人生哲理(五)



说曹操，曹操到 talk of the devil and he comes.
实话实说 speak the plain truth/ call a spade a spade/ tell it as it is
实践是检验真理的唯一标准 Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.
山不在高，有仙则名 No matter how high the mountain is , its name will spread far and wide if there is a fairy.
韬光养晦 hide one's capacities and bide one's time
糖衣炮弹 sugar-coated bullets
天有不测风云 Anything unexpected may happen.
团结就是力量 Unity is strength.
跳进黄河洗不清 Even if one jumped into the Yellow River,one can not wash oneself clean./There is nothing one can do to clear one's name.
歪风邪气 unhealthy practices and evil phenomena
物以类聚，人以群分 Birds of a feather flock together.
往事如风 The past has vanished ( from memory) like wind. /What in past, is past.
望子成龙 hold high hopes for one's child
屋漏又逢连阴雨 Misfortunes never come singly./ When it rains it pours.
文韬武略 military expertise /military strategy
无源之水，无本之木 water without a source,and a tree without roots
无中生有 make/ create something out of nothing
无风不起浪 There are no waves without wind./ There is no smoke without fire.
徇私枉法 bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends
唯利是图 draw water to one's mill