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爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
I! K+ ^/ o& K# g9 d百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
* O+ [, q5 j* G$ o. U$ e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
/ m, b" w# Y/ @* s( _) n5 n2 o笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
1 d) e" B0 S; n4 @$ Z- f不眠之夜white night
' v1 q* z3 r7 _. M, P不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses4 }" @3 y' Z7 O/ o6 y) e8 G' R/ c! \
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
( M! r1 w2 s& H4 L/ S3 W: r不打不成交"No discord, no concord. + Q a6 Q* @: s6 i8 q
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
" b" h! X2 c% c' c4 Q辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
- I7 c9 t+ _+ ^$ Z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: {% R; B6 ~0 g$ K4 R3 ?: D5 w" y
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener & ?9 [. E! k7 G$ I' ]+ k
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace3 s3 q6 `+ P5 t" H: T
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
2 w: B) l# G1 ]+ A功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits. ' N: o2 Q( m1 @: T; Q
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more; \9 A+ P6 C: f1 d3 @! A0 k U$ f
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
# d* h9 O- H' y和气生财Harmony brings wealth
3 K; ^ f. {( J8 R活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn. . ?3 o$ e1 ]2 ?
既往不咎let bygones be bygones ( o5 e, _4 k$ d
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. + A) n/ Z `0 j! v) L% p
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home; t3 s# P/ R4 C) S( Y a4 U
脚踏实地be down-to-earth ' ?9 ^* g0 ]% B
脚踩两只船sit on the fence 7 d8 v3 l) X% T) M S
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
( a# h6 r" q! m0 R5 s* @" D老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché+ ? Y: _; `5 S# v
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 9 l# d: J# k3 N5 C( I! @2 [
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
5 P8 m2 s. K8 {9 ?马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success! k6 F3 L5 r1 o9 D9 t
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth! A, C' }/ o+ k; i; L
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened5 v2 ?8 c8 Q4 S6 |7 W
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
x& I4 D: x# q: e每逢佳节倍思亲; t& X5 x. f$ y9 y4 p, J
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.+ L; d, |8 V8 B! s2 G" F, a
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. 3 g; X+ W* y- D+ t/ O
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
S4 @7 c7 v! B. \' G# ]1 b |, i弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
) s/ W/ ~' L$ k- s; W拿手好戏masterpiece
3 ~& h: K2 B) P$ a2 O5 s赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
: J6 Y( k8 H8 M0 t# j: j抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
7 n- B$ S. T K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
5 S1 a1 P, N. x* ~( v/ G6 k抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities 4 G4 F' i, }# @8 Q
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.
. Q& w, R1 e0 C6 u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
% l0 o Z, F- I8 k( M4 S- ~前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.9 f: I- M/ [ t" {: G
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
! I5 [2 f9 b) W$ y# q: D+ hOne sows and another reaps.
/ C7 |/ b* o" r8 S5 n: d J( S) {前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
3 G q3 r+ T; 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. : |( ^' _ ~8 n9 U5 E
强强联手win-win co-operation
- P7 \% e5 S+ k* R瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
* i/ y$ w2 X8 Q: C7 l8 A, G人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
# P! q! T3 l& z2 `8 E人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
2 I5 F+ `) g9 n! z2 m4 I ^+ [1 J$ o- x人海战术huge-crowd strategy
! {# q O7 Q' c6 ]+ b! F世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. " # @+ E% q. B, I; X0 _! o
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
7 N7 n! S: ^0 l死而后已until my heart stops beating5 c! L& F- \& T% p, q
岁岁平安Peace all year round
. n [5 @, o6 c- Z' g# z3 |& X( _上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth." % C% N2 o, G3 E( f9 X' X$ K
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
6 G) i3 a O+ x0 k$ i* z三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty. 1 K* i! i3 f9 \/ B: p8 N _
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." ) |3 |+ L; ?9 T
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
2 { b$ I. j8 r3 m8 Z四十不惑Life begins at forty.
# M0 X5 `' y( G. p6 H2 u. c谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
& \; n* ]% p. _! I" Q水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
1 {3 c+ x8 X# T$ o, P! I- L0 j时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
; M) A) s$ l% i& h, l ~7 F3 _杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel: \0 Z( ~0 {* F
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
( x4 Z# U. c @- |# C6 ? L说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
% s% R& R1 K& D! {实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
6 E7 D2 J1 F/ C1 Z0 s0 {) h" e- x实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
8 Z, W/ e5 M9 ~) Q: P1 p; \( K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; "
; Z: v! |$ A/ m韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time4 C* b; o7 e. [) w1 S% g, v
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
- A0 G: N# q2 M9 I* J$ A( ?0 D% X, M6 ]天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue# ^/ \/ o4 c8 b& M# G: d
团结就是力量Unity is strength.5 A; X4 a ~5 U) Z; Y5 o! @
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
' }9 ]% n* B/ m- T3 R歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena2 g1 s& h& L& x- W
物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.3 [ |, h0 E- I
往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."
7 o% Y% F+ Z' m6 o( G" T- g7 W, k望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child7 Q1 t6 h( V0 r5 e( M3 H: R- g j j
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
% {# ?# [+ N }文韬武略military expertise; military strategy
; `6 Y/ i# p" m% I- A7 ]唯利是图draw water to one's mill 4 _, X! v( A: u" S4 t9 L* N
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
+ k2 A; W$ Z4 }- J( {* N无中生有make/create something out of nothing 1 U! y& O: g/ y" ?1 x( }( u" I! c
无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
$ x5 b- N% t8 X: z6 K- M1 b徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
0 |% D+ X+ y; R9 }- U新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean
& h$ f/ M7 p8 v虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.* ?( w: d' W6 Q: Y7 T* b: E3 M2 a: G
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off
u3 P: Y5 Z9 J. A; M5 n+ \% z心想事成May all your wish come true
4 R/ l" K% B3 C# A0 ~1 X7 K/ J+ V心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding7 K. r# P# ?% @9 W
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
. ~) G" ?7 m3 P" P V: _先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
+ j* _2 Y2 h5 W像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
( Z0 b5 H1 M, A3 s: s现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example' ?: o; X7 q& a" ~
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters ' H+ ^) x- H5 P9 Q
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
. q- S2 [5 T( s- c3 z循序渐进step by step
/ C$ A! f# V& K. d一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
+ v& u; F3 I7 E2 b( L% |& c# ]9 N6 ?严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others2 R7 g3 [9 b7 {
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
7 b8 r+ D7 J- `) j4 h有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 5 R, e+ d* O0 f% _' Z
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.% l B2 ?- v0 I5 I9 W
有识之士people of vision
+ S* P! G: A' n: [有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
) J( s# ~+ Z+ ~0 l, u有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.* O* @" y I3 i) F( v5 o
与时俱进advance with times
Z( z- A, f$ _& r% O以人为本people oriented; people foremost y: G3 y/ z0 V/ _
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
# ]2 h! {3 d [; s/ c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." ! P$ K8 U8 a, W9 f! }
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. 9 h% [/ D, c. J! V0 l* Q- G
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest , `2 D+ M+ B# o1 i) R1 W, s
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.* Q/ Z6 X8 \/ @! F3 @3 a
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.. u8 Z8 X+ {( v" I6 d* V
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
6 _7 r3 X3 C a一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. ! g. j) Z6 ^2 v! @
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
: `( `4 ^. y& g" d7 B债台高筑become debt-ridden1 }6 f6 }( i' A4 K. {2 z
致命要害Achilles' heel
5 G) E' i( b2 a( b+ l N. o8 v X众矢之的target of public criticism
' W3 v9 F0 ^7 Z2 K: s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.: A1 o. a- M: b" z
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist' ?7 C: v2 y& I: H/ I; a7 i! Z
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.' M% Q4 W. O' H, q3 D/ r
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place |
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