爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
过犹不及 Beyond is as wrong as falling short. /Too much is as bad as too little.
和气生财 Harmony brings wealth.
不遗余力 Spare no effort. /Do one’s best.
脚踏实地 be down-to-earth
礼尚往来 Courtesy demands reciprocity.
名利双收 Gain in both fame and wealth.
茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened
弄巧成拙 be too smart by half / cunning out wits itself
一本万利 Throw a sprat to catch a mackerel.
破釜成舟 Cut off all means of retreat.
心想事成 May all your wish come true.
与时俱进 Advance with times.
同舟共济 to pull together in times of trouble
知足常乐 A contented mind is a continual feast.
海纳百川 All the rivers run into the sea.
公事公办 Business is business.
笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
时不待我 Time and tide wait for no man.
一箭双雕 Kill two birds with one stone.
既往不咎 Let bygones be bygones.
坐山观望 to sit on the fence
不打不成交 No discord, no concord.
民以食为天 Bread is the staff of life.
习惯成自然 Custom makes all things easy.
实践出真知 Experience is the best teacher.
瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a goos harvest.
眼见为实 Seeing is believing.
班门弄斧 Teach fish to swim.
英雄所见略同 Great minds think alike.
活到老,学到老 One is never too old to learn.
好事多磨 Everything comes to him who waits.
有其父必有其子 Like father, like son.
巧妇难为无米之炊 One cannot make bricks without straw.
塞翁失马,焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing. /Bad luck often brings good luck.
物以类聚,人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.
谋事在人,成事在天 Man proposes, Good disposes.
大千世界,无奇不有 Fact is stranger than fiction.
不自量力 to bite off more than you can chew
留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there’s life, there’s will.
拆东墙补西墙 Rob Peter to pay Paul.
精诚所至,金石为开 Faith can move mountains.
改过自新 to turn over a new leaf
人非圣贤,孰能无过 To err is human, to forgive is divine.
世上无难事,只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.