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1、爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.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笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.不眠之夜 white night不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losse s不遗
2、余力 spare no effort; go all out; do ones best不打不成交 No discord, no concord.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new大事化小，小事化了 tryfirsttomake theirmistakesoundlessserious and thento reduce ittonothing atall大开眼界 openoneseyes;
3、 broadenoneshorizon;bean eye-opener国泰民安Thecountry flourishesandpeoplelivein peace过犹不及 goingtoofaris as badas not goingfarenough; beyond isas wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more 好事不出门，恶事传千里 Good new
4、s never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth活到老，学到老 One is never too oldto learn.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones金无足赤 , 人无完人 Gold cant be pureand man cant be perfect.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home脚踏实地 be down-to-earth脚踩两只船 sit on the fence君子之交淡如 水 the friendsh
5、ip ge between keepsbetween gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hed friendship green老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, clich 礼尚往来 Courtesycalls for reciprocity.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope. 马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success 名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth 茅塞顿开 be suddenly en
6、lightened 没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.每逢佳节倍思亲On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of ones dear one s far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.谋事在人，成事在天 The planning lieswithman, the outcome with Heaven. / Manproposes,God dis
7、poses.弄巧成拙be too smartbyhalf;Cunning outwits itself.拿手好戏masterpiece赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat ； burn one s own way of retreat and be determined to f
8、ightto the end抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you cant make a fist./ One cant make bricks without straw.千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the firststep-thehighest eminence is to be gained step by step前事不忘 , 后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide
9、 for the future.前人栽树 , 后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generat ion rests.One sows and another reaps.前怕狼 , 后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doi ng something强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside)finds it hard to control asnake in its old haunt
10、- Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.强强联手 win-win co-operation瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.人之初 , 性本善 Mans nature at birth is good.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy世上无难事， 只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way. 世外桃源 a fictitious
11、land of peace away from the turmoil of the worl d;死而后已untilmyheartstopsbeating岁岁平安Peaceallyearround上有天堂，下有苏杭 Justas thereisparadisein heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty. At thirty, a man
12、should be able to think for himself. 升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products) 四十不惑 Life begins at forty.谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 Suchkindnessof warm sun,cantberepaidby grass. 水涨船高Whentheriverrises,theboatfloatshigh.时不我待Timeandtidewait fornoman.杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterflyon the wheel实事求是 seek truth factsfrom facts;b
13、epracticalandrealistic;be true to说曹操 , 曹操到Talkof thedeviland hecomes.实话实说 speak theplaintruth;calla spadeaspade; tellit as itis实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice isthesolecriterion fortestingtruth.山不在高，有仙则名 Nomatterhowhighthemountain is, itsname will spread far andwide ifthereisafairy; 韬光养晦hideonescapacitiesand
14、bideonestime糖衣炮弹 sugar-coated bullets天有不测风云 Anythingunexpectedmay happen.a bolt fromtheblue团结就是力量Unity isstrength.“跳进黄河洗不清” eve ifone jumped intotheYellow River,onecan not washoneself clean-theresnothingonecan do toclearones name 歪风邪气unhealthypracticesand evil phenomena物以类聚，人以群分Birds ofa feather flo
15、ck together.往事如风 Thepast hasvanished(from memory) like wind.;What in past, is past.望子成龙hold highhopesfor ones child屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.唯利是图drawwaterto onesmill无源之水 , 木 water无本之without asource, and a tree wiithout roots无中生有make/createsomethingout ofnothing无风不
16、起 浪 There e.areno waves withoutwind.Theres no smoke徇私枉法bendthelaw for thebenefitof relatives or文韬武略 military expertise; military strategywithout firfriends新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean 虚心使人进步 , 骄傲使人落one lag bunderstan后 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes ehind.蓄势而发 accumulate stre
17、ngth for a take-off 心想事成 May all your wish come true 心照不宣 have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit ding先入为主 First impressions are firmly entrenched. 先下手为强 catch the ball before the bound 像热锅上的蚂蚁 like an ant on a hot pan 现身说法 warn people by taking oneself as an example 息事宁人 pour oil on t
18、roubledwaters喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear 循序渐进 step by step 一路平安，一路顺风 speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 严以律己 , 宽以待人 be strictwithoneselfandlenient towardsothers鱼米之乡 a land of milk and honey有情人终成眷属JackshallhaveJill, all shallbewell.有钱能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks.有识之士 pe
19、ople ofvision有勇无谋 usebrawnratherthanbrain有缘千里来相会 Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come togethe r as if by predestination.与时俱进 advance with times以人为本 people oriented; people foremost因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude欲穷千里目，更上一层楼 to ascend another storey to see a thousand m
20、iles further; As cend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thou sand miles? Go up, one flight. 欲速则不达 Haste does not bring success.优胜劣汰 survival of the fittest 英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike.冤家宜解不宜结 Better make friends than make enemies.冤假错案 cases in which people were unjustly, fals
21、ely or wrongly charg ed or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases 一言既出，驷马难追 A real man never goes back on his words.招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful债台高筑become debt-ridden致命要害Achillesheel众矢之的targetofpubliccriticism知己知彼 ,百战不殆Know theenemyandknowyourself,and you canfighta hundred battles with nodanger ofdefeat.纸上谈兵be anarmchairstrategist纸包不住火Truthwillcome to lightsooner orlater.左右为难 between thedevilandthe deepblue sea;betweenthe rock and the hard place