無風不起浪There are no waves without wind. There's no smoke without fire.

　　徇私枉法bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends

　　新官上任三把火a new broom sweeps clean

　　虛心使人進步,驕傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.

　　蓄勢而發accumulate strength for a take-off

　　心想事成May all your wish come true

　　心照不宣have a tacit understanding; give tacit consent; tacit understanding

　　先入為主First impressions are firmly entrenched.

　　先下手為強catch the ball before the bound

　　像熱鍋上的螞蟻like an ant on a hot pan

　　現身說法warn people by taking oneself as an example

　　息事寧人pour oil on troubled waters

　　喜憂參半mingled hope and fear

　　循序漸進step by st

　　一路平安，一路順風speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest

　　嚴以律己,寬以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others

　　魚米之鄉a land of milk and honey

　　有情人終成眷屬"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."

　　有錢能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.

　　有識之士people of vision

　　有勇無謀use brawn rather than brain

　　有緣千里來相會Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.

　　與時俱進advance with times

　　以人為本people oriented; people foremost

　　因材施教teach students according to their aptitude

　　欲窮千里目，更上一層樓"to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther; Would eye embrace a thousand miles? Go up, one flight."

　　欲速則不達Haste does not bring success.

　　優勝劣汰survival of the fittest

　　英雄所見略同Great minds think alike.

　　冤家宜解不宜結Better make friends than make enemies.

　　冤假錯案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"

　　一言既出，駟馬難追A real man never goes back on his words.

　　招財進寶Money and treasures will be plentiful

　　債臺高筑become debt-ridden

　　致命要害Achilles' heel

　　眾矢之的target of public criticism

　　知己知彼,百戰不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.

　　紙上談兵be an armchair strategist

　　紙包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.

　　左右為難between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place