中 国 成 语（第十七期）
(Chinese sayings and proverbs)
(何国龙收集整理)

·树大招风
High trees attract the wind.

·欲盖弥彰
The more one try to cover up ,the more it will become known.

·此路不通
This road is blocked.

·此时此地
here and now.or:under the present circumstances.

·步人后尘
to follow another’s foot-steps.

·死不冥目
to be unwilling to die.

·殊途同归
to reach the same destination by different routes.

·杀一儆百
to kill one as a warning for a hundred.

·民脂民膏
the hard-won possession of the people.

·民意测验
poll;public opinion survey.

·揠苗助长
to put up the seedling hoping to make it grow faster.

·摇旗呐喊
to wave flags and shout.

·擅离职守
to leave one’s post without permission.

·改邪归正
to give up evil and return to virtue.

·故弄玄虚
to puzzle people intentionally.

·整装待发
all packed up and ready to go.

·文武百
all the civil and military officials.

·斩草除根
to remove weed by rooting it out.