愛不釋手
fondle admiringly
百聞不如一見
Seeing is believing
笨鳥先飛
A slow sparrow should make an early start.
不以物喜不以己悲
not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
不打不成交
No discord, no concord.
拆東墻補(bǔ)西墻
rob Peter to pay Paul
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
國(guó)泰民安
The country flourishes and people live in peace
功夫不負(fù)有心人
Everything comes to him who waits.
活到老學(xué)到老
One is never too old to learn.
暗箭傷人
stab in the back
光陰似箭
Time flies like an arrow.
患難之交
A friend in need is a friend indeed
謀事在人成事在天
The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes
腳踩兩只船
sit on the fence
禮尚往來
Courtesy calls for reciprocity
馬到成功
achieve immediate victory
無規(guī)矩不成方圓
Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards
弄巧成拙
be too smart by half
賠了夫人又折兵
throw good money after bad
破釜沉舟
cut off all means of retreat
人之初性本善
Man's nature at birth is good
人逢喜事精神爽
oy puts heart into a man
前怕狼后怕虎
fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something
世上無難事只要肯攀登
Where there is a will, there is a way
塞翁失馬焉知非福
Misfortune may be an actual blessing
三十而立
man should be independent at the age of thirty
瑞雪兆豐年
A timely snow promises a good harvest
四十不惑
Life begins at forty
殺雞用牛刀
break a butterfly on the wheel
糖衣炮彈
sugar-coated bullets
說曹操,曹操到
Talk of the devil and he comes
歪風(fēng)邪氣
unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
望子成龍
hold high hopes for one's child
先下手為強(qiáng)
catch the ball before the bound
無中生有
make create something out of nothing
徇私枉法
bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
才疏學(xué)淺
have little talent and learning
逢兇化吉
trun ill luck into good
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