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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

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.

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.

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.

病從口入禍從口出

Illness comes in by mouth and comes out by it.

笑裏藏刀

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.

得意忘形

to leap out of one's skin

捷足先登

The early bird catches the worm.

欲速則不達

Haste makes waste

欲速則不達

More haste, less speed.

混水摸魚

to fish in troubled waters

貪小失大

penny-wise and poundfoolish

習慣成自然

once a use forever a custom

掛羊頭賣狗肉

cry up wine and sell vinegar

貧無立錐之地

as poor as a church mouse

雪中送炭真君子/患難見真情

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

異想天開

to give loose to one's fancy

集思廣義

Two heads are better than one.

得過且過

to live from hand to mouth

情人眼裏出西施

Love is blind.

冤家宜解不宜結

Better remove enmity than contract it.

眼不見為淨

Out of sight, out of mind.

勝不驕敗不餒

to be not elated by success nor disturbed by failure

富貴在天

Riches and honors come from heaven.

智者不惑

A wise man is free from perplexities.

無風不起浪

There is no smoke without fire. (Where there is smoke, there is fire.)

畫蛇添足

to paint the lily

趁火打劫

to fish in troubled waters

量入為出

to cut one's coat according to one's cloth/ make both ends meet

陽奉陰違

ostensible obedience

跑了和尚跑不了廟

The monk may run away, but the temple can't run with him.

萬物之靈

the lords of creation

萬事開頭難

Everything is difficult at the start

萬無一失

not a single miss in a thousand times.

落井下石

to hit a person when he's down

隔牆有耳

Pitchers have ears; walls have ears.

開夜車

Burn the midnight oil.