1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love mydog.
2.百闻不如一见 (眼见为实)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 thanthe worst.
4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make anearly start.
5.不眠之夜 whitenight
6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased byexternal gains, not saddened by personnallosses
7.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; doone's best
8.不打不成交 No discord, noconcord.
9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to payPaul
10.辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old andusher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in thenew
11.大事化小小事化了 try first to maketheir mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothingat all
12.大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one'shorizon; be an eye-opener
13.国泰民安 The country flourishesand people live in peace
14.过犹不及 going too far is as bad as notgoing far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much isas bad as too little
15.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him whowaits.
16.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, oneprays no more
17.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news nevergoes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far andwide.
18.和气生财 Harmony bringswealth.
19.活到老学到老 One is never too old tolearn.
20.既往不咎 let bygones bebygones
21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be pureand man can't be perfect.
22.金玉满堂 Treasures fill thehome.
23.脚踏实地 bedown-to-earth
24.脚踩两只船 sit on thefence
25.君子之交淡如水 the friendshipbetween gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keepsfriendship green
26.老生常谈陈词滥调 cut and dried,cliché
27.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls forreciprocity.
28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there islife, there is hope.
29.马到成功 achieve immediatevictory; win instant success
30.名利双收 gain in both fame andwealth
31.茅塞顿开 be suddenlyenlightened
32.没有规矩不成方圆 Nothing can beaccomplished without norms or standards. 33.每逢佳节倍思亲 On festiveoccasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.Itis on the festival occasions when one misses his dearmost.
34.谋事在人成事在天 The planning lieswith man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, Goddisposes.
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 moneyafter bad
38.抛砖引玉 a modest spur to induceothers to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a spratto catch a whale
39.破釜沉舟 cut off all means ofretreat;burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight tothe end
40.抢得先机 take the preemptiveopportunities
41.巧妇难为无米之炊 If you have no hand you can'tmake a fist. One can't make bricks withoutstraw.
42.千里之行始于足下 a thousand-lijourney begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to begained step by step
43.前事不忘后事之师 Past experience, ifnot forgotten, is a guide for the future. 44.前人栽树后人乘凉 Onegeneration plants the trees in whose shade another generationrests.One sows and another reaps.
45.前怕狼后怕虎 fear the wolf infront and the tiger behind hesitate in doingsomething
46.强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (fromthe outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt -Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect localbullies.
47.强强联手 win-winco-operation
48.瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promisesa good harvest.
49.人之初性本善 Man's nature at birthis good.
50.人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart intoa man.
51.人海战术 huge-crowdstrategy
52.世上无难事只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, thereis a way.
53.世外桃源 a fictitious land ofpeace away from the turmoil of the world;
54.死而后已 until my heart stopsbeating
55.岁岁平安 Peace all yearround.
56.上有天堂下有苏杭 Just as there is paradise inheaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou onearth
57.塞翁失马焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actualblessing.
58.三十而立 A man should beindependent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able tothink for himself.
59.升级换代 updating and upgrading(of products)
60.四十不惑 Life begins atforty.
61.谁言寸草心报得三春晖 Such kindness ofwarm 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 noman.
64.杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly onthe wheel
65.实事求是seek truth from facts; bepractical and realistic; be true to facts
66.说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil andhe 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 thesole criterion for testing truth.
69.山不在高,有仙则名'No matter how highthe mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is afairy; '
70.韬光养晦hide one's capacitiesand bide one's time
71.糖衣炮弹sugar-coatedbullets
72.天有不测风云Anything unexpected may happen.a bolt from the blue
73.团结就是力量Unity isstrength.
74. "跳进黄河洗不清"'eve if one jumpedinto the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there'snothing one can do to clear one's name '
75.歪风邪气unhealthy practices andevil phenomena
76.物以类聚,人以群分Birds of a featherflock together.
77.往事如风'The past has vanished(from memory) like wind.; What in past, ispas
78.望子成龙hold high hopes for one'schild
79.屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes nevercome singly. When it rains it pours.
80.文韬武略military expertise;military strategy
81.唯利是图draw water to one'smill
82.无源之水,无本之木water without asource, and a tree wiithout roots
83.无中生有make create somethingout of nothing
84.无风不起浪There are no waveswithout wind. There's no smoke without fire. 85.徇私枉法bend the lawfor the benefit of relatives or friends
86.新官上任三把火a new broom sweepsclean
87.虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helpsone go forward, whereas conceit makes one lagbehind.
88. 蓄势而发accumulate strength fora take-off
89.心想事成May all your wish cometrue
90.心照不宣have a tacitunderstanding; give tacit consent; tacitunderstanding
91.先入为主First impressions are firmlyentrenched.
92.先下手为强catch the ball beforethe bound
93.像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hotpan
94.现身说法warn people by takingoneself as an example
95.息事宁人pour oil on troubledwaters
96.喜忧参半mingled hope andfear
97.循序渐进step bystep
98.一路平安,一路顺风 wish you a safe /good trip / journey
99.严以律己,宽以待人be strict withoneself and lenient towards others
101.有情人终成眷属'Jack shall haveJill, all shall be well.'
102.有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the marego. Money talks.
103. 有识之士people ofvision
104.有勇无谋use brawn rather thanbrain
105.有缘千里来相会Separated as we arethousands of miles apart, we come together as if bypredestination.
106.与时俱进advance withtimes
107.以人为本people oriented; peopleforemost
108.因材施教teach students according totheir aptitude
109.欲穷千里目,更上一层楼'to ascendanother storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further,were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Goup, one flight.' a land of milk and honey
110.欲速则不达Haste does not bringsuccess.
111. 优胜劣汰survival of thefittest
112.英雄所见略同Great minds thinkalike.
113.冤家宜解不宜结Better make friendsthan make enemies.
114.冤假错案'cases in which peoplewere unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust,false or wrong cases'
115.一言既出,驷马难追A real man nevergoes back on his words.
116.招财进宝Money and treasures will beplentiful
117.债台高筑becomedebt-ridden
119. 众矢之的target of publiccriticism
120.知己知彼,百战不殆Know the enemy andknow yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no dangerof defeat.
121. 纸上谈兵be an armchairstrategist
122.纸包不住火Truth will come tolight sooner or later.
123.左右为难between the devil and the deepblue sea