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1. 她动不动就骂她的孩子们，但孩子们都知道她是刀子嘴豆腐心。 1 l6 p/ V3 y1 `5 `* {
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She always scolded her children, but they knew that she had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. 5 i& e5 z# v1 J8 \# B7 S
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She always scolded her children, but they knew her bark was worse than her bite. ; T# h, V* }1 ?: d7 x' s" K- F
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动不动: easily; frequently; at every turn ( d. i: @% o7 k( G' s* n
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动不动就感冒：catch a cold easily
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3 D; K( w# D# U动不动就发脾气：be apt to lose one’s temper; often get into a temper ( ]' i' D F4 M1 `: X- ^* D
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他动不动就训人：He is always lecturing people. ! `/ J0 ]2 ` v/ x2 I2 e3 Z
- q! [7 S: c H5 w/ ]1 a$ `刀子嘴豆腐心：have a sharp tongue but a soft heart 9 V0 g4 u/ e) w7 b3 w8 m' S* g' F
! H+ q' f4 x8 T. j- a4 j2. 他是不到黄河不死心。 $ T; e% M# Y# H" ]" E' l& m
6 }. I7 E* |1 N) wHe wouldn’t stop until he reached the Yellow River—to give up until his hope has gone.
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/ K; `, w6 k' A- _' f不到黄河不死心: not stop until one reaches the Huanghe River—not stop until one reaches one’s goal;
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& ~9 W' B6 z9 `- h2 V) Y% e+ [* |/ {refuse to give up until all hope is gone " l) _3 t( y* {4 b
) |& X+ n6 s, O0 {! c3. 十年树木，百年树人。 2 e' H. b6 R6 |: l. d' a
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It takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred to rear/cultivate people.
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' o: _( _5 V( P6 u4 \% w- C( x4. 他这一去如石沉大海，再无消息。 ; f; ^+ n6 K5 _+ D. b6 @
: `8 S; J4 k7 [" q+ |He left like a stone dropped into the sea and has never been heard of. , W* p- D+ z: ^/ [5 E4 Z
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石沉大海: like a stone dropped into the sea---disappear for ever; never to be seen or heard of again.
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5. 若要人不知，除非己莫为。 , e5 J+ s# P1 B2 S3 z' V* t
: j6 M& ~! U' {; I! {, ^1 VThe only way to stop people from knowing it is not to do it. * ]) e. B A1 @, h
4 g4 _' w$ p& n& hThe only way to stop people from knowing it is to restrain from doing it.
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$ m. I; |% B. u0 a0 }5 LIf you haven’t done it, other people wouldn’t know it. 7 S, S" V" T# v0 J8 H4 M: i
/ n5 ^, @3 s8 U1 e" r$ c若要人不知，除非己莫为: If you don’t wish anyone to know what you’ve done, it is better not to have done it in the first place. 9 ?; x0 ?( {* Q$ C$ t0 g8 P
9 w: u6 v8 U4 S0 R! O" w5 _. c6. 他搜肠刮肚，也找不出合适的字眼表达这个意思。
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He racked his brains but couldn’t find words suitable for the idea.
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7. 这完全是张冠李戴。 % A; j* M5 ?! j' W) S! C5 Y
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This is putting Mr. Zhang’s hat on Mr. Li’s head.
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; Y5 z5 g. \+ o$ J7 G d$ m张冠李戴: Put Zhang’s hat on Li’s head--- attribute sth. to the wrong person or confuse one thing with another.
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6 b; B7 y2 d# F- ~8. 味道真不错，果然是名不虚传。 + C* P" x' D! _$ B0 V1 A0 x4 F
' q: t+ \& x, c yIt’d delicious, really lives up to its reputation. 0 W' f0 E" z5 p: p- v9 s k9 ?2 G0 |
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名不虚传: have a well-deserved reputation;
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H- v+ z- K3 R" O Q; \, Fdeserve the reputation one enjoys;
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* l7 d& P+ A* ] j# E# o9. 父亲说，“事已至此，不必难过，好在天无绝人之路。” b* q# G' R) H9 N+ ] D
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My father said, “Now that things have come to such a pass. It’s no use crying. Heaven always leaves one way out / Every cloud has a silver line.”
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天无绝人之路: Heaven never seals off all the exits—there is always a way out. # J2 H! p: m2 X8 K& m$ X$ g; j5 w
4 g) H5 q0 c% L- U9 V. _ w% h7 a) [# F10. 他咯咯的笑着说，“这叫做画饼充饥”。 : T) w% U. g# f% G) n, b+ a
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He giggled/chuckled and said, “This is called ‘ drawing a cake to satisfy one’s hunger’.”
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* ]2 M+ @. Z; s8 Q: {/ `1 w画饼充饥: draw cakes to allay hunger--- feed on illusions.
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1 N9 K% _' h1 q( t: ~# n11. 汤姆也来上学，不过是三天打鱼，两天晒网。 7 j+ z: ~- ~4 r0 U, @. T) a
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Tom was enrolled as a student, but he was like the fisherman who fishes for three days and suns his net for two.
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5 s" |$ M: U# g e# i' k! @# V三天打鱼，两天晒网: go fishing for three days and dry the nets for two--- work by fits and starts; lack perseverance. 4 B4 Q' Z1 z; `6 t
9 D0 L& _+ R, y! A6 r1 }12. 天下没有不散的宴席。 & d" J8 U$ g! g9 p- v# v- t+ ?
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All good things must come to end.
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! T1 }% c8 ?4 w! X Z. m' BAll feasts must come to an end. 8 @+ V2 @& @/ |% q0 [3 {
+ v. X6 M/ S4 X" T4 _& ?3 H2 @天下没有不散的宴席: There never was a feast but the guests have to depart--- all good things must come to an end.
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+ ~7 s( }3 g! b0 [6 c. E. T+ W. g13. 有理走遍天下，无理寸步难行。 3 e3 D$ u9 f) f
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With justice on your side, you can go anywhere; without it, you can’t take a step / move an inch.
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, e: g) y0 @/ l) c! b; g8 x$ g6 I0 Y扩展：天网恢恢，疏而不漏：Justice has long arms.
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) b# p! [) B" A' P! m; P14. 江山易改，本性难移。
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/ U* g9 H# B) a! E/ _' z: HA leopard can’t change its spots. ) t8 C" W+ n: C r& y
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江山易改，本性难移: It’s easy to change rivers and mountains but hard to change a person’s nature. . c! o/ I+ F$ [
# O1 _6 m- g8 \1 D15. 吃一堑，长一智。 : A7 P* F* b7 m# T9 k
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A fall in/into the pit; a gain in your wit. , A- b1 b# V+ S2 L% \3 f8 K! A
, l8 U; J* o/ T2 l) c5 D0 Z: b16. “坐山观虎斗”，“借刀杀人”，“煽风点火”，“推倒油瓶儿不扶”，都是他们的本事。
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- b' P1 K, }* N1 }Talk about “sitting on a hill to watch tigers fight”, “murdering with a borrowed sword”, “stirring up trouble”, and “not troubling to right the oil bottle that has been knocked over”---- they are all good hands at such tricks.
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坐山观虎斗:Sit on top of the mountain to watch the tigers fight—watch in safety while others fight, then reap the spoils when both sides are exhausted.
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借刀杀人: kill somebody by another’s hand; make use of one person to get rid of another.
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: F* z/ y1 j$ ]# b4 r. z17. 我在当时真的是哭笑不得。
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I felt at a loss to know that to do at that moment/time.
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$ B( Q+ z6 q: C2 J4 E哭笑不得: not know whether to laugh or to cry; find sth both funny and annoying 8 n! Z! z' E; `7 j4 f/ |) _" \
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18. 对于此事他胸有成竹。 $ v! j3 i- |: I8 ]8 m l$ J: M
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He has had a well-thought-out plan before doing it. ' y3 h$ r$ N/ q9 U" B
" u8 U: ]0 d5 O! [7 H4 g胸有成竹: have a well-thought-out plan, stratagem, etc
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$ R% Z" i9 v0 t- K19. 中国经济取得巨大发展，中国人民终于扬眉吐气了。
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The Chinese people feel proud and elated for the great economic development/growth in China.
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d' w( G; f" @6 M9 d1 y, XThe Chinese people feel proud and elated for China’s great economic development/growth.
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扬眉吐气: feel proud and elated
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; B8 r {: y) ~- e; _20. 他利用那些有权有势的朋友帮助他走后门，到政府行政部门任职。
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He used his influential friends to help him to get into the civil service by/through the back door. |
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