“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 "

　　歪风邪气unhealthy practices and evil phenomena

　　

物以类聚，人以群分Birds of a feather flock together.

　　

往事如风"The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past."

　　

望子成龙hold high hopes for one\'s child

　　

屋漏又逢连阴雨Misfortunes never come singly. When it rains it pours.

　　

文韬武略military expertise; military strategy

　　

唯利是图draw water to one\'s mill

　　

无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots

　　

无中生有make/create something out of nothing

　　

无风不起浪There are no waves without wind. There\'s no smoke without fire.

　　

徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

　　

新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean

　　

虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

　　

蓄势而发accumulate strength for a take-off

　　

心想事成May all your wish come true

　　

心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding

　

先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.

　　

先下手为强catch the ball before the bound

　　

像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan

　　

现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example

　　

息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters

　　

喜忧参半mingled hope and fear

　　

循序渐进step by step

　　

一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

　　

严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

　　

鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey

　　

有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."

　　

有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

　　

有识之士people of vision

　　

有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain

　　

有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

　　

与时俱进advance with times

　　

以人为本people oriented; people foremost

　　

因材施教teach students according to their aptitude

　　

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."

　　

欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.

　　

优胜劣汰survival of the fittest

　　

英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.

　　

冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.

　　

冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"

　　

一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.

　　

招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful

　　

债台高筑become debt-ridden

　　

致命要害Achilles\' heel

　　

众矢之的target of public criticism

　　

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.

　　

纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist

　　

纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.

　　

左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place