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愛屋及烏 Love me, love my dog. 百聞不如一見 One look is worth a thousand words. Seeing is believing. 比上不足,，比下有余 To fall short of the best, but be better than the worst. 笨鳥先飛 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 不遺余力 Spare no effort; go all out; do one's best. 不打不成交 No discord, no concord. 拆東墻補西墻 Rob Peter to pay Paul. 辭舊迎新 Bid farewell to the old and usher in the new. 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. 大開眼界 Broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener. 國泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace. 過猶不及 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. 好了傷疤忘了疼 Once on shore, one prays no more. 好事不出門,，壞事傳千里 Bad news travels fast. 和氣生財 Harmony brings wealth; friendliness is conducive to business success. 活到老學到老 Never too old to learn. 既往不咎 Let bygones be bygones. 金無足赤，人無完人 There are spots even on the sun. 金玉滿堂 Treasures fill the home. 腳踏實地 Be down-to-earth. 腳踩兩只船 Sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp. 君子之交淡如水 A hedge between keeps friendship green. 老生常談,，陳詞濫調(diào) Cut and dried; cliché 禮尚往來 Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 留得青山在,，不怕沒柴燒 Where there is life, there is hope. 馬到成功 Achieve immediate victory; win instant success. 名利雙收 Gain both fame and wealth. 茅塞頓開 Be suddenly enlightened. 沒有規(guī)矩，不成方圓 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. 每逢佳節(jié)倍思親 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away. 謀事在人,，成事在天 Man proposes; God disposes. 弄巧成拙 Make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart. 賠了夫人又折兵 Suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish. 拋磚引玉 A modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale. 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. 搶得先機 Take the preemptive opportunities. 巧婦難為無米之炊 One can't make bricks without straw. 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 step. 前事不忘，后事之師 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 掃一掃,，贊賞君子蘭
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