6 W4 j6 o* v2 G" y屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.2 y( j4 d& u. ?3 Z+ {7 k" ?$ l
文韬武略military expertise; military strategy 1 ]( C! x; J, B& G( }8 ^
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
% w4 O/ d$ |6 h* U/ l5 j6 o0 E% Q3 D- x无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots5 p8 R1 W# V* O7 S+ Z
无中生有make/create something out of nothing * L$ g! h: ~' w" g
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
: x5 Q# L$ p5 l2 e& x% z9 D徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
: k% v, E! w0 P( t新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean % c K! H/ u9 P* F: W8 t
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
/ C% i( ^- k! b9 M) C+ K6 N0 r蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off! g0 |1 H& s0 C
心想事成May all your wish come true
) X$ H! G" i$ Q% H心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding% @7 M4 u X8 S7 s4 B j, V' F3 D
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
5 M5 s2 K1 {" @1 [: v: X6 o5 `9 X先下手为强catch the ball before the bound: Q) x4 w% J& S) g3 N( G
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan% p j/ @) g; X _% `& f5 _/ p
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example4 `; {6 ?: a; b0 h) {6 \& C3 D
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters # i( q/ J5 P% w1 r F$ [! V
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 5 g- n% y( ?2 U
循序渐进step by step
, s4 U, X( q# _8 c8 A一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
" G- u8 Q8 p9 F- M! H严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others" n8 J/ F. M8 q' u! ^ T
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
- i" f2 D; `# x- A7 e有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 2 Q- N1 D0 w" s. c' ~$ Y: g
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.8 w3 M1 U2 u. X2 n9 O5 z! @5 a
有识之士people of vision/ w1 t0 H) _$ \+ S! N5 u
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain - u) n/ J% v6 A( N6 y4 J7 `3 s
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.% |- ^7 n# T9 b9 u f8 P
与时俱进advance with times$ C$ u- f( @ E. d6 H6 V
以人为本people oriented; people foremost 3 m' X3 y/ f% ~
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 3 e- L: I1 D' V% M
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."
4 X1 [: L7 ]( S$ w欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
' b9 X8 T0 R4 ~优胜劣汰survival of the fittest ' G" Y" d/ B0 |% j% l/ z
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
2 k; I" x- @+ C' t3 U6 f. c Q冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies., {' E9 [3 E% t9 |
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" ! b4 c4 T& i! [) Z
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
8 s1 G" I3 I: Z8 v# o招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
. a" o X9 G: I# f7 A. n债台高筑become debt-ridden7 n" Z% l8 y8 d
致命要害Achilles' heel
" R. f: x) h0 O! a# W众矢之的target of public criticism
" h) e. D) w) m% N4 l! r1 J( ? k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.# E8 b2 O2 k0 G$ f% h) y
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
) _( t6 o4 ]+ [% d- W% Z) k- \+ Z/ \纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.& T( ~7 P/ v8 F( r D- \6 a
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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