千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step

　　前事不忘,后事之师 Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

　　前人栽树,后人乘凉 One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.

　　One sows and another reaps.

　　前怕狼,后怕虎 fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something

　　强龙难压地头蛇 Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.

　　强强联手 win-win co-operation

　　瑞雪兆丰年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.

　　人之初,性本善 Man's nature at birth is good.

　　人逢喜事精神爽 Joy puts heart into a man.

　　人海战术 huge-crowd strategy

　　世上无难事，只要肯攀登 "Where there is a will, there is a way. "

　　世外桃源 a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;

　　死而后已 until my heart stops beating

　　岁岁平安 Peace all year round

　　上有天堂，下有苏杭 "Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."

　　塞翁失马，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

　　三十而立 "A man should be independent at the age of thirty.

　　At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."

　　升级换代 updating and upgrading (of products)

　　四十不惑 Life begins at forty.

　　谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 "Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "

　　水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.

　　时不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.

　　杀鸡用牛刀 break a butterfly on the wheel

　　实事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts

　　说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.

　　实话实说 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is

　　实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

　　山不在高，有仙则名 "No matter how high the mountain is, its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy; "

　　韬光养晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time

　　糖衣炮弹 sugar-coated bullets

　　天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue

　　团结就是力量 Unity is strength.

　　“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 rootsliuxuepaper.com