独在异乡为异客，每逢佳节倍思亲。A lonely stranger in a strange land I am cast, I miss my family all the more on every festive day.
二人同心，其利断金。If two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can cut through metal.
富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能曲，此之谓大丈夫。It is a true great man whom no money and rank can confuse, no poverty and hardship can shake, and no power and force can suffocate. 海内存知己，天涯若比邻。A bosom friend afar brings distance near.
祸兮，福之所依；福兮，祸之所伏。Misfortune, that is where happiness depends; happiness, that is where misfortune underlies.
举头望明月，低头思故乡。Raising my head, I see the moon so bright; withdrawing my eyes, my nostalgia comes around.
君子成人之美，不成人之恶。The gentleman helps others to achieve their moral perfection but not their evil conduct.
君子之交淡如水，小人之交甘如醴。君子淡以亲，小人甘以绝。The friendship between men of virtue is light like water, yet affectionate; the friendship between men without virtue is sweet like wine, yet easily broken.
老吾老以及人之老，幼吾幼以及人之幼。Expend the respect of the aged in one’s family to that of other families; expend the love of the young ones in one’s family to that of other families. 路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索。The way ahead is long; I see no ending, yet high and low I’ll search with my will unbending.
民为贵，社稷次之，君为轻。The people are the most important element in a state; next are the gods of land and grain; least is the ruler himself.
锲而舍之，朽木不折，锲而不舍，金石可镂。Carve but give up half way, even a decayed piece
of wood will not break; carve without stop, even metal and stone can be engraved.
三人行，必有我师焉。择其善者而从之，其不善者而改之。Among any three people walking, I will find something to learn for sure. Their good qualities are to be followed, and their shortcomings are to be avoided.
逝者如斯夫！不舍昼夜。The passage of time is just like the flow of water, which goes on day and night.
顺天者存，逆天者亡。Those who follow the Heaven’s law will survive; those who go against it will perish.
天生我才必有用。Heaven has endowed me with talents for eventual use.
天时不如地利，地利不如人和。Opportunities vouchsafed by Heaven are less important than terrestrial advantages, which in turn are less important than the unity among people.
温故而知新，可以为师矣。He who by reviewing the old can gain knowledge of the new and is fit to be a teacher.
青取之于蓝，而青于蓝The dye extracted from the indigo is bluer than the plant
学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。Learning without thinking leads to confusion; thinking without learning ends in danger.
学而不厌，诲人不倦。Never be contented with your study; never be impatient with your teaching.
学如逆水行舟，不进则退。Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.It is such a delight to have friends coming from afar.
玉不琢，不成器。人不学，不知义。As a jade without chiseling will not become a useful object, a man without learning will not know the Way. 礼尚往来Propriety suggests reciprocity.
人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴阳缺，此事古难全。People have sorrow and joy; they part and meet again. The moon dims or shines; it waxes or wanes. Nothing is perfect, not even in the olden
days.
视死如归looks upon death as going home. 相见时难别亦难。It is unbearable to meet as well as to depart.
白马王子 Prince Charming 白手起家 starting from scratch 白雪公主 Snow White
摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances
苯鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
奔小康 strive for a relatively comfortable life 逼上梁山 be driven to drastic alternatives 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 闭门羹 given cold-shoulder 不打不成交 No discord, no concord. To convert defeat into victory.反败为胜。 ever say die.永不放弃。
Never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。 Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。 No pain, no gain.天下事没有不劳而获的东西。
擦边球 edge ball, touch ball
菜篮子工程 shopping basket program 拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 长期共存、互相监督、肝胆相照、荣辱与共 long-term coexistence, mutual supervision, sincere treatment with each other and the sharing of weal or woe
唱高调 mouth high-sounding words 此地无银三百两 A guilty person gives himself away by consciously protesting his innocence.
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 单刀赴会 start a solo run
发展是硬道理 Development is of overriding importance. / Development is the absolute need.
反败为胜 bring about a complete turnabout, pull out of the fire 封杀出局 force out
各尽所能let each person do his best; from each according to his ability \"各就位\" \"On your marks!\"
恭喜发财 May you be prosperous!; Wish
you all the best!
好事不出门，恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
虎父无犬子 A wise goose never lays a tame egg.
脚踩两只船 sit on the fence 脚踏实地 be down-to-earth
近水楼台先得月 First come, first served; A water-front pavilion gets the moonlight first--the advantage of being in a favored position.
廉洁奉公，以正治国 (of an official) clean and devoted, and govern the state with his own example of uprightness
跑龙套 utility man, play a bit role, general handyman
情有独钟 show special preference (favor) to 裙带关系 networking through petticoat influence
杀手锏 sudden thrust of the mace--one's trump or master card
三字经 three-character scripture
上有天堂，下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzou on
earth.
铁饭碗 iron rice bowl
铁哥们 faithful pal；buddies；sworn friend 铁血宰相 iron-and-blood prime minister 通货紧缩 deflation (of currency) 统筹安排 comprehensive arrangement 同乡会 an association of fellow provincials or townsmen
脱贫致富 cast (shake, throw) off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity
往事如风 The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past. 无人售票 self-service ticketing
无中生有 make/create something out of nothing
无为而治 govern by doing nothing that is against nature; govern by non-interference 喜忧参半 mingled hope and fear
新官上任三把火 a new broom sweeps clean 学而优则仕 (a Confucian slogan for education) a good scholar can become an official; he who excels in study can follow an official career
徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
压轴戏 grand finale; last and best item on a theatrical program 摇钱树 cash cow
一国两制，One country, two systems 以人为本 people oriented; people foremost 硬道理 absolute principle, top priority 应试教育 examination-oriented education system
有情人终成眷属 Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.
有勇无谋 use brawn rather than brain 招商引资 attract/bid for/invite investments (from overseas)
知识产权 intellectual property rights 知识经济 knowledge economy , knowledge-base economy
西部大开发 Development of the West Regions
可持续性发展 sustainable development A Jack of all trades and master of none.三脚猫无所长。
A hero is known in the time of misfortune.时势造英雄
A happy heart makes a blooming visage.心花怒放，笑逐颜开。
A guilty conscience is a self-accuser.做贼心虚，良心自诛。
A good winter brings a good summer.瑞雪兆丰年。
A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口，忠言逆耳
A good marksman may miss.智者千虑，必有一失。
A good horse often needs a good spur.好马常要好靴刺。
A good friend is my nearest relation.良友如近亲。
A good conscience is a continual feast.白日不做亏心事，夜半敲门心不惊。
A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者必善其终。
A good beginning is half the battle.首战告捷等於一半胜利。
A good appetite is a good sauce.饥不择食。 A good anvil does not fear the hammer.好砧不怕锤。
After black clouds, clear weather.否极泰来。 After a storm comes a calm.否极泰来。 A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真朋友。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。
A fair face may hide a foul heart.人不可貌相。
Actions speak louder than words.事实胜於雄辩。
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.行动是知识的巧果
A contented mind is perpetual feast.知足常乐 A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人 A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。
A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。
All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在於晨。
A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷
马难追。
A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在於春。
A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。 Beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼?Y出西施。
Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。
Blood is thicker than water.血浓於水。 Blood will have blood.血债血偿。 Business is business.公事公办
Cannot see the wood for the trees.一叶障目，不见泰山。
Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言传
Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。 Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。
Creep before you walk.循序渐进。 Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。
Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施於人。
Do it now.机不可失，时不再来。
Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途而废。 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。 Do well and have well.善有善报。
Failure is the mother of success.失败是成功之母。
False friends are worse than bitter enemies.明枪易躲，暗箭难防
Fool's haste is no speed.欲速则不达。 God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。
Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.
良药苦口利於病。
Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。 Hear all parties.兼听则明。
He knows most who speaks least.大智若愚。 He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最後，谁笑得最好。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.人善被人欺，马善被人骑。 Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.坐失良机，後悔已迟。
he first step that costs troublesome.万事开头难。
It never rains but it pours.不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.十年树木，百年树人。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。 Like father, like son.有其父必有其子 Losers are always in the wrong.胜者为王，败者为寇。
Love at first sight.一见锺情。 Love me, love my dog.爱屋及乌。 Make hay while the sun shines.良机勿失。 Make your enemy your friend.化敌为友。 Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天
Many hands make light work.众人拾柴火焰高。
Many heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.患难
见真情。
Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。
New wine in old bottles.旧瓶装新酒。 No cross, no crown.不经历风雨，怎?N见彩虹
No smoke without fire.无风不起浪。 No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。 Old sin makes new shame.一失足成千古恨。 Pour water into a sieve.竹篮子打水一场空。 Promise is debt.一诺千金。
Pull the chestnut out of fire.火中取栗。 Rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。
Saying is one thing and doing another.言行不一。
Seeing is believing.眼见为实。 Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。 Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。 Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。
Take things as they come.既来之，则安之。 The devil knows many things because he is old.老马识途。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the
great ocean.坐井观天。
The more wit, the less courage.初生牛犊不怕虎。
The outsider sees the most of the game.旁观者清。
The leopard cannot change its spots.本性难移。
The pot calls the kettle black.五十步笑百步。 There is no place like home.金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟
Think twice before you do.三思而後行。 Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。 Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。 To err is human.人非圣贤，孰能无过。 Truth never grows old.真理永存。
Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。
Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。
Where there is smoke, there is fire.事出有因。 While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.道高一尺，魔高一丈。 You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼与熊
掌，不可得兼。
You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.强扭的瓜不甜。
Constant dropping wears the stone.（滴水穿石。）
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