3. Worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.

4. The stupid bird flies first A slow sparrow should make an early start.

5. White night

6. Not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personal losses

7. Spare no effort; go all out; do one's best

8. No discord, no concord.

9. Dismantle rob Peter to pay Paul

10. bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new

11. Try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all

12.Open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye- opener

13. The country flourishes and people live in peace

14. going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; much is as bad as too little

15.Everything comes to him who waits.

16.The scar is healed and the pain is forgotten once on shore, one prays no more

17. Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.

18. Harmony brings wealth.

19. Live and learn. One is never too old to learn.

20. Let bygones be bygones

21. There is no end to gold and no wealth to bare people. Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.

22. Treasures fill the home.

23. Be down-to-earth

24. sit on t

he fence

25. The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green

26. Cliché cut and dried, cliché

27. Courtesy calls for reciprocity.

28. Keep the green hills without fear of running out of firewood. Where there is life, there is hope.

29. Instant success. immediate victory; win instant success

30. gain in both fame and wealth

31. be suddenly enlightened

32. There is no rule without rules Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards. 33. 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. The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.

35. Cunning outwits itself

36. Masterpiece

37. Throw good money after bad

38. A modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale

39. cut off all means of retreat; burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

40. grab Take the preemptive opportunities

41. If you have no hand you can't make a fist. One can't make bricks without straw.

42 .a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

43. The teacher who never forgets the past experiences the future.

e, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 44.One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.

45. Previous Fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something

46.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. Win-win co-operation

48. A timely snow promises a good harvest.

49. Man's nature at birth is good.

50. Joy puts heart into a man.

51. huge-crowd strategy

52. Nothing is difficult as long as you are willing to climb Where there is a will, there is a way.

53. A fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

54. until my heart stops beating

55. Peace all year round.

56. Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth

57. Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

58 .At thirty, a man should be independent at the age of thirty.At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.

59. Updating and upgrading (of products)

60. Life begins at forty.

61. Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. 62. When the rising tide lifts all boats. river rises, the boat floats high.

63. Time and tide wait for no man.

64. Kill a chicken with a bull's knife.

a butterfly on the wheel

65. seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

66. Talk of the devil and he comes .

67. speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

68. Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

69. No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; 'No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; '

70. hide one's capacities and bide one's time

71. sugar-coated bullets

72. Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

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73. Unity is strength.

74. "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. unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

76. Birds of a feather flock together.

77. The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is pas

78. hold high hopes for one's child

79. Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

80. Military expertise; military strategy

81. Draw water to one's mill

82. water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

83. make create something out of nothing

84. There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire. 85. Bend the law for the benefit of relative

s or friends

86. A new broom sweeps clean

87. Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

88. accumulate strength for a take-off

89.May all your wishes come true

90. Tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 91. First impressions are firmly entrenched.

92. Catch the ball before the bound

93.like an ant on a hot pan

94.warn people by taking oneself as an example

95.pour oil on troubled waters

96. Mixed hope and fear

97. Step by step

98. Have a safe journey, speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

99. Be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

100 a land of plenty

101. Lovers will eventually get married 'Jack shall have Jill' , all shall be well.'

102. Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

103. people of vision

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104. Use brawn rather than brain

105. Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

106. advance with times

107. people oriented; people foremost

108. teach students according to their aptitude

109. 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.' a land

of milk and honey

110. Haste does not bring success.

111. Survival of the fittest

112. What the hero sees Great minds think alike.

113. Better make friends than make enemies.

114. Cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases'

115. A real man never goes back on his words.

116. Lucky for you Money and treasures will be plentiful

117. become debt-ridden

118. Achilles' heel

119. target of public criticism

120. Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.