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3劃
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> 三思而後行
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> Look before you leap.
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> 三句不離本行
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> to talk shop
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> 三個臭皮匠勝過一個諸葛亮
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> Two heads are better than
> one.
>
>
> 千鈞一髮
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> to hang by a hair thread
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> 大智若愚
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> He who canot play the fool
> is not a wise man.
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>
> 大器晚成
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> Rome
>
> was not built in a day.
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> 山窮水盡
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> at the end of one's
> resources
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>
> 山中無老虎，猴子稱大王
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> Among the blind the
> one-eyed is king./When the cat's away, the mice will
> pay.
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> 小題大做
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> Make a mountain out of a
> molehill.
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> 小洞不補，大來吃苦
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> A stitch in time saves
> nine.
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> 小不忍則亂大謀
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> Patience is a virtue.
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> 工欲善其事，必先利其器
>
> You cannot make bricks
> without straw.
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>
> 不要厚此薄彼
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> Don't make fish of one and
> flesh of another.
>
>
> 不畏艱難
>
> Take the bull by the horns.
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>
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> 不要不自量力
>
> Don't put a quarter into a
> pint pot.
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> 己所不欲勿施於人
>
> Do unto others as you would
> be done.
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>
> 仁者無敵
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> The benevolent have no
> enemy.
>
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> 工欲善其事必先利器
>
> You cannot make bricks
> without straw.
>
>
> 亡羊補牢
>
> Better late than never./
> It's never too late to mend.
> -
4劃
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> 不告而別
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> to take French leave
>
>
> 不要不自量力
>
> Don't put a quarter into a
> pint pot.
>
>
> 不要厚此薄彼
>
> Don't make fish of one and
> flesh of another.
>
>
> 不畏艱難
>
> Take the bull by the horns.
>
>
>
> 不戰而屈人之兵
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> The supreme art of war is
> to subdue the enemy without fighting.
>
>
> 不入虎穴焉得虎子
>
> How can one obtain
> tiger-cubs without entering the tiger's lair.
>
>
> 不經一事，不長一智
>
> Experience is the mother of
> wisdom.
>
>
> 少年老成
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> to have an old head on
> young shoulders
>
>
> 天無絕人之路
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> God tempers the wind to the
> shorn lamb.
>
>
> 天下烏鴉一般黑
>
> Crows are black all over
> the world.
>
>
> 天無絕人之路
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> God tempers the wind to the
> shorn lamb./ When one door shuts another opens.
>
>
> 天助自助者
>
> Heaven helps those who help
> themselves.
>
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> 天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福
>
>
> It is the unexpected that
> always happens.
>
>
> 毛遂自薦
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> to recommend one's own
> person
>
>
> 心正不怕雷打
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> A good conscience is a soft
> pillow.
>
>
> 化干戈為玉帛
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> Bury the tomahwak(hatchet).
>
>
>
> 仁者無敵
>
> The benevolent have no
> enemy.
>
>
> 今日事今日畢
>
> Never put off till tomorrow
> what may be done today.
>
>
> 文勝於武
>
> The pen is mightier than
> the sword.
> -
5劃
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>
> 以身作則
>
> to practice what one
> practices
>
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> 以毒攻毒
>
> to set a thief to catch a
> thief
>
>
> 以怨報德
>
> to bite the hand that feeds
> one
>
>
> 以逸待勞
>
> To wait at ease till the
> enemy is exhausted.
>
>
> 以寡敵眾
>
> to fight against longer
> odds
>
>
> 以德報怨
>
> to render good for evil
>
>
> 以其人之道還治其人之身
>
> Set a thief to catch a
> thief.
>
>
> 以子之矛，攻子之盾
>
> to turn a person's battery
> against himself
>
>
> 四大皆空
>
> All is vanity.
>
>
> 四海之內皆兄弟
>
> All are brothers within the
> four seas.
>
>
> 未雨綢繆
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> to save against a rainy day
>
>
>
> 目不識丁
>
> not know A from B
>
>
> 失敗為成功之母
>
> Failure is the mother of
> success.
>
>
> 失之毫釐，差之千里
>
> A miss is as good as a
> mile.
>
>
> 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針
>
> Little strokes fell great
> oaks.
>
>
> 毛遂自薦
>
> to recommend one's own
> person
>
>
> 打落水狗
>
> to hit a person when he's
> down
>
>
> 打鐵趁熱
>
> Strike while the iron is
> hot.
>
>
>
> 犯錯是人之常情，寬恕是超凡的
>
> To err is human; to forgive
> divine.
>
>
> 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針
>
> Little strokes fell great
> oaks. -
6劃
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>
> 任勞任怨
>
> to bear hardship without
> complaint
>
>
> 自作自受
>
> As you make your bed so you
> must lie on it.
>
>
> 自討苦吃
>
> to make a rod for one's own
> back
>
>
> 自力更生
>
> to shift for oneself
>
>
> 自掃門前雪
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> After us the deluge.
>
>
> 回頭浪子
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> the return of a prodigal
>
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> 先下手為強
>
> Offence is the best
> defence.
>
>
> 同甘共苦
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> to share one's joys and
> sorrows
>
>
> 因地制宜
>
> act according to
> circumstances
>
>
> 有勇無謀
>
> more brave than wise
>
>
> 有備無患
>
> Good watch prevents
> misfortune.
>
>
> 有志者事竟成
>
> Where there is a will,
> there is a way.
>
>
> 有錢能使鬼推磨
>
> Money makes the world go
> around. /Money talks.
>
>
> 江山易改本性難移
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> The child is father of the
> man.
>
>
> 百無一失
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> Not a single miss in a
> hundred times.
>
>
> 百聞不如一見
>
> To see is to believe.
> (Seeing is believing.)
>
>
> 吃得苦中苦，方為人上人
>
> If you wish to be the best
> man, you must be prepared to suffer the bitterest of
> the bitter.
>
>
> 每人一生中皆有得意之日
>
> Every dog has his day.
>
>
> 色是假，美是空
>
> Charm is deceitful, and
> beauty empty.
>
>
> 吉人自有天相
>
> The good are protected by
> Heaven. / All's wel that ends well.
>
>
> 如人飲水冷暖自知
>
> Only the wearer knows where
> the shoes pain.
>
>
> 吃得苦中苦，方為人上人
>
> No gain without pain.
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> -
7劃
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> 弄巧成拙
>
> Overreach oneself;
> overshoot oneself; overshoot the mark
>
>
> 忍無可忍
>
> to be at the end of one's
> patience
>
>
> 忍一時之氣免百日之憂
>
> patience for a moment;
> comfort for many years
>
>
> 忘恩負義
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> to kick down the ladder
>
>
> 走馬看花
>
> a flying visit
>
>
> 防患於未然
>
> to nip a thing in the bud
>
>
> 佛要金裝，人要衣裝
>
> Fine feathers make fine
> birds.
>
>
> 兵精不必多
>
> Too many cooks spoil the
> broth.
>
>
> 身在福中不知福
>
> The worth of a thing is
> best known by the want of it.
>
>
> 你敬我一尺，我回你一丈
>
> You scratch my back, and I
> will sratch yours.
>
>
> 別狗咬呂洞賓，不識好人心
>
> Don't bite the hand that
> feeds you.
>
>
> 志在千里
>
> Hitch your wagon to a star.
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> -
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> 奇裝異服
>
> a fantastic garb
>
>
> 忠言逆耳
>
> Honest advice is unpleasant
> to the ear
>
>
> 明辨是非
>
> to distinguish right from
> wrong
>
>
> 知足常樂
>
> Happy is he who is content
>
>
> 知足者富
>
> He who feels contented is
> rich
>
>
> 知人知面不知心
>
> It's easy to know men's
> faces, but not their hearts.
>
>
> 知己知彼百戰百勝
>
> Know your enemy and know
> yourself.
>
>
> 空中樓閣
>
> castles in the air
>
>
> 金科玉律
>
> the gold rule
>
>
> 奇裝異服
>
> a fantastic garb
>
>
> 明辨事非
>
> to distinguish right
> fromwrong
>
>
> 雨後春筍
>
> like bamboo shoots after a
> spring shower
>
>
> 雨過天青
>
> After a storm comes a calm.
>
>
>
> 秀才不出門能知天下事
>
> A scholor does not step
> outside his gate, yet he knows the happenings under
> the sun.
>
>
> 事實勝於雄辯
>
> Facts are most convincing.
>
>
> 來得容易去得快
>
> Easy come, easy go.
>
>
> 金玉其外敗絮其中
>
> All that glitters is not
> gold.
>
>
> 兔子不吃窩邊草
>
> The fox preys farthest from
> his hole.
>
>
> 若要人不知除非己莫為
>
> If you would not be known
> to do anything, never do it.
>
>
> 沒有笑臉不出門
>
> A man without a smiling
> face must not open a shop.
>
>
> 虎父無虎子
>
> Like father, like son.
>
>
> 往者不可諫，來者猶可追
>
> A mill cannot grind with
> the water that is past.
> -
9劃
>
>
> 姻緣天註定
>
> Marriages are made in
> heaven.
>
>
> 逆來順受
>
> to make the best of a bad
> bargain
>
>
> 流芳百世
>
> a niche in the temple of
> fame
>
>
> 為虎作倀
>
> to act as guide to a tiger
>
>
> 孤注一擲
>
> to put all one's egg in one
> basket
>
>
> 勇者不懼
>
> A brave man will not shrink
> from dangers.
>
>
> 洗心革面
>
> to turn over a new leaf
>
>
> 美中不足
>
> a fly in the ointment
>
>
> 背道而馳
>
> to run counter
>
>
> 走湯蹈火
>
> to go through fire and
> water
>
>
> 風燭殘年
>
> to have one foot in the
> grave
>
>
> 風聲鶴唳，草木皆兵
>
> to apprehend danger in
> every sound
>
>
> 活到老學到老
>
> It's never too late to
> learn./ Live and learn.
>
>
> 前事不忘後事之師
>
> Remember the past and it
> will guide your future.
>
>
> 星星之火可以燎原
>
> A single spark can start a
> prairie fire.
>
>
> 待人寬容如待己
>
> Live and let live.
>
>
> 按部就班
>
> Learn to walk before you
> run.
>
>
>
> -
10劃
>
>
> 病從口入禍從口出
>
> Illness comes in by mouth
> and comes out by it.
>
>
> 笑?娷瓣M
>
> a smile to hide one's hate
>
>
> 留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒
>
> Where there's life there's
> hope
>
>
> 海底撈月
>
> to fish in the air
>
>
> 海底撈針
>
> to look for a needle in a
> bundle of hay
>
>
> 差之毫釐失之千里
>
> A miss is as good as a mile
>
>
>
> 既往不咎
>
> Let the dead bury their
> dead.
>
>
> 殺身成仁
>
> to sacrifice one's life to
> preserve one's virtue complete
>
>
> 殺雞焉用牛刀
>
> Take not a musket to kill a
> butterfly
>
>
> 飢不擇食
>
> A good appetite is a good
> sauce.
>
>
> 害群之馬
>
> black sheep
>
>
> 家醜不可外揚
>
> Don't wash your dirty linen
> in public.
>
>
> 恩威並濟
>
> alternate weakness with
> severity
>
>
> 旁觀者清
>
> The outside sees the best
> of the game.
>
>
> 時運不濟
>
> to have a bad time
>
>
> 殊途同歸
>
> All roads lead to Rome .
>
>
> 眾志成城/團結就是力量
>
> Union is strenth.
>
>
> 疾風知勁草
>
> Adversity reveals genius.
>
>
> 旁觀者清，當局者迷
>
> Lookers-on see most of the
> game.
>
>
> 莫在太歲頭上動土
>
> Let sleeping dogs lie.
>
