01爱屋及乌
Love me, love my dog.
02
One look is worth a thousand words.
Seeing is believing.
To fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.
A slow sparrow should make an early start.
05不遗余力
Spare no effort; go all out; do one’s best.No discord, no concord.
07拆东墙补西墙
Rob Peter to pay Paul.Bid farewell to the old and usher in the new.
09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.10大开眼界
Broaden one’s horizon; be an eye-opener.
11国泰民安
The country flourishes and people live in peace.Going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;
too much is as bad as too little.
13好了伤疤忘了疼
Once on shore, one prays no more.Bad news travels fast.
15和气生财
Harmony brings wealth;friendliness is conducive to business success.
16活到老学到老
Never too old to learn.Let bygones be bygones.
18金无足赤，人无完人
There are spots even on the sun.Treasures fill the home.
20脚踏实地
Be down-to-earth.
21脚踩两只船
Sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp.A hedge between keeps friendship green.
23老生常谈，陈词滥调
Cut and dried; clichéCourtesy calls for reciprocity.
25留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
Where there is life, there is hope.Achieve immediate victory; win instant success.
27名利双收
Gain both fame and wealth.Be suddenly enlightened.
29没有规矩，不成方圆
Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.30每逢佳节倍思亲
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one’s dear ones far away.
31谋事在人，成事在天
Man proposes; God disposes.Make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart.
33赔了夫人又折兵
Suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish.A modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale.
35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.Take the preemptive opportunities.
37巧妇难为无米之炊
One can’t make bricks without straw.A thousand-li journey begins with the first step–the highest eminence is to be gained step by step.
39前事不忘，后事之师
Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.40前怕狼，后怕虎
Fear wolves ahead and tigers behind; hesitate in doing something.
41强龙难压地头蛇
The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year.
43人逢喜事精神爽
People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.Where there is a will, there is a way.
45世外桃源
A retreat away from the turmoil of the world.Humans are born good.
47上有天堂，下有苏杭
Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earthA blessing in disguise;
Every cloud has a silver lining.
49三十而立
A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.50水涨船高
A ship rises with the tide
51时不我待
Time and tide wait for no man.Use a steam-hammer to crack nuts.
53实事求是
Seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts.Speak of the devil.
55实话实说
Speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is.Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
57韬光养晦
Hide one’s capacities and bide one’s time.
58糖衣炮弹
Sugar-coated bullets.
59天有不测风云
Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue.60团结就是力量
Unity is strength.
61跳进黄河洗不清
Even if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean – there’s nothing one can do to clear one’s nameUnhealthy trends and vulgar practices.
63物以类聚，人以群分
Birds of a feather flock together.Hold high hopes for one’s child.
65唯利是图
Seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one’s own interests.A sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air.
67无风不起浪
There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.Twist the law to suit one’s own purpose.
69新官上任三把火
A new broom sweeps clean.70蓄势待发
Accumulate strength for a take-off.
71心想事成
May all your wish come true.Have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation.
73先入为主
First impressions are firmly entrenched.He who strikes first gains the advantage.
The best defense is offense.
75热锅上的蚂蚁
Ants on a hot panWarn people by taking oneself as an example.
77息事宁人
Pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned.Proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order.
79严以律己，宽以待人
Be strict with oneself and lenient with others.80有情人终成眷属
Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.
81有钱能使鬼推磨
Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.
82有识之士
A man of insight.
83有勇无谋
Bold but not crafty.
84有缘千里来相会
Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
85与时俱进
Keep pace with the times.
86以人为本
People-oriented.Teach students according to their aptitude.
88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.Haste makes waste.
More haste, less speed.
90优胜劣汰
Survival of the fittest.Great minds think alike.
Better make friends than make enemies.
Cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases.
A promise is a promise.
A real man never goes back on his words.
95招财进宝
Bring in wealth and treasure.Become debt-ridden.
Target of public criticism.
Be an armchair strategist.
You can’t wrap fire in paper.
What’s done by night appears by day.
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