心想事成 May all your wish come true 心照不宣 have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding 先入為主 First impressions are firmly entrenched. 先下手為強(qiáng) catch the ball before the bound 像熱鍋上的螞蟻 like an ant on a hot pan 現(xiàn)身說法 warn people by taking oneself as an example
息事寧人 pour oil on troubled waters 喜憂參半 mingled hope and fear 循序漸進(jìn) step by step 一路平安,一路順風(fēng) speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest 嚴(yán)以律己,寬以待人 be strict with oneself and lenient towards others 魚米之鄉(xiāng) a land of milk and honey 有情人終成眷屬 "Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well." 有錢能使鬼推磨 Money makes the mare go. Money talks. 有識(shí)之士 people of vision 有勇無謀 use brawn rather than brain 有緣千里來相會(huì) Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination. 與時(shí)俱進(jìn) advance with times 以人為本 people oriented; people foremost 因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude 欲窮千里目,更上一層樓 "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." 欲速則不達(dá) Haste does not bring success. 優(yōu)勝劣汰 survival of the fittest 英雄所見略同 Great minds think alike. 冤家宜解不宜結(jié) Better make friends than make enemies. 冤假錯(cuò)案 "cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases" 一言既出,駟馬難追 A real man never goes back on his words. 招財(cái)進(jìn)寶 Money and treasures will be plentiful 債臺(tái)高筑 become debt-ridden 致命要害 Achilles' heel 眾矢之的 target of public criticism 知己知彼,百戰(zhàn)不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat. 紙上談兵 be an armchair strategist 紙包不住火 Truth will come to light sooner or later. 左右為難 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place