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文言版： 范氏之亡也，百姓有得钟者。欲负而走，则钟大不可负；以椎毁之，钟况然有音。恐人闻之而夺己也，遽掩其耳。恶人闻之，可也；恶己自闻之，悖矣。 英语版： Plugging One''s Ears While Stealing a Bell During the Spring and Autumn period, Zhi Bo of the Spring and Autumn period,Zhi Bo of the State of Jin destroyed Fan''s family. Taking advantage of this occasion, a man went to Fan''s house and tried to steal something. As soon as the man entered the gate, he saw that there hung a big bell in the courtyard. The bell was cast in high-quality bronza, and was beautiful in design and shape. The theif was very glad, and decided to carry this beautiful bell back home. But no matter how hard he tried, he could not move the bell,because the bell was both big and heavy. He thought and thought again, and believed there was only one way to solve the problem. He had to break the bell to pieces before he was able to carry them back to his home separately. The thief found a big iron hammer, with which he struck the bell with all his might. The striking produced an enormous crashing sound, which might. The striking produced an enormous crashing sound, which made the thief terribly frightened. The thief got flurried, thinking that it was too bad to have produced the crashiing sound which would himself on the bell, trying to muffle the crashing sound with his arms. But how could the crashing sound of the bell be muffled? The crashing sound still kept drifting melodiously to distant places. The more he listened to the sound, the more frightened hw became. He xubconsciously shrank back, and covered his ears hard with his hands." Hey, the sound becomes fainter, inaudible," the thief became cheerful at once," wonderful! The sound of the bell can not be heard when the ears are covered." He immediately got some odd bits of cloth, made two rolls with them, and had his ears plugged with the two cloth rolls. He thought that in this way nobody could hear the sound of the bell. Feeling relieved, he began striking the bell, one blow after another. The resounding sound of the bell was heard at distant places, and finally people caught the thief by gracing the sound. This story comes from" Knowing Yourself" in The Annals by Buwei, written just before the Qin Dynasty（221-207 B.C.） was founded. Allegedly, when Li Yuan, Emperor Gao Zu of the Tang Dynasty（618-907），read this story, he felt it simply ridiculous and said," This is what is called plugging one''s ears while stealing a bell." Later, people have used the set phrase "plugging one''s ears while stealing a bell" to refer to he ignorance and foolishness of the person who deceives himself as well as others. 白话版： 春秋时侯，晋国贵族智伯灭掉了范氏。有人趁机跑到范氏家里想偷点东西，看见院子里吊着一口大钟。钟是用上等青铜铸成的，造型和图案都很精美。小偷心里高兴极了，想把这口精美的大钟背回自已家去。可是钟又大又重，怎么也挪不动。他想来想去，只有一个办法，那就是把钟敲碎，然后再分别搬回家。 小偷找来一把大锤，拼命朝钟砸去，咣的一声巨响，把他吓了一大跳。小偷着慌，心想这下糟了，这种声不就等于是告诉人们我正在这里偷钟吗？他心里一急，身子一下子扑到了钟上，张开双臂想捂住钟声，可钟声又怎么捂得住呢！钟声依然悠悠地传向远方。他越听越害怕，不由自主地抽回双手，使劲捂住自已的耳朵。“咦，钟声变小了，听不见了！”小偷高兴起来，“妙极了！把耳朵捂住不就听不见钟声了吗！”他立刻找来两个布团，把耳朵塞住，心想，这下谁也听不见钟声了。于是就放手砸起钟来，一下一下，钟声响亮地传到很远的地方。人们听到钟声蜂拥而至把小偷捉住了。 故事出自《吕氏春秋·自知》“掩耳盗钟”被说成“掩耳盗铃”，比喻愚蠢自欺的掩饰行为。 范氏之亡也，百姓有得钟者。欲负而走，则钟大不可负；以椎毁之，钟况然有音。恐人闻之而夺己也，遽掩其耳。恶人闻之，可也；恶己自闻之，悖矣。

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A bad beginning makes a bad ending.不善始者不善终。 A bad thing never dies.遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools.不会撑船怪河弯。 A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german.吹牛与说谎本是同宗。 A bully is always a coward.色厉内荏。 A burden of one's choice is not felt.爱挑的担子不嫌重。 A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛照亮别人，却毁灭了自己。 A cat has 9 lives.猫有九条命。 A cat may look at a king.人人平等。 A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入。 A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌。 Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。 Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.逆境出人才。 A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所，流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find.知音难觅。 A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good.江山易改，本性难移。 A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。 A friend is easier lost than found.得朋友难，失朋友易。 A friend is never known till a man has need.需要之时方知友。 A friend without faults will never be found.没有十全十美的朋友。 'After you' is good manners.“您先请”是礼貌。 A good beginning is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。 A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。 A good book is a good friend.好书如挚友。 A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。 A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。 A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌。 A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤。 A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。 A good wife health is a man's best wealth.妻贤身体好是男人最大的财富。 A great talker is a great liar.说大话者多谎言。 A hedge between keeps friendship green.君子之交淡如水。 A joke never gains an enemy but loses a friend.戏谑不能化敌为友，只能使人失去朋友。 A leopard cannot change its spots.积习难改。 A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.说谎者即使讲真话也没人相信。 A light heart lives long.静以修身。 A little body often harbors a great soul.浓缩的都是精品。 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.一知半解，自欺欺人。 A little pot is soon hot.狗肚子盛不得四两油。 All are brave when the enemy flies.敌人逃窜时，人人都成了勇士。 All good things come to an end.天下没有不散的筵席。 All rivers run into sea.海纳百川。 All roads lead to Rome.条条大路通罗马。 All that ends well is well.结果好，就一切都好。 All that glitters is not gold.闪光的不一定都是金子。 All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事总是由难而易。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只会用功不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。 A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。 A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.一心不能二用。 A man is known by his friends.什么人交什么朋友。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。 A man without money is no man at all.一分钱难倒英雄汉。 A merry heart goes all the way.心旷神怡，事事顺利。 A miss is as good as a mile.失之毫厘，差之千里。 A mother's love never changes.母爱永恒。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。 A new broom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。 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.一日之计在于晨。 An old dog cannot learn new tricks.老狗学不出新把戏。 An ounce of luck is better than a pound of wisdom.聪明才智，不如运气。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.预防为主，治疗为辅。 A rolling stone gathers no moss.滚石不生苔，转业不聚财。 As a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。 A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 A snow year, a rich year.瑞雪兆丰年。 A sound mind in a sound body.健全的精神寓于健康的身体。 A still tongue makes a wise head.寡言者智。 A stitch in time saves nine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦。 A straight foot is not afraid of a crooked shoe.身正不怕影子斜。 A wise head makes a close mouth.真人不露相，露相非真人。 A word spoken is past recalling.一言既出，驷马难追。 A year's plan starts with spring.一年之计在于春。 A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 Bad news has wings.好事不出门，坏事传千里。 Barking dogs seldom bite.吠犬不咬人。 Beauty lies in the love's eyes.情人眼里出西施。 Be swift to hear, slow to speak.听宜敏捷，言宜缓行。 Better late than never.不怕慢，单怕站。 Better to ask the way than go astray.问路总比迷路好。 Between friends all is common.朋友之间不分彼此。 Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。 Blood is thicker than water.血浓于水。 Blood will have blood.血债血偿。 Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，应求少而精。 Business is business.公事公办。 Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。 By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.读书使人充实，交谈使人精明。 Cannot see the wood for the trees.一叶障目，不见泰山。 Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。 Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。 Cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财。 Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言传。 Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。 Come what may, heaven won't fall.做你的吧，天塌不下来。 Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。 Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。 Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。 Content is better than riches.知足者常乐。 Count one's chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏。 Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。 Creep before you walk.循序渐进。 Cry for the moon.海底捞月。 Custom is a second nature.习惯是后天养成的。 Custom makes all things easy.有个好习惯，事事皆不难。 Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。 Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。 Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。 Doing is better than saying.与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。 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 claim to know what you don't know.不要不懂装懂。 Don't have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事过多。 Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小题大做。 Don't put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。 Don't put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。 Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自找麻烦。 Don't try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧。 Do well and have well.善有善报。 Each bird love to hear himself sing.孤芳自赏。 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起身体好。 Easier said than done.说得容易，做得难。 Easy come, easy go.来也匆匆，去也匆匆。 Eat to live, but not live to eat.人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。 Empty vessels make the greatest sound.实磨无声空磨响，满瓶不动半瓶摇。 Envy has no holidays.忌妒之人无宁日。 Even Homer sometimes nods.智者千虑，必有一失。 Even reckoning makes long friends.亲兄弟，明算账。 Every advantage has its disadvantage.有利必有弊。 Everybody's business is nobody's business.人人负责，等于没人负责。 Every day is not Sunday.好景不常在。 Every dog has his day.谁都有得意的时候。 Every door may be shut, but death's door.人生在世，唯死难逃。 Every heart has its own sorrow.各人有各人的苦恼。 Every little helps a mickle.聚沙成塔，集腋成裘。 Every man for himself, and the devil takes the hindmost.人不为己，天诛地灭。 Every man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人。 Every man has his hobbyhorse.萝卜青菜，各有所爱。 Every man has his weak side.人人都有弱点。 Every man is the architect of his own fortune.自己的命运自己掌握。 Every minute counts.分秒必争。 Every mother's child is handsome.孩子是自己的好。 Every potter praises hit pot.王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸。 Everything is good when new, but friends when old.东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。 Example is better then percept.说一遍，不如做一遍。 Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。 Experience must be bought.吃一堑，长一智。 Fact speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。 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。 Far from eye, far from heart.眼不见，心不烦。 Far water does not put out near fire.远水救不了近火。 Faults are thick where love is thin.一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。 Fear always springs from ignorance.恐惧源于无知。 Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.隔墙有耳。 Fire and water have no mercy.水火无情。 Fire is a good servant but a bad master.火是一把双刃剑。 First come, first served.先来后到。 First impressions are half the battle.初次见面，印象最深。 First think and then speak.先想后说。 Fools grow without watering.朽木不可雕。 Fool's haste is no speed.欲速则不达。 Fools has fortune.呆人有呆福。 Fools learn nothing from wise men, but wise men learn much from fools.愚者不学无术，智者不耻下问。 Forbidden fruit is sweet.禁果格外香。 Fortune favors those who use their judgement.机遇偏爱善断之人。 Fortune knocks once at least at every man's gate.风水轮流转。 Four eyes see more than two.集思广益。 Friends agree best at distance.朋友之间也会保持距离。 Friends are thieves of time.朋友是时间的窃贼。 Friends must part.再好的朋友也有分手的时候。 Genius is nothing but labor and diligence.天才不过是勤奋而已。 Give a dog a bad name and hang him.众口铄金，积毁销骨。 God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。 Gold will not buy anything.黄金并非万能。 Good for good is natural, good for evil is manly.以德报德是常理，以德报怨大丈夫。 Good health is over wealth.健康是最大的财富。 Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.良药苦口利于病。 Good watch prevents misfortune.谨慎消灾。 Great barkers are no biters.好狗不挡道。 Great hopes make great man.伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。 Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。

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.

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