中 国 成 语(第二十五期)
(Chinese sayings and proverbs)
(何国龙收集整理)

·一举两得
to kill two birds with one stone.

·先礼后兵
Being a genltman first and a soldier second.

·自力更生
Regeneration through our won efforts.

·实事求是
to seek truth from facts.

·按劳分配
Distribution of “to each according to his work”.

·血浓于水
Blood is thicker than water.

·同工同酬
equal pay for equal work.

·求同存异
seeking common ground while reserving difference.

·生命在于运动
life depends on movement.

·已所不欲,勿施于人
Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

·金钱非万能
Gold will not buy everything.

·心有余力不足
ability or resoures at one’s command inadequate to achieve what is desire.

·快刀斩乱麻
to strainhten up a complicated situation by taking dractic steps and with despatch.

·换汤不换药
a change in name only.

·敢怒而不敢言
angry but not daring to speak out.

·既来之则安之
Since we are already here ,let’s make ourselves at home.

·是非自有公论

·Public opinion is the best judge of who’s right and who’s wrong.