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.
4.笨鸟先飞: A slow sparrow should make an early start.
5.不眠之夜 :white night .(sleepless night)
6.不以物喜不以己悲:not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses.
7.不遗余力: spare no effort .(do one’s level best)
8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord.
9.拆东墙补西墙: rob Peter to pay Paul.
10.辞旧迎新: ring out the Old Year and ring in the New Year.
11.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.
12.大开眼界: feed one’s sight on.(open one’s eyes)
13.国泰民安: The country flourishes and people live in peace
14.过犹不及: Going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short.
15.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 more
17.好事不出门恶事传千里: Good news goes on crutches, bad news travels fast.
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 bygones.
21.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-earth.
24.脚踩两只船 : sit on the fence.
25.君子之交淡如水: A hedge between keeps friendship green.
26.老生常谈: cut and dried.
27.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 success
30.名利双收: gain in both fame and wealth
31.茅塞顿开: be suddenly enlightened.
32.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.
34.谋事在人成事在天: Man proposes and God disposes .
35.弄巧成拙 go for wool and come home shorn.
36.拿手好戏: masterpiece./Have subject at one’s fingers.
37.赔了夫人又折兵 : throw the helve after the hatchet .
38.抛砖引玉: serve as a modest spur to induce someone to come forward with his valuable contributions.
39.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
40.抢得先机: take the preemptive opportunities.
41.巧妇难为无米之炊: If you have no hand you can’t make a fist.
42.千里之行始于足下: a journey of one thousand miles begins with one step.
43.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: Predecessors trees descendants cool.
45.前怕狼后怕虎: fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something.
46.强龙难压地头蛇: The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
47.强强联手: win-win co-operation.
48.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 strategy.
52.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 beating
55.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 earth .
57.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.
59.升级换代: upgrade and update.
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 wheel
65.实事求是: seek (the) truth from facts.
66.说曹操,曹操到:Talk of the devil and the devil comes.
67.实话实说:speak frankly.
68.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:Mountain is not high, with fairy is name.
70.韬光养晦:hide one’s capacities and bide one’s time .
71.糖衣炮弹:sugar-coated bullets.
72.天有不测风云: A storm may arise from a clear sky.(Something unexpected may happen any time)
73.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.
75.歪风邪气: unhealthy practices and evil phenomena.
76.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.
78.望子成龙: hold high hopes for one’s child.
79.屋漏又逢连阴雨: Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.
80.文韬武略: military expertise; military strategy .
81.唯利是图: draw water to one’s mill.
82.无源之水,无本之木: water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots.
83.无中生有: make create something out of nothing .
84.无风不起浪: There are no waves without wind.
85.徇私枉法: bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends.
86.新官上任三把火: a new broom sweeps clean.
87.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-off .
89.心想事成: May all your wish come true.
90.心照不宣: have a tacit understanding.
91.先入为主: First impressions are firmly entrenched.
92.先下手为强: catch the ball before the bound .
93.像热锅上的蚂蚁: like an ant on a hot pan.
94.现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example.
95.息事宁人: pour oil on troubled waters.
96.喜忧参半: mingled hope and fear.
97.循序渐进: step by step.
98.一路平安，一路顺风: speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest.
99.严以律己,宽以待人：be strict with oneself and lenient towards others.
100.有情人终成眷属：Jack shall have Jill,all shall be well.
101.有钱能使鬼推磨: Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
102. 有识之士: people of vision.
103.有勇无谋: use brawn rather than brain.
104.有缘千里来相会: Separated as we are thousands of miles apart we come together as if by predestination
105.与时俱进: advance with times.(keep pace with the times)
106.以人为本: people oriented; people foremost
107.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
108.欲穷千里目，更上一层楼: Ascend Another Storey to Have a Further Sight retrospect and prospect.
109.欲速则不达: Haste does not bring success.
110. 优胜劣汰: survival of the fittest.
111.英雄所见略同: Great minds think alike.
112.冤家宜解不宜结: Better make friends than make enemies.
113.冤假错案: cases in which people were unjustly charged.
114.一言既出，驷马难追: A real man never goes back on his words.
115.招财进宝: Money and treasures will be plentiful .
116.债台高筑: become debt-ridden.
117.致命要害: Achilles’ heel.
118. 众矢之的: target of public criticism.
119.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.
120. 纸上谈兵: be an armchair strategist.
121.纸包不住火: Truth will come to light sooner or later.
122.左右为难: between the devil and the deep blue sea.
by—爱学部落