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1 The only way to have a friend is to be one 2 all are not friends that speak us fair 3a man is known by his friends. 4Better an open enemy than a false friend.1.交友的唯一方法是自己必须够朋友 2.说好话的不一定都是朋友。 3.人以群分 4.公开的敌人胜于虚假的朋友。A 爱情是盲目的 Love is blind. B 被打得青一块紫一块 be beaten black and blue 不劳则无获 No pains ,no gains. 不怕迟只怕不做 Better late than never. C 此路不通 Blocks！ D 当断不断，必受其患 He who hesitates is lost. F 发光的并不都是金子 All is not gold that glitters. G 过着吵吵闹闹的生活（夫妻） lead a cat and dog life J 金窝，银窝，不如自己的草窝。 East,west，home is best． 酒好不必挂幌子 Good wine needs no bush. L 良好的开端是成功的一半 Well begun is half done. N 牛饮 drink like a fish Q 情人眼里出西施 Love blinds a man to imperfections. R 认识从实践开始 Knowledge begins with practice. S 上气不接下气 out of breath T 天亮了 Day breaks;Day dawns. X 信不信由你 Believe it or not. 行动胜于空谈 Actions speak louder than words. 需要是发明之母 Necessity is the mother of invention. Y 一只耳朵进，一只耳朵出 go in at one ear and out at the other 有其父必有其子 Like father,like son. Z 这怪不着谁 No one is to blame for it. 真是活一天学一天 Live and learn. 拙匠常怪工具差 Bad workmen often blame their tools. A 爱不释手 can’t bear to part with it / stand parting with it / putting it down (back, aside) / leaving it aside B 笨鸟先飞 the early bird catches the worn 彪炳史册 make/create history 博览群书 browse through/over some books be well/widely read 不尽人意 be not all roses 不惜费用 spare no expense 不遗余力 to the best of one's power 不在话下 let alone 不知所措 to be at a loss/at sea C 初出茅庐 to be young and inexperienced/to be a green hand 出神深思 be buried in thought 吹毛求疵 find faults with/be particular about 纯属偶然 purely by accident 从头到脚 from head to foot 从头至尾 from beginning to end 粗枝大叶 to be crude and careless/to be careless D 大智若愚 still waters run deep 呆若木鸡 to be dumbstruck/dumbfounded 东张西望 look around 独具匠心 be original 独立无援 (all) on one's own 对牛弹琴 to cast pearls before a swine/to play the lute to a cow G 敢作敢为 be aggressive 隔墙有耳 Walls have ears. 公事公办 Business is business. 固执己见 stick to one's own opinions 刮目相看 look at sb differently/with new eyes/regard sb in a totally different light 寡廉鲜耻 be shameless H 毫无怨言 without complaint 画蛇添足 to plant the lily/to draw a snake and add feet to it 黄粱美梦 a dream/a fond dream 挥金如土 to spend money like water/dirt 悔过自新 turn over a new leaf J 坚持不渝 hold on/out 坚如磐石 as solid as a rock 艰苦奋斗 fight one's way 贱买贵卖 buy cheap and sell dear 焦躁不安 be restless 精力充沛 be full of energy 酒肉朋友 fair-weather friend 九死一生 a narrow escape 居高临下 be commanding K 开门见山 to come/get to the point 空中楼阁 a castle in the air M 毛遂自荐 to offer to do sth./to volunteer one’s service 没精打采 feel blue 每况愈下 go from bad to worse P 旁敲侧击 beat around/about the bush 平安无恙 safe and sound 平易近人 be approachable Q 恰好相反 just on the contrary/just the opposite 恰到好处 to the point 巧舌如簧 to have a smooth tongue 千方百计 try every means 倾国倾城 to be extremely beautiful 全心全意 heart and soul R 仁至义尽 do our best 如释重负 take a load/weight off sb's mind S 三思而行 look before you leap 深思熟虑 turn over 生动逼真 true to life 生机勃勃 look alive 生死攸关 between/of life and death 世世代代 from age to age 首屈一指 second to none 熟能生巧 Practice makes perfect. 数以百计 by hundreds 水泄不通 be blocked with crowds of people 随机应变 rise to the occasion T 挑挑拣拣 pick and choose W 玩忽职守 neglect one's duty 无论如何 in any case 无与伦比 beyond compare 勿庸置疑 no doubt X 洗耳恭听 be a good listener 喜形于色 One's face brightened/lit up. 小心为妙 One cannot be too careful. 相差甚远 not nearly 心安理得 feel at ease 悬梁刺股 to be very/extraordinarily hard-working 血浓于水 Blood is thicker than water. Y 妖魔鬼怪 evil spirits 一箭双雕 Kill two birds with one stone. 一举双得 Kill two birds with one stone. 一事无成 accomplish nothing 一笑了之 laugh off 易如反掌 to be a piece of cake/to be as easy as turning over one’s hand 引人入胜 be attractive 引人注目 be attractive 犹豫不决 beside over/hesitate over 有福同享 有难同当 for better or (for) worse Z 掌上明珠 an apple in one’s eye/a pearl in the palm 直呼其名 call a person by name 自吹自擂 boast 自高自大 look big
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没有坎不过的河 No threshold but river 交人交心，浇花浇根。 Make people talk, watering the flowers watered root. 酒逢知己千杯少，话不投机半句多。 When drinking with a bosom friend, a thousand cups little mistime one's remarks, half a sentence is too much. 宁喝朋友的白水，不吃敌人的蜂蜜。 Better drink the friend of white water, do not eat the honey. 在家靠父母，出门靠朋友。 Depend on parents at home, leave home and depend on the friend 邻居好，赛金宝。 A good neighbor, match gold. 人多计谋广，柴多火焰高。 Many people strategy, firewood flame high multiple. 朋友千个少，敌人一个多。 A thousand friends less, more than one enemy. 弱敌不可轻，强敌不可畏。 Weak enemy not light, not the terrible enemy. 机不可失，时不再来。 Now or never! 时间像生命，一刻值千金。 Time is like life, the moment. 今朝有事今朝做，莫将忙事待明天。 At work today, will be tomorrow is busy 一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。Time is money. 追赶时间的人，生活就会宠爱他；放弃时间的人，生活就会冷落他。 After time, life will love him; those who give up time, life will give him the cold shoulder. 浪费时间，等于缩短生命。 A waste of time, equal to shorten the life. 无事不登三宝殿。 One never goes to the temple for no reason.One never goes to the temple for no reason. 吃一回亏，学一回乖。Take a back losses, to learn a good back. 老姜辣味大，老人经验多。 Ginger spicy, old experience. 百闻不如一见，百见不如一干 Seeing is believing, Paterson worked as see. 多锉出快锯，多做长知识。Multiple file soon saw, do more knowledge. 砍柴上山，捉鸟上树。 Wood mountain, to catch birds on the tree.是蛇一身冷，是狼一身腥。 Is the snake a cold, is the wolf a fishy. 药农进山见草药，猎人进山见禽兽。 See the herbs into the mountains, the hunter went into the mountains to see animals. 香花不一定好看，会说不一定能干。 Flowers may not look good, will not do. 要知父母恩，怀里抱儿孙。 To know filial children, in her arms. 树老半空心，人老百事通。 Shu Lao half hollow, old know-all. 一人说话全有理，两人说话见高低。 A talk full of rational, two words is the determining factor. 一理通，百理融。 A rationale, hundred of thaw. 人横有道理，马横有缰绳。 People cross justified, Ma Wang reins. 人怕没理，狗怕夹尾。 People are afraid of not afraid of dogs, the clamp tail. 天上无云不下雨，世间无理事不成 . Cloudless sky does not rain, not a world without governing. 井越掏，水越清；事越摆，理越明。 Well the dig, the water clear; thing more before, and more clearly. 不看人亲不亲，要看理顺不顺。 Don't look pro-incompatibility, to straighten bad. 无理心慌，有理胆壮。 Irrational flustered, rational bold. 认理不认人，帮理不帮亲。水大漫不过船，手大遮不住天。 Serious people do not recognize, help manage not to help relatives. The water overflows but the ship, hand block day. 以势服人口，以理服人心。 Potential to take population, to reason, the heart. 水不平要流，理不平要说。 Water grievance to flow, and not to say. 让人一寸，得理一尺。 Let a person ", must manage a ruler. 灯不亮，要人拨；事不明，要人说。 The light does not shine, to set aside; the unknown, to say. 吃要吃有味的，说要说有理的。 They want to eat delicious food, say say justified. 好酒不怕酿，好人不怕讲。 Good wine is not afraid of wine, good man not afraid to say. 好人争理，坏人争嘴。 The good fight science, bad guys fighting for food. 走路怕暴雨，说话怕输理。 Fear of heavy rain to walk, speak of wrong. 坛口封得住，人口封不住。 Altar seal, population is not sealed. 人不在大小，马不在高低。人往高处走，水往低处流。People not in size, horse is not in height. Man struggles upwards; water flows downwards. 人老心不老，身穷志不穷。 Old heart is not old, the body poorwill not poor. 人要心强，树要皮硬。 One heart is strong, skin to tree hard. 三百六十行，行行出状元。 One can become the master of his trade provided he is diligent and tries hard. One may distinguish himself in any trade. 小人记仇，君子长志。 A good, long annals gentleman. 不怕百事不利，就怕灰心丧气。 Not afraid of the adverse Pepsi, you get disheartened. 不怕学不成，就怕心不诚。 Not afraid of science, but not sincere. 不担三分险，难练一身胆。 Don't worry three dangers, difficult to practice a bile. 天不生无用之人，地不长无名之草。 It was useless, not long nameless grass 木尺虽短，能量千丈。 Wooden ruler is short, the energy of thousands of feet. 天无一月雨，人无一世穷。 Day without rain in January, no generation is poor. 天下无难事，只怕有心人。 It is dogged does it. 水深难见底，虎死不倒威。 See the bottom depth, the tiger dies down. 见强不怕，遇弱不欺。 See strong fear, with a less. 月缺不改光，箭折不改钢。The month lacks not to light, do not change the arrow folding steel. 只要自己上进，不怕人家看轻。 As long as you progress, afraid people look down on. 只给君子看门，不给小人当家。 Only give a gentleman Porter, don't give small husband. 只有上不去的天，没有过不去的山。 Only to God, not to the mountain. 鸟贵有翼，人贵有志。 Birds have wings, your interested 宁做蚂蚁腿，不学麻雀嘴。 Rather be a sparrow mouth ant leg, not to learn. 宁可身冷，不可心冷；宁可人穷，不可志穷。 Rather, should never be cold, cold; rather poor, not of the poor. 宁给好汉拉马，不给懒汉作爷。 Ning to hero Rama, not to idle for god. 宁吃开眉粥，不吃皱眉饭。 I would rather eat open brow porridge, do not eat rice frown. 宁肯给君子提鞋，不肯和小人同财。 Would rather give gentleman shoes, refused to and with the villain. 有山必有路，有水必有渡。 There must be a road in mountain, water will cross. 百日连阴雨，总有一朝晴。 Days even the rain, has a clear. 好汉不吃闷头亏，好鸟不钻刺笆林。 Men do not eat bulkhead loss, good birds don't fence forest trephine bur. 好鼓一打就响，好灯一拔就亮。 Good drum playing on the sound, a bright lamp. 志高品高，志下品下。 High high, Zhi down under. 好男不争财和产，好女不争嫁时衣。 Good men don't make money and property, women don't make clothes when married. 秀才饿死不卖书，壮士穷途不卖剑。 The scholar starvation does not sell books, heroes have not selling sword. 男人无志，钝铁无钢，女人无志，乱草无秧。 A man without a blunt iron, steel, a woman without a random grass, no seedling. 谷要自长，人要自强。 Valley to since long, people need to be independent. 穷人不攀高亲，落雨不爬高墩。 The poor climbing pro, you didn't climb high pier. 君子报仇，十年不晚。 The gentleman revenges, ten years too late. 虎不怕山高，鱼不怕水深。 The tiger is not afraid of heights, the fish is not afraid of water depth. 虎瘦雄心在，人穷志不短。 Tiger lean ambitions, poor people short. 草若无心不发芽，人若无心不发达。 If the careless grass do not germinate, if no less developed. 树怕烂根，人怕无志。 The tree is afraid of waterlogging, even without a man. 胆大走遍天下，胆小寸步难行。 Audacious timid around the world, can't do anything. 菜能吃，糠能吃，气不能吃；吃能让，穿能让，理不能让。 Food can eat, can eat bran, gas can not eat; eat, wear can make, and not let. 菜无心必死，人无心必亡。 Food not die, people inadvertently will perish. 绳锯木断，水滴石穿。 Little strokes fell great oaks. Dripping water wears through a stone. 愁人苦夜长，志士惜日短。 Unhappy people suffer long night, Chester Xi day short. 一人修路，万人安步。 One million people walking on the road. 一人不说两面话，人前不讨两面光。 A person does not say two words, one in front of a light. 一好遮不了百丑，百好遮不了一丑。 A good didn't cover a hundred ugly, ugly cover a hundred good. 一字两头平，戥秤不亏人。 The word two flat, arbitrage scales do not lose people. 一个鸡蛋吃不饱，一身臭名背到老。 An egg cannot eat to the full, a bad name back to the old. 人怕私，地怕荒。 People are afraid of private, afraid of waste. 人怕引诱，塘怕渗透。 People are afraid to seduce, fear of infiltration pond. 人怕没脸，树怕没皮。 People are afraid to face, fearing no bark tree.
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1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog. 2.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.3.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. 4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 5.不眠之夜 white night 6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses 7.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best 8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord. 9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 10.辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 11.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 12.大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 13.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace 14.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 15.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits. 16.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more 17.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 18.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth. 19.活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn. 20.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones 21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 22.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home. 23.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth 24.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence 25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 26.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché 27.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope. 29.马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success 30.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth 31.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened 32.没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. 33.每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. 34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes. 35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself 36.拿手好戏 masterpiece 37.赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad 38.抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale 39.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end40.抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities 41.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.42.千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step 43.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 44.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps. 45.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something 46.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. 47.强强联手 win-win co-operation 48.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest. 49.人之初性本善 Man's nature at birth is good. 50.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man. 51.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy 52.世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way. 53.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world; 54.死而后已 until my heart stops beating 55.岁岁平安 Peace all year round. 56.上有天堂下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth 57.塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 58.三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself. 59.升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)60.四十不惑 Life begins at forty. 61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. 62.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high. 63.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man. 64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel 65.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts 66.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes. 67.实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is 68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 69.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; ' 70.韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time 71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets 72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue 73.团结就是力量Unity is strength. 74.“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 ' 75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena 76.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together. 77.往事如风'The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pas 78.望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child 79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours. 80.文韬武略military expertise; military strategy 81.唯利是图draw water to one's mill 82.无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots 83.无中生有make create something out of nothing 84.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire. 85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends 86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean 87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind. 88. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off 89.心想事成May all your wish come true 90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched. 92.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound 93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan 94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example 95.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters 96.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear 97.循序渐进step by step 98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 99.严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others 100鱼米之乡101.有情人终成眷属'Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.' 102.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks. 103. 有识之士people of vision 104.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain 105.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination. 106.与时俱进advance with times 107.以人为本people oriented; people foremost 108.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude 109.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.' a land of milk and honey 110.欲速则不达Haste does not bring success. 111. 优胜劣汰survival of the fittest 112.英雄所见略同Great minds think alike. 113.冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies. 114.冤假错案'cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases' 115.一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words. 116.招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful 117.债台高筑become debt-ridden 118.致命要害Achilles' heel 119. 众矢之的target of public criticism 120.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. 121. 纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist 122.纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later. 123.左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea
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1． Pain past is pleasure. （过去的痛苦就是快乐。）[无论多么艰难一定要咬牙冲过去，将来回忆起来一定甜蜜无比。]2． While there is life, there is hope. （有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。） 3． Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand. （脑中有知识，胜过手中有金钱。）[从小灌输给孩子的坚定信念。] 4． Storms make trees take deeper roots. （风暴使树木深深扎根。）[感激敌人，感激挫折！] 5． Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. （心之所愿，无所不成。）[坚持一个简单的信念就一定会成功。] 6． The shortest answer is doing. （最简单的回答就是干。）[想说流利的英语吗？那么现在就开口！心动不如嘴动。] 7． All things are difficult before they are easy. （凡事必先难后易。）[放弃投机取巧的幻想。] 8． Great hopes make great man. （伟大的理想造就伟大的人。） 9． God helps those who help themselves.（天助自助者。） 10． Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. （四个简短的词汇概括了成功的秘诀：多一点点！） [比别人多一点努力、多一点自律、多一点决心、多一点反省、多一点学习、多一点实践、多一点疯狂，多一点点就能创造奇迹！] 11． In doing we learn.（实践长才干。） 12． East or west, home is best.（东好西好，还是家里最好。） 13． Two heads are better than one.（三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮。） 14． Good company on the road is the shortest cut.（行路有良伴就是捷径。） 15． Constant dropping wears the stone.（滴水穿石。） 16． Misfortunes never come alone/single.（祸不单行。） 17． Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.（不经灾祸不知福。） 18． Better late than never.（迟做总比不做好；晚来总比不来好。） 19． It's never too late to mend.（过而能改，善莫大焉；亡羊补牢，犹未晚也。） 20． If a thing is worth doing it is worth doing well.（如果事情值得做，就值得做好。） 21． Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.（无热情成就不了伟业。） 22． Actions speak louder than words.（行动比语言更响亮。） 23． Lifeless, faultless.（只有死人才不犯错误。） 24． From small beginning come great things.（伟大始于渺小。） 25． One today is worth two tomorrows.（一个今天胜似两个明天。） 26． Truth never fears investigation.（事实从来不怕调查。） 27． The tongue is boneless but it breaks bones.（舌无骨却能折断骨。） 28． A bold attempt is half success.（勇敢的尝试是成功的一半。） 29． Knowing something of everything and everything of something. （通百艺而专一长。） 30． Good advice is beyond all price.（忠告是无价宝。）本文来自: 恒星英语学习网(www.Hxen.com) 详细出处参考：
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1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.2.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing.3.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.4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.5.不眠之夜 white night6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses7.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul10.辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new11.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 all12.大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener13.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace14.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 little15.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.16.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more17.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.18.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth.19.活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn.20.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.22.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home.23.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth24.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green26.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché27.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope.29.马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success30.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth31.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened32.没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. 33.每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.35.弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself36.拿手好戏 masterpiece37.赔了夫人又折兵 throw good money after bad38.抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale39.破釜沉舟 cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end40.抢得先机 take the preemptive opportunities41.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.42.千里之行始于足下 a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step43.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 44.前人栽树后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.45.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something46.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.47.强强联手 win-win co-operation48.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.49.人之初性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.50.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.51.人海战术 huge-crowd strategy52.世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.53.世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;54.死而后已 until my heart stops beating55.岁岁平安 Peace all year round.56.上有天堂下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth57.塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.58.三十而立 A man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.59.升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)60.四十不惑 Life begins at forty.61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. 62.水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.63.时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel65.实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts66.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.67.实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is68.实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.69.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; '70.韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide one's time71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue73.团结就是力量Unity is strength.74.“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 '75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena76.物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.77.往事如风'The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pas78.望子成龙hold high hopes for one's child79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.80.文韬武略military expertise; military strategy81.唯利是图draw water to one's mill82.无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots83.无中生有make create something out of nothing84.无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire. 85.徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.88. 蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off89.心想事成May all your wish come true90.心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 91.先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.92.先下手为强catch the ball before the bound93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example95.息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters96.喜忧参半mingled hope and fear97.循序渐进step by step98.一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest99.严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others100鱼米之乡101.有情人终成眷属'Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.'102.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.103. 有识之士people of vision104.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain105.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.106.与时俱进advance with times107.以人为本people oriented; people foremost108.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude109.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.' a land of milk and honey110.欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.111. 优胜劣汰survival of the fittest112.英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.113.冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.114.冤假错案'cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases'115.一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.116.招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful117.债台高筑become debt-ridden118.致命要害Achilles' heel119. 众矢之的target of public criticism120.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.121. 纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist122.纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.123.左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea
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