橙花水-" 是什么意思"
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree
wiithout roots
无中生有makecreate something
out of nothing
无风不起浪There are no waves
without wind. There's no smoke without fire.
徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of
relatives or friends
新官上任三把火a new broom
sweeps clean
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps
one go forward, whereas conceit
makes one lag
behind.
蓄势而发accumulate strength for a
take-off
心想事成May all your wish come
true
心照不宣have a tacit understanding;
give tacit consent; tacit understanding
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an
example
息事宁人pour oil on troubled
waters
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
循序渐进step by step
一路平安,一路顺风speed
somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient
towards others
鱼米之乡a land of milk and
honey
有情人终成眷属
有钱能使鬼推磨Money
makes the mare go. Money talks.
有识之士people of vision
有勇无谋use brawn
rather than brain
有缘千里来相会Separated as we
are thousands of miles apart, we come
together
as if by predestination.
与时俱进advance
with times
以人为本people oriented; people
foremost
因材施教teach students according to
their aptitude
欲穷千里目,更上一层楼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.
欲速则不达Haste does not bring
success.
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
冤假错案in which people were unjustly, falsely
or wrongly charged or
sentenced; unjust, false
or wrong cases
一言既出,驷马难追A real man never
goes back on his words.
招财进宝Money and
treasures will be plentiful
债台高筑become
debt-ridden
致命要害Achilles' heel
众矢之的target of public criticism
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.
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or
later.
左右为难between the devil and the
deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard
place
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants
the trees in whose shade another
generation
rests.
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and
the tiger behind hesitate in doing
something
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 bull ies.
强强联手win-win co-operation
瑞雪兆丰年A timely
snow promises a good harvest.
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
世上无难事,只要肯攀登
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the
turmoil of the world;
死而后已until my heart
stops beating
岁岁平安Peace all year
round
上有天堂,下有苏杭as there is
paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and
Hangzhou on earth.
塞翁失马,焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
三十而立
At thirty, a man should be
able to think for himself.
升级换代updating
and upgrading (of products)
四十不惑Life
begins at forty.
谁言寸草心,报得三春晖kindness of
warm sun, can't be repaid by
grass.
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats
high.
时不我待Time and tide wait for no
man.
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the
wheel
实事求是seek truth from facts; be
practical and realistic; be true to facts
说曹操,曹操到Talk of the devil and he comes.
实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade;
tell it as it is
实践是检验真理的唯一标准Practice is
the sole criterion for testing truth.
山不在高,有仙则名
far and wide if there is a fairy;
韬光养晦hide one's capacities and bide
one's time
糖衣炮弹sugar-coated bullets
天有不测风云Anything uneXPected may happen. a bolt
from the blue
团结就是力量Unity is
strength.
“跳进黄河洗不清”
oneself clean--
there's nothing one can do to clear one's name
歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil
phenomena
物以类聚,人以群分Birds of a feather
flock together.
往事如风past has vanished
(from memory) like wind.; What in past, is
past.
望子成龙hold high hopes for one's
child
屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come
singly. When it rains it pours.
文韬武略military eXPertise; military strategy
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
百闻不如一见Seeing
is believing.
比上不足,比下有余
the best, but
be better than the worst
笨鸟先飞A slow
sparrow should make an early start.
不眠之夜white night
不以物喜,不以己悲not pleased by
external gains, not saddened by personnal
losses
不遗余力spare no effort; go all
out; do one's best
不打不成交
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
辞旧迎新bid
farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out
the old year and
ring 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
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden
one's horizon; be an eye-opener
国泰民安The
country flourishes and people live in peace
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 little
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
好事不出门,恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate,
while bad
news spread far and wide.
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
活到老,学到老One is
never too old to learn.
既往不咎let bygones
be bygones
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure
and man can't be perfect.
金玉满堂Treasures
fill the home
脚踏实地be down-to-earth
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
君子之交淡如水the
friendship between gentlemen is as pure as
crystal; a hedge
between keeps friendship
green
老生常谈,陈词滥调cut and dried,
cliché
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for
reciprocity.
留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant
success
名利双收gain in both fame and
wealth
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without
norms or standards.
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.
谋事在人,成事在天
Man proposes, God disposes.
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits
itself.
拿手好戏masterpiece
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
抛砖引玉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
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
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.
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,后事之师Past
eXPerience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the
future.
知己知彼,百战不殆;不知彼而知己,一胜一负;不知己不知彼,每战必殆。
Know the enemy and know yourself and you can
fight a hundred battles with no danger of
you
only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may
win or may you
know neither yourself nor your
enemy, you will always endanger yourself.