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; to fall short of the best, but be better 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 the new
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: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.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 never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and 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.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:the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps 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: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.
34.谋事在人成事在天:The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God 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 a sprat 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 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. One can't make bricks without straw.
42.千里之行始于足下:a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
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 generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.
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: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 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: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.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
59.升级换代:updating and upgrading (of products)
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.说曹操,曹操到:Talk of the devil and he comes.
67.实话实说:speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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:No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there 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:eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--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.
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. 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 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; 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.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.鱼米之乡:a land of milk and honey
101.有情人终成眷属:Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.
102.有钱能使鬼推磨:Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
103.有识之士:people of vision
104.有勇无谋:use brawn rather than brain
105.有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
106.与时俱进:advance with times
107.以人为本:people oriented; people foremost
108.因材施教:teach students according to their aptitude
109. 欲穷千里目,更上一层楼:to 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.
110.欲速则不达:Haste does not bring success.
111. 优胜劣汰:survival of the fittest
112.英雄所见略同:Great minds think alike.
113.冤家宜解不宜结:Better make friends than make enemies.
114.冤假错案:cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases.
115.一言既出,驷马难追:A real man never goes back on his words.
116.招财进宝:Money and treasures will be plentiful
117.债台高筑:become debt-ridden
118.致命要害:Achilles' heel
119. 众矢之的:target of public criticism
120.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.
121. 纸上谈兵:be an armchair strategist
122.纸包不住火:Truth will come to light sooner or later.
123.左右为难:between the devil and the deep blue sea