100条常见英语中国习语

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100条常见的英语中国习语。

1.以人为本people oriented; people foremost ??2.百闻不如一见(眼见为实)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 bebetter than the worst. ?4.

笨鸟先飞。

a slow sparrow should make an early start. ?5.不眠之夜。

white night ?6.不以物喜不以己悲。

not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses ?7.不遗余力。

spare no effort; go all out; do one's 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。

bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in thenew ?11招财进宝money and treasures will be plentiful12.大开眼界。

open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener ?13.国泰民安。

the country flourishes and people live in peace

14.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 ?15.功夫不负有心人。

everything comes to him who waits. ?16.因材施教teach students according to their aptitude ?

17.好事不出门恶事传千里。

good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread farand 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 bygones ?21.与时俱进advance with times?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。

thefriendshipbetweengentlemenisaspureascrystal;ahedgebetweenkeeps friendship green ?26.老生常谈陈词滥调。

cut and dried, cliché?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。

onfestiveoccasionsmorethaneveronethinksofone' is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most. ?34.

谋事在人成事在天。

theplanninglieswithman, disposes. ?35.弄巧成拙。

be too smart by half; cunning outwits itself ?36.拿手好戏。

masterpiece ?37.赔了夫人又折兵。

throw good money after bad ?38.抛砖引玉。

a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw asprat to catch a whale ?39.破釜沉舟。

cut off all means of retreat;burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined tofight to the end

40.抢得先机。

take the preemptive opportunities ?41.巧妇难为无米之炊。

if you h**e no hand you can't make a fist. one can't make bricks withoutstraw.

42.千里之行始于足下。

a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is tobe gained step by 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。

one sows and another reaps. ?45.前怕狼后怕虎。

fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doingsomething ?46.强龙难压地头蛇。

even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its oldhaunt - powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies. ?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。

justasthereisparadiseinhe**en,theraresuzhouandhangzhouonearth ?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, a man should be able tothink for himself. ?59.

纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist ?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 truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts ?

66.有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain?67.

实话实说speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is ?68.欲速则不达haste does not bring success.

?69.山不在高,有仙则名'no matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide ifthere is a fairy; '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anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue ?

73.团结就是力量unity is strength. ?

74.“跳进黄河洗不清”'eveifonejumpedintotheyellowriver,onecannotwashoneselfclean--there's nothing one can do to clear one's name ' 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.; what in past, is pas ?

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 w**es without wind. there's no smoke without fire.

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 lagbehind.

?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h**e 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 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 ?

95.一言既出,驷马难追a real man never goes back on his words.96.

喜忧参半mingled hope and fear ?97.有情人终成眷属。

jackshallh**ejill,allshallbewell.98.一路平安,一路顺风speedsomebody 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 h**e jill, all shall be well.101.

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