中 国 成 语（第二十八期）
(Chinese sayings and proverbs)
(何国龙收集整理)

·新官上任三把火
A newly inaugurated official tends to be very strict with his subordinates about his job at the beginning,and is likely to relax as time goes by.

·星星之火可以燎原
A spark may cause a conflagration.

·有福同享，有祸同当
to share bliss and misfortune together.

·有钱能使鬼推磨
Money can work miracles.

·有情人终成眷属
The lovers finally got married.

·有志者事竟成
Where there is will,there is a way.

·一言既出驷马难
A promise cannot be taken back once it is made.

·一手交钱一手交货
cash on delivery.

·三人行必有我师
If three of us walking together,at least one of the other two is good enough to be my teacher.

·事实胜于雄辩
Facts are more convincing than eloquent therioes.

·他山之石，可以攻玉
One can remedy one’s own defects by accepting another’s good suggestions.

·国家兴亡，匹夫有责
The rise and fall of a nation is the concern of every citizen.

·天有不测之风云
Human fortunes are as unpreditable as the wether.

·初生之犊不怕虎
A new-born calf does not fear the tiger.

·十年树木，百年树人
It take ten years to grow a tree, while a sound education program may require ten times as long before it takes root.

·可以意会，不可言传
It can be understood but can not be discribed.

·法网灰灰，疏而不
The meshs of justic is loose but never misses.