中 国 成 语（第十八期）
(Chinese sayings and proverbs)
(何国龙收集整理)

·断章取义
to interprete a thing out of context.

·方兴未艾
to be still growing.

·于事无补
It doesn’t help the situation.

·施政报告
admininstrative report.

·工作报告
work report.

·既往不咎
Let bygones be bygones.

·明知故犯
to commit a crime intentionally.

·想入非非
to let one’s imagination run wild.

·惹火烧身
to bring trouble upon oneself.

·愚公移山
Where there is a will,there is a way.

·爱屋及鸟
Love me ,love my dog.

·惨不忍睹
so tragic that one cannot bear to look at it.

·欲 难填
The gulf of greed is hard to fill.

·怀才不遇
to have talent but no opportunity to use it.

·成何体统
What a scandal!

·取长补短
to cut what is too long to supplement what too short.

·手下留情
to show leniency.

·才貌双全
talented and good-looking.