精彩句子翻译（三）

1.每逢佳节倍思亲

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.

2.谋事在人，成事在天

The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. Man proposes, God disposes.

3.弄巧成拙

be too smart by half

Cunning outwits itself

4.拿手好戏

masterpiece

5.赔了夫人又折兵

throw good money after bad

6.抛砖引玉

a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions

throw a sprat to catch a whale

7.破釜沉舟

cut off all means of retreat

burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end

8.抢得先机

take the preemptive opportunities

9.巧妇难为无米之炊

If you have no hand you can't make a fist.

One can't make bricks without straw.

10.千里之行，始于足下

a thousand-li journey begins with the first step-the highest emience is to be gained step by step

11.前事不忘，后事之师

Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.

12.前人栽树，后人乘凉

One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests

One sows and another reaps.

13.前怕狼，后怕虎

fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind hesitate in doing something

14.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.

15.强强联手

win-win co-operation

16.上有天堂，下有苏杭

Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth.

17.塞翁失马，焉知非福

Misfortune may be an actual blessing.

18.三十而立

A man should be independent  at the age of thirty.

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