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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。 4 R6 U, ?" R5 m, I2 |

4 a7 ]" |+ p' }# I0 B# l- DShe always scolded her children, but they knew that she had a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
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. l( ?  M3 V% ]- Y* p( J1 m( j- oShe always scolded her children, but they knew her bark was worse than her bite. & N3 K5 e! C8 I$ y. Q# k+ Z
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动不动: easily; frequently; at every turn
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' G" D. \& A4 d7 U) G' {: f动不动就感冒:catch a cold easily
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动不动就发脾气:be apt to lose one’s temper; often get into a temper , A/ Q0 r7 q3 {# i* U# Y' @
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他动不动就训人:He is always lecturing people.
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8 m1 q# ?! B) q- M刀子嘴豆腐心:have a sharp tongue but a soft heart   x; }. G9 W) c! s" N
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2. 他是不到黄河不死心。
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He wouldn’t stop until he reached the Yellow River—to give up until his hope has gone.
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" [5 O0 u7 F- K! K不到黄河不死心: not stop until one reaches the Huanghe River—not stop until one reaches one’s goal; : D) k- B4 S6 Q( N0 V5 v7 V
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refuse to give up until all hope is gone 5 M- A" K/ d9 s, z
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3. 十年树木,百年树人。
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It takes ten years to grow trees, but a hundred to rear/cultivate people. ! v2 B* w. v9 [3 a" p  D" F; t2 K6 S1 ^
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4. 他这一去如石沉大海,再无消息。 ) R, r  S7 }# g, \5 s2 e2 B

0 X0 r5 y, h  i6 S4 I2 \. L% {# AHe left like a stone dropped into the sea and has never been heard of. 2 G) d/ g  z  a( ^+ C7 r$ T1 I! z

2 K$ {- M1 C5 n) R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。
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6 D! ~, n6 \" D; lThe only way to stop people from knowing it is not to do it. 3 C/ M* v2 K; d# N& X; a5 H& ?
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The only way to stop people from knowing it is to restrain from doing it. 8 Q4 \5 w- n" U( ]) h

, Z6 K( z$ `: V7 H! `2 Q1 RIf you haven’t done it, other people wouldn’t know it.
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6 B; D3 }8 U% J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.
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  \. V& Q" U* @6 n' F6. 他搜肠刮肚,也找不出合适的字眼表达这个意思。
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2 y$ y+ \; @$ m- sHe racked his brains but couldn’t find words suitable for the idea.
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# e4 }; k0 o5 j( I& Q0 f7. 这完全是张冠李戴。
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This is putting Mr. Zhang’s hat on Mr. Li’s head. - U- z( x/ f4 a4 ?. S0 e

. l; W2 S/ m/ o! y张冠李戴: Put Zhang’s hat on Li’s head--- attribute sth. to the wrong person or confuse one thing with another. , g) m2 i2 S/ ]2 D0 B, I2 F

1 W4 Q* P# @0 |' `) V- M3 ^8. 味道真不错,果然是名不虚传。 / j" C; T/ k7 b6 Z

; |) [* B/ p: k0 ]It’d delicious, really lives up to its reputation.
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  m& Q7 v7 m0 ~) r名不虚传: have a well-deserved reputation;
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deserve the reputation one enjoys; 0 H! A; D- p1 X  @; ]1 P

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3 |8 r$ b6 Q+ @$ D9. 父亲说,“事已至此,不必难过,好在天无绝人之路。” ! ^' v# K# Y# r

: d9 `9 |! x6 G1 T- y$ j8 GMy 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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. y; f, J! l8 [天无绝人之路: Heaven never seals off all the exits—there is always a way out. 7 P' w1 ~2 G) o$ T# w1 d. m" T
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10. 他咯咯的笑着说,“这叫做画饼充饥”。 ) |& A4 b1 o( p0 r% T9 O1 C& [

, ~' v8 z( f  R( e  zHe giggled/chuckled and said, “This is called ‘ drawing a cake to satisfy one’s hunger’.”   \  ]" R/ K3 `0 [
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画饼充饥: draw cakes to allay hunger--- feed on illusions.
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; |# P+ `, t) n" b2 q11. 汤姆也来上学,不过是三天打鱼,两天晒网。 ( t# @# h$ \) A0 v
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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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( D4 X1 y3 t& _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. % x% Z7 Q. o  B0 @* j5 H& w
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12. 天下没有不散的宴席。
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All good things must come to end.
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: \4 X  M* Z* KAll feasts must come to an end.
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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. : v( H3 \2 U1 x1 ~
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13. 有理走遍天下,无理寸步难行。 . n0 w6 A- L' F0 @- K
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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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7 R' p% k. P# l' L8 r+ f3 Q扩展:天网恢恢,疏而不漏:Justice has long arms. 1 @- z& h; {  A1 E* ]" K+ v
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14. 江山易改,本性难移。
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A leopard can’t change its spots.
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) c: f( Y5 J  L- q江山易改,本性难移: It’s easy to change rivers and mountains but hard to change a person’s nature.
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15. 吃一堑,长一智。
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A fall in/into the pit; a gain in your wit.
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8 T, o3 l6 }" n6 C16. “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。 ) y, A  z. v0 C: C7 j1 B* F

& L& ?8 K4 \) M7 m+ ]3 aTalk 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. - F1 p+ R% S5 D2 V5 k3 K6 H. `
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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. 5 ^4 F) X. x) j- V4 c, R
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借刀杀人: kill somebody by another’s hand; make use of one person to get rid of another. - q" p& o) Z1 ^
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煽风点火:fan the flames; inflame and agitate people; stir up trouble
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17. 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. - \2 P5 S' u; q) \; t% f: {% i1 |
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哭笑不得: not know whether to laugh or to cry; find sth both funny and annoying
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18. 对于此事他胸有成竹。
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9 w" }9 @" [5 `, h6 E( }He has had a well-thought-out plan before doing it. , \: M; [* ?" m
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胸有成竹: have a well-thought-out plan, stratagem, etc - U2 u7 h7 ?) c$ E9 ?) t) w& y5 `; N

) j# ^% }$ R' _- ?; g6 ]: v0 |19. 中国经济取得巨大发展,中国人民终于扬眉吐气了。 4 Z" E  E/ c" R* d& h( L+ b

- T% N0 X$ W7 L: ?7 M& @( fThe Chinese people feel proud and elated for the great economic development/growth in China. ' ^& k7 n- s* Z5 P" D

' ^) v4 K; C1 a( ~1 z, f* i3 I1 xThe Chinese people feel proud and elated for China’s great economic development/growth.
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5 W, s1 {! v9 H- r扬眉吐气: feel proud and elated - N3 @. K5 W( f5 M: V0 S. t: [; y

4 m7 G( F" @8 D20. 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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5 G8 f! Q9 ^* Q2 I4 Y8 yHe used his influential friends to help him to get into the civil service by/through the back door.
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