wrongly

爱屋及乌Loveme,lovemydog.

百闻不如一见Seeingisbelieving.

比上不足，比下有

余"woroffthansome,betteroffthanmany;tofallshortof

thebest,butbebetterthantheworst

笨鸟先飞Aslowsparrowshouldmakeanearlystart.

不眠之夜whitenight

不以物喜，不以己

悲notpleadbyexternalgains,notsaddenedbypersonnallos

s

不遗余力sparenoeffort;goallout;doone'sbest

不打不成交"Nodiscord,noconcord.

拆东墙补西墙robPetertopayPaul

辞旧迎

新bidfarewelltotheoldandusherinthenew;ringoutthe

oldyearandringinthenew

大事化小，小事化

了tryfirsttomaketheirmistakesoundlessriousandthen

toreduceittonothingatall

大开眼

界openone'yes;broadenone'shorizon;beaneye-opener

国泰民安Thecountryflourishesandpeopleliveinpeace

过犹不

及goingtoofarisasbadasnotgoingfarenough;beyondis

aswrongasfallingshort;toomuchisasbadastoolittle

功夫不负有心人Everythingcomestohimwhowaits.

好了伤疤忘了疼onceonshore,onepraysnomore

好事不出门，恶事传千

里Goodnewsnevergoesbeyondthegate,whilebadnewsspread

farandwide.

和气生财Harmonybringswealth

活到老，学到老Oneisnevertoooldtolearn.

既往不咎letbygonesbebygones

金无足赤,人无完人Goldcan'tbepureandmancan'tbeperfect.

金玉满堂Treasuresfillthehome

脚踏实地bedown-to-earth

脚踩两只船sitonthefence

君子之交淡如

水thefriendshipbetweengentlemenisaspureascrystal;ahed

gebetweenkeepsfriendshipgreen

老生常谈，陈词滥调cutanddried,cliché

礼尚往来Courtesycallsforreciprocity.

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Wherethereislife,thereishope."

马到成功achieveimmediatevictory;wininstantsuccess

名利双收gaininbothfameandwealth

茅塞顿开besuddenlyenlightened

没有规矩不成方

圆Nothingcanbeaccomplishedwithoutnormsorstandards.

每逢佳节倍思亲

Onfestiveoccasionsmorethaneveronethinksofone'sdearone

sfaraway.

Itisonthefestivaloccasionswhenonemisshisdearmost.

谋事在人，成事在

天"Theplanninglieswithman,theoutcomewithHeaven./Man

propos,Goddispos."

弄巧成拙betoosmartbyhalf;Cunningoutwitsitlf.

拿手好戏masterpiece

赔了夫人又折兵throwgoodmoneyafterbad

抛砖引

玉amodestspurtoinduceotherstocomeforwardwithvaluable

contributions;throwasprattocatchawhale

破釜沉舟cutoffallmeansofretreat；burnone

‘sownwayofretreatandbedeterminedtofighttotheend

抢得先机takethepreemptiveopportunities

巧妇难为无米之

炊Ifyouhavenohandyoucan'tmakeafist./Onecan'tmake

brickswithoutstraw.

千里之行始于足下

athousand-lijourneybeginswiththefirststep--thehighestemin

enceistobegainedstepbystep

前事不忘,后事之

师Pastexperience,ifnotforgotten,isaguideforthefuture.

前人栽树,后人乘

凉Onegenerationplantsthetreesinwhoshadeanothergenerat

ionrests.

Onesowsandanotherreaps.

前怕狼,后怕

虎fearthewolfinfrontandthetigerbehind/hesitateindoi

ngsomething

强龙难压地头

蛇Evenadragon(fromtheoutside)findsithardtocontrola

snakeinitsoldhaunt-Powerfuloutsiderscanhardlyafford

toneglectlocalbullies.

强强联手win-winco-operation

瑞雪兆丰年Atimelysnowpromisagoodharvest.

人之初,性本善Man'snatureatbirthisgood.

人逢喜事精神爽Joyputsheartintoaman.

人海战术huge-crowdstrategy

世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Wherethereisawill,thereisaway."

世外桃

源afictitiouslandofpeaceawayfromtheturmoiloftheworl

d;

死而后已untilmyheartstopsbeating

岁岁平安Peaceallyearround

上有天堂，下有苏

杭"Justasthereisparadiinheaven,therareSuzhouandHa

ngzhouonearth."

塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortunemaybeanactualblessing.

三十而立"Amanshouldbeindependentattheageofthirty.

Atthirty,amanshouldbeabletothinkforhimlf."

升级换代updatingandupgrading(ofproducts)

四十不惑Lifebeginsatforty.

谁言寸草心，报得三春

晖"Suchkindnessofwarmsun,can'tberepaidbygrass."

水涨船高Whentheriverris,theboatfloatshigh.

时不我待Timeandtidewaitfornoman.

杀鸡用牛刀breakabutterflyonthewheel

实事求

是ektruthfromfacts;bepracticalandrealistic;betrueto

facts

说曹操,曹操到Talkofthedevilandhecomes.

实话实

说speaktheplaintruth;callaspadeaspade;tellitasit

is

实践是检验真理的唯一标

准Practiceisthesolecriterionfortestingtruth.

山不在高，有仙则

名"Nomatterhowhighthemountainis,itsnamewillspreadfa

randwideifthereisafairy;"

韬光养晦hideone'scapacitiesandbideone'stime

糖衣炮弹sugar-coatedbullets

天有不测风

云romtheblue

团结就是力量Unityisstrength.

“跳进黄河洗不

清”"eveifonejumpedintotheYellowRiver,onecannotwash

onelfclean--there'snothingonecandotoclearone'sname"

歪风邪气unhealthypracticesandevilphenomena

物以类聚，人以群分Birdsofafeatherflocktogether.

往事如

风"Thepasthasvanished(frommemory)likewind.;Whatinpast

,ispast."

望子成龙holdhighhopesforone'schild

屋漏又逢连阴

雨rainsitpours.

文韬武略militaryexperti;militarystrategy

唯利是图drawwatertoone'smill

无源之水,无本之

木waterwithoutasource,andatreewiithoutroots

无中生有make/createsomethingoutofnothing

无风不起

浪'snosmokewithoutfir

e.

徇私枉法bendthelawforthebenefitofrelativesorfriends

新官上任三把火anewbroomsweepsclean

虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落

后Modestyhelpsonegoforward,whereasconceitmakesonelagb

ehind.

蓄势而发accumulatestrengthforatake-off

心想事成Mayallyourwishcometrue

心照不

宣haveatacitunderstanding;givetacitconnt;tacitunderstan

ding

先入为主Firstimpressionsarefirmlyentrenched.

先下手为强catchtheballbeforethebound

像热锅上的蚂蚁likeanantonahotpan

现身说法warnpeoplebytakingonelfasanexample

息事宁人pouroilontroubledwaters

喜忧参半mingledhopeandfear

循序渐进stepbystep

一路平安，一路顺

风speedsomebodyontheirway;speedthepartingguest

严以律己,宽以待

人bestrictwithonelfandlenienttowardsothers

鱼米之乡alandofmilkandhoney

有情人终成眷属"JackshallhaveJill,allshallbewell."

有钱能使鬼推磨alks.

有识之士peopleofvision

有勇无谋ubrawnratherthanbrain

有缘千里来相

会Separatedaswearethousandsofmilesapart,wecometogethe

rasifbypredestination.

与时俱进advancewithtimes

以人为本peopleoriented;peopleforemost

因材施教teachstudentsaccordingtotheiraptitude

欲穷千里目，更上一层

楼"toascendanotherstoreytoeathousandmilesfurther;As

cendfurther,wereyoutolookfarther;Wouldeyeembraceathou

sandmiles?Goup,oneflight."

欲速则不达Hastedoesnotbringsuccess.

优胜劣汰survivalofthefittest

英雄所见略同Greatmindsthinkalike.

冤家宜解不宜结Bettermakefriendsthanmakeenemies.

冤假错

案"casinwhichpeoplewereunjustly,fallyorwronglycharg

edorntenced;unjust,falorwrongcas"

一言既出，驷马难追Arealmannevergoesbackonhiswords.

招财进宝Moneyandtreasureswillbeplentiful

债台高筑becomedebt-ridden

致命要害Achilles'heel

众矢之的targetofpubliccriticism

知己知彼,百战不殆

Knowtheenemyandknowyourlf,andyoucanfightahundredb

attleswithnodangerofdefeat.

纸上谈兵beanarmchairstrategist

纸包不住火Truthwillcometolightsoonerorlater.

左右为

难betweenthedevilandthedeepbluea;betweentherockan

dthehardplace