凡事必先難後易。
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
心之所願，無事不成。
Where there is life, there is hope.
有生命必有希望。
百聞不如壹見 Seeing is believing.
比上不足，比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
笨鳥先飛 A slow sparrow should make an early start.
不以物喜，不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
不遺余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one′s best
辭舊迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
功夫不負有心人 Everything comes to him who waits.
好了傷疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more
活到老，學到老 One is never too old to learn.
既往不咎 let bygones be bygones
金無足赤，人無完人 Gold can′t be pure and man can′t be perfect.
腳踏實地 be down-to-earth
禮尚往來 Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒 Where there is life, there is hope.
馬到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success
沒有規矩不成方圓 Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
每逢佳節倍思親 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one′s dear ones far away. It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
弄巧成拙 be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
搶得先機 take the preemptive opportunities
千裏之行始於足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
強強聯手 win-win co-operation
瑞雪兆豐年 A timely snow promises a good harvest.
人之初，性本善 Man′s nature at birth is good.
世上無難事，只要肯攀登 Where there is a will, there is a way.
歲歲平安 Peace all year round
塞翁失馬，焉知非福 Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
誰言寸草心，報得三春暉 Such kindness of warm sun, can′t be repaid by grass.
時不我待 Time and tide wait for no man.
實事求是 seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
說曹操，曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.
實話實說 speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
天有不測風雲 Anything unexpected may happen. a bolt from the blue
往事如風 The past has vanished (from memory) like wind.; What in past, is past.
無源之水，無本之木 water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
虛心使人進步，驕傲使人落後 Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
蓄勢而發 accumulate strength for a take-off
心想事成 May all your wish come true
像熱鍋上的螞蟻 like an ant on a hot pan
循序漸進 step by step
壹路平安，壹路順風 speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
與時俱進 advance with times
以人為本 people oriented; people foremost
因材施教 teach students according to their aptitude
欲速則不達 Haste does not bring success.
優勝劣汰 survival of the fittest
英雄所見略同 Great minds think alike.
壹言既出，駟馬難追 A real man never goes back on his words.
眾矢之的 target of public criticism
知己知彼，百戰不殆 Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
左右為難 between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place
Nothing for nothing.
不費力氣，壹無所得。
Of nothing comes nothing.
無中不能生有。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
不犯錯誤者壹事無成。
Better say nothing than nothing to the purpose.
話不中肯，不如不說。
Nothing succeeds like success.
壹事如意，萬事順利。
Nothing stake, nothing draw.
不頂千裏浪，哪來萬斤魚。
Nothing is as good as it seems beforehand.
期待比現實更美好。
Nothing is given so freely as advice.
勸人最容易。
Nothing is so certain as the unexpected.
天有不測風雲，人有旦夕禍福。
Nothing seek, nothing find.
無所求則無所獲。
A little of every thing is nothing in the main.
每事淺嘗輒止，事事都告無成。
A great ship asks deep waters.
大船要走深水。（蛟龍要在海中遊。）
The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
節食博士、精心博士、快樂博士，三人都是最好的醫生。
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
騙人壹次，受疑壹世。
Empty wagons rattle loudest.
空車響聲大。
Nothing so bad but might be a blessing.
塞翁失馬，焉知非福。
A lazy youth, a lousy age.
少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。
A good medicine tastes bitter.
良藥苦口，忠言逆耳。
A friend is best found in adversity.
患難見真友。
A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
吃壹塹，長壹智。
A fair face may hide a foul heart.
人不可貌相。
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
名稱有什麽關系呢？玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故。——Shakespeare
There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
崇高與荒謬僅壹步之遙。——Napoleon