2.百闻不如一见(眼见为实)Seeingisbelieving.
3.比上不足比下有余Worseoffthansome,betteroffthanmany;tofallshortofthebest.butbebetterthantheworst.
4.笨鸟先飞Aslowsparrowshouldmakeanearlystart.
6.不以物喜不以己悲Notpleasedbyexternalgains,notsaddenedbypersonallosses
7.不遗余力Sparenoeffort;goallout;doone’sbest
8.不打不成交Nodiscord,noconcord.
9.拆东墙补西墙RobPetertopayPaul
10.辞旧迎新Bidfarewelltotheoldandusherinthenew;ringouttheoldyearandringinthenew
11.大事化小小事化了Tryfirsttomaketheirmistakesoundlessseriousandthentoreduceittonothingatall
12.大开眼界Openone’seyes;broadenone’shorizon;beaneye-opener
13.国泰民安Thecountryflourishesandpeopleliveinpeace
14.过犹不及Goingtoofarisasbadasnotgoingfarenough;beyondisaswrongasfallingshort;toomuchisasbadastoolittle
15.功夫不负有心人Everythingcomestohimwhowaits.
16.好了伤疤忘了疼Onceonshore,onepraysnomore
17.好事不出门恶事传千里Goodnewsnevergoesbeyondthegate,whilebadnewsspreadfarandwide.
18.和气生财Harmonybringswealth.
19.活到老学到老Oneisnevertoooldtolearn.
20.既往不咎Letbygonesbebygones
21.金无足赤人无完人Goldcan’tbepureandmancan’tbeperfect.
22.金玉满堂Treasuresfillthehome.
25.君子之交淡如水Thefriendshipbetweengentlemenisaspureascrystal;ahedgebetweenkeepsfriendshipgreen
26.老生常谈陈词滥调Cutanddried,cliché
27.礼尚往来Courtesycallsforreciprocity.
28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧Wherethereislife,thereishope.
29.马到成功Achieveimmediatevictory;wininstantsuccess
30.名利双收Gaininbothfameandwealth
31.茅塞顿开Besuddenlyenlightened
32.没有规矩不成方圆Nothingcanbeaccomplishedwithoutnormsorstandards.
33.每逢佳节倍思亲Onfestiveoccasionsmorethaneveronethinksofone’sdearonesfaraway.Itisonthefestivaloccasionswhenonemisseshisdearmost.
34.谋事在人成事在天Theplanninglieswithman,theoutcomewithHeaven.Manproposes,Goddisposes.
35.弄巧成拙Betoosmartbyhalf;Cunningoutwitsitself
37.赔了夫人又折兵Throwgoodmoneyafterbad
38.抛砖引玉Amodestspurtoinduceotherstocomeforwardwithvaluablecontributions;throwasprattocatchawhale
39.破釜沉舟Cutoffallmeansofretreat;burnone‘sownwayofretreatandbedeterminedtofighttotheend
40.抢得先机Takethepreemptiveopportunities
41.巧妇难为无米之炊Ifyouhavenohandyoucan’tmakeafist.Onecan’tmakebrickswithoutstraw.
42.千里之行始于足下Athousand-lijourneybeginswiththefirststep--thehighesteminenceistobegainedstepbystep
43.前事不忘后事之师Pastexperience,ifnotforgotten,isaguideforthefuture.
44.前人栽树后人乘凉Onegenerationplantsthetreesinwhoseshadeanothergenerationrests.Onesowsandanotherreaps.
45.前怕狼后怕虎Fearthewolfinfrontandthetigerbehindhesitateindoingsomething
46.强龙难压地头蛇Evenadragon(fromtheoutside)findsithardtocontrolasnakeinitsoldhaunt-Powerfuloutsiderscanhardlyaffordtoneglectlocalbullies.
47.强强联手Win-winco-operation
48.瑞雪兆丰年Atimelysnowpromisesagoodharvest.
49.人之初性本善Man’snatureatbirthisgood.
50.人逢喜事精神爽Joyputsheartintoaman.
51.人海战术Huge-crowdstrategy
52.世上无难事只要肯攀登Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.
53.世外桃源Afictitiouslandofpeaceawayfromtheturmoiloftheworld;
54.死而后已Untilmyheartstopsbeating
55.岁岁平安Peaceallyearround.
56.上有天堂下有苏杭Justasthereisparadiseinheaven,therareSuzhouandHangzhouonearth
57.塞翁失马焉知非福Misfortunemaybeanactualblessing.
58.三十而立Amanshouldbeindependentattheageofthirty.Atthirty,amanshouldbeabletothinkforhimself.
59.升级换代Updatingandupgrading(ofproducts)
60.四十不惑Lifebeginsatforty.
