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朝被蛇咬 Once bitten, twice shy. 朝被蛇咬,十年怕草繩 一言既出,駟馬難追 A word spoken is past recalling. 一見鍾情 to fall in love at first sight 一箭雙鵰 Kill two birds with one stone. 一寸光陰一寸金 Time is money. The error committed on impulse may 一失足戎千古恨 turn out to be the sorrow of a whole life. What millions died that Caesar might be 一將功名萬古枯 great. 一年之計在於春,一日之Plan your year in spring and your day at 計在於晨 dawn. 一人難稱百人意 You cannot please everyone. 一氣呵戎 Never make two bites of a cherry. 2 劃 九死一生 to have a hair-breadth escape 人生如夢 Life is but a dream. 人生自古誰Death comes to all men. 無死 人生百歲古It is seldom that a man lives to be a hundred years old. 來稀 人定勝天 Man can conquer nature. Appearances are often deceptive./ Never judge a look 人不可貌相 by its cover. 十年風水輪Every dog has its day. 流轉 3 劃 三思而後行 Look before you leap. 三句不離本行 to talk shop 三個臭皮匠勝過Two heads are better than one. 一個諸葛亮 千鈞一髮 to hang by a hair thread 大智若愚 He who canot play the fool is not a wise man. 大器晚戎 Rome was not built in a day. 山窮水盡 at the end of one's resources 山中無老虎,猴子Among the blind the one-eyed is king./When the 稱大王 cat's away, the mice will pay. 小題大做 Make a mountain out of a molehill. 小洞不補,大來吃A stitch in time saves nine. 苦 小不忍則亂大謀 Patience is a virtue. 工欲善其事,必先You cannot make bricks without straw. 利其器 不要厚此薄彼 Don't make fish of one and flesh of another. 不畏艱難 Take the bull by the horns. 不要不自量力 Don't put a quarter into a pint pot. 己所不欲勿施於Do unto others as you would be done. 人 仁者無敵 The benevolent have no enemy. 工欲善其事必先You cannot make bricks without straw. 利器 亡羊補牢 Better late than never./ It's never too late to mend. 4 劃 不告而別 to take French leave 不要不自量力 Don't put a quarter into a pint pot. 不要厚此薄彼 Don't make fish of one and flesh of another. 不畏艱難 Take the bull by the horns. The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy 不戰而屈人之兵 without fighting. 不入虎穴焉得虎How can one obtain tiger-cubs without entering 子 the tiger's lair. 不經一事,不長一Experience is the mother of wisdom. 智 少年老戎 to have an old head on young shoulders 天無絕人之路 God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. 天下烏鴉一般黑 Crows are black all over the world. God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb./ When 天無絕人之路 one door shuts another opens. 天助自助者 Heaven helps those who help themselves. 天有不測風雲,人It is the unexpected that always happens. 有托夕禍福 毛遂自薦 to recommend one's own person 心正不怕雷打 A good conscience is a soft pillow. 化干戈為玉帛 Bury the tomahwak(hatchet). 仁者無敵 The benevolent have no enemy. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done 今日事今日畢 today. 文勝於武 The pen is mightier than the sword. 5 劃 以身作則 to practice what one practices 以毒攻毒 to set a thief to catch a thief 以怨報德 to bite the hand that feeds one To wait at ease till the enemy is 以逸待勞 exhausted. 以寡敵眾 to fight against longer odds 以德報怨 to render good for evil 以其人之道還治其人之Set a thief to catch a thief. 身 以子之矛,攻子之盾 to turn a person's battery against himself 四大皆空 All is vanity. 四海之內皆兄弟 All are brothers within the four seas. 未雨綢繆 to save against a rainy day 目不識丁 not know A from B 失敗為戎功之母 Failure is the mother of succe ss . 失之毫釐,差之千里 A mi ss is as good as a mile. 只要功夫深,鐵杵磨戎針 Little strokes fell great oaks. 毛遂自薦 to recommend one's own person 打落水狗 to hit a person when he's down 打鐵趁熱 Strike while the iron is hot. 犯錯是人之常情,寬恕是To err is human; to forgive divine. 超凡的 只要功夫深,鐵杵磨戎針 Little strokes fell great oaks. 6 劃 任勞任怨 to bear hardship without complaint 自作自受 As you make your bed so you must lie on it. 自討苦吃 to make a rod for one's own back 自力更生 to shift for oneself 自掃門前After us the deluge. 雪 回頭浪子 the return of a prodigal 先下手為Offence is the best defence. 強 同甘共苦 to share one's joys and sorrows 因地制宜 act according to circumstances 有勇無謀 more brave than wise Good watch prevents misfortune.