爱屋及乌Love me, love my dog.
百闻不如一见Seeing is believing.
比上不足，比下有余"worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst
笨鸟先飞A slow sparrow should make an early start.
不眠之夜white night
不以物喜，不以己悲not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses
不遗余力spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
不打不成交"No discord, no concord.
拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul
辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new
大事化小，小事化了try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
大开眼界open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace
过犹不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little
功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits.
好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore, one prays no more
好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide.
和气生财Harmony brings wealth
活到老，学到老One is never too old to learn.
既往不咎let bygones be bygones
金无足赤,人无完人Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect.
金玉满堂Treasures fill the home
脚踏实地be down-to-earth
脚踩两只船sit on the fence
君子之交淡如水the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green
老生常谈，陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché
礼尚往来Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
留得青山在，不怕没柴烧"Where there is life, there is hope."
马到成功achieve immediate victory; win instant success
名利双收gain in both fame and wealth
茅塞顿开be suddenly enlightened
没有规矩不成方圆Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
每逢佳节倍思亲
On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
It is on the festival occasions when one misses his dear most.
谋事在人，成事在天"The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven. / Man proposes, God disposes. "
弄巧成拙be too smart by half; Cunning outwits itself.
拿手好戏masterpiece
赔了夫人又折兵throw good money after bad
抛砖引玉a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
破釜沉舟cut off all means of retreat；burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
抢得先机take the preemptive opportunities
巧妇难为无米之炊If you have no hand you can't make a fist./ One can't make bricks without straw.
千里之行始于足下a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
前事不忘,后事之师Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
前人栽树,后人乘凉One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.
One sows and another reaps.
前怕狼,后怕虎fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind/ hesitate in doing something
强龙难压地头蛇Even a dragon (from the outside) finds it hard to control a snake in its old haunt - Powerful outsiders can hardly afford to neglect local bullies.
强强联手win-win co-operation
瑞雪兆丰年A timely snow promises a good harvest.
人之初,性本善Man's nature at birth is good.
人逢喜事精神爽Joy puts heart into a man.
人海战术huge-crowd strategy
世上无难事，只要肯攀登"Where there is a will, there is a way. "
世外桃源a fictitious land of peace away from the turmoil of the world;
死而后已until my heart stops beating
岁岁平安Peace all year round
上有天堂，下有苏杭"Just as there is paradise in heaven, ther are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth."
塞翁失马，焉知非福Misfortune may be an actual blessing.
三十而立"A man should be independent at the age of thirty.
At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself."
升级换代updating and upgrading (of products)
四十不惑Life begins at forty.
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖"Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
水涨船高When the river rises, the boat floats high.
时不我待Time and tide wait for no man.
杀鸡用牛刀break a butterfly on the wheel
实事求是seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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. a bolt from the blue
团结就是力量Unity is strength.
“跳进黄河洗不清”"eve if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean--there's 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
唯利是图draw water to one's mill
无源之水,无本之木water without a source, and a tree wiithout roots
无中生有make/create something out of nothing
无风不起浪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
虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind.
蓄势而发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
先入为主First impressions are firmly entrenched.
先下手为强catch the ball before the bound
像热锅上的蚂蚁like an ant on a hot pan
现身说法warn people by taking oneself as an example
息事宁人pour oil on troubled waters
喜忧参半mingled hope and fear
循序渐进step by step
一路平安，一路顺风speed somebody on their way; speed the parting guest
严以律己,宽以待人be strict with oneself and lenient towards others
鱼米之乡a land of milk and honey
有情人终成眷属"Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well."
有钱能使鬼推磨Money makes the mare go. Money talks.
有识之士people of vision
有勇无谋use brawn rather than brain
有缘千里来相会Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.
与时俱进advance with times
以人为本people oriented; people foremost
因材施教teach students according to their aptitude
欲穷千里目，更上一层楼"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."
欲速则不达Haste does not bring success.
优胜劣汰survival of the fittest
英雄所见略同Great minds think alike.
冤家宜解不宜结Better make friends than make enemies.
冤假错案"cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases"
一言既出，驷马难追A real man never goes back on his words.
招财进宝Money and treasures will be plentiful
债台高筑become debt-ridden
致命要害Achilles' heel
众矢之的target of public criticism
知己知彼,百战不殆Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat.
纸上谈兵be an armchair strategist
纸包不住火Truth will come to light sooner or later.
左右为难between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the rock and the hard place
Make no mistake about it, dear readers. This is the hottest woman in town- she is the definition of "hot", man! Stop salivating because she is Tony Parker's girlfriend. Yeah, you are right, the French guy. In case you are one of those who doesn't watch Desperate Housewives. This girl (or woman), Eva Longoria, is what you call a "wardrobe rack". Recently she was accused of insulting a traffic police and used "dirty talk" (the F- you thing).
Early Christmas morning, Eva Longoria and her current boyfriend Tony Parker (he's a point guard for the San Antonio Spurs) were pulled over in Texas. Except they weren't really driving... they were already parked. A bicycle cop saw them and claimed they were getting in the way of traffic, but they didn't move. So he beat the hood of the car a few times until he got Parker's attention. Parker, who was behind the wheel, gave the officer a French driver's license after he tried to drive away and almost hit a pedestrian. The cop wrote a ticket, and he claimed that Longoria yelled at him, "He's just a Mexican bike cop. He only wants your autograph." She has since denied that she said that. Great way to spend Christmas morning.
Link- http://tvsquad.com/2005/12/26/eva-longoria-and-boyfriend-get-pulled-over/
Mind exercise for you: who is Eva Longoria?
I have been using Gmail for almost a year now. It has been a good experience in general. The storage space grows as each day goes by. I even gave up MSN and started to use Gtalk.
On Christmas Eve, I was trying to send an email with an attachment but failed many times. And my guess is Gmail is under really tough tests around this time of the year. Many Gmail users are sending messages at the same time.... Think about that! So I couldn't really complain about that. The next morning Gmail worked as usual.
Just found a site where I can watch HBO and some Hongkong sports channels. Great picture and sound quality. Cableplus is really good, at least for me.
This movie about faith and law (religious fervor and law). Still watching....
Now it is another movie (korean)
And Julia Roberts
Before I sat at the table to grab something to eat tonight, a good friend of mine called from Australia. He is now working while studying. We talked a lot about the differences between Shanghai and Melbourne. He seems to have this desire to come back to Shanghai to start all over again with his wife. I guess he is missing Shanghai much. And Shanghai, despite its huge population and pollution and high living cost, is still the place he want to be in. He is a Shanghainese after all.
In English we say "Not all that glitters is gold". In our mother tongue we say "As long as it is gold, it will glitter sooner or later". Isn't it interesting? I guess if you have the qualifications and all that, it doesn't matter where you are. You will shine wherever you are. I certainly hope the best things happen to him. I used to have this dream of going to another country and settling down there.... Now Shanghai is the PLACE. It is the most happening city here in China. I love the way it changes every day.
My friend doesn't know my blog and I just want to pray for him.
Yao Ming is ranking NO. 1 in NBA all star balloting. I am happy. Yao haters, go eat pig bums!
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On the left- Yao Ming and he has evolved to a higher stage.
On the right- Yao-haters still monkeys.
New Year's Eve is always a wonderful time to look back to the past and forward to the future. It is a time to reflect on things or changes we want to make or how to make these changes happen. My new year resolutions:
(1) Shed off a few pounds. I got to watch my weight. Eat less red meat. More vegetables. I don't want to see a warning signal on my medical report.
(2) Spend more time with family and friends. I know I can always squeeze some time and spend it with family and friends. No excuses.
(3) Pass the Big Exam in March, 2006. I got to make it, man.
(4) Invest in something (housing mayb- it doesn't look really rosey these days in Shanghai)
(5) Do not get lost.
This was the moment when Jordan almost single-handedly finished the game and he was helped off the court by Pippen, his teammate. I watched that game at a Foreign teacher's apartment. He was nice enough to cancel his classes and let us watch through the Chicago Bulls- Utah Jazz series. Jordan has this flu-like symptom.
He is as good as it gets.
Unstoppable Pippen
Dunk to remember; over Patrick Ewing
Source: http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz_log/?fr=fp-buzz-img
An American writes a novel set in 1930s and '40s Kyoto, based on the accounts of a true-life geisha. The geisha later sues the novelist, but the book tops bestseller lists in the U.S. and even makes an appearance on The Sopranos. A bunch of bigwig Hollywood producers get interested and cast three prominent actresses in the movie version of the tale. But the actresses aren't Japanese; they're ethnically Chinese. Given that things are especially touchy between Japan and China right now, that an American man composed this very womanly and quintessentially Japanese tale, and that Hollywood's never been known to stick much to historical or cultural accuracy anyway, this cross-cultural mix quickly ignites scorn from politicians and, naturally, bloggers.
But then, as they say, there's no such thing as bad publicity. In that case, Memoirs of a Geisha, the new film directed by Rob Marshall (of Chicago fame), which stars Ziyi Zhang, Michelle Yeoh, and Gong Li, will be a smashing international hit. From our seat overlooking the Search box, we're already impressed by the buzz. Searches on the film and its lead actresses have soared. Queries for "geisha" and "japanese geisha" have shot off the chart, and "sayuri," the main character and the film's title in its Japanese release, rose dramatically in advance of the movie's Japanese premiere.
Perhaps the Tinseltown treatment of high costs, lavish costumes, and beautiful women will charm audiences in Tokyo and Shanghai as well as Detroit. In the meantime watch for more buzz, more blog posts, and, this being an American venture after all, an extensive line of tie-in face-wash, green tea, and handbags
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The next Hollywood movie: Scarface Yao Ming!
复旦一研究生竟是现代的“剪刀手爱德华”？近日，一份热帖在天涯、新浪、猫扑等各大网站论坛传开，称研究生张某在寝室以剪刀“挖猫眼”为乐，并以收养小猫为名，骗取小猫20余只，此后又抛弃任其自生自灭。该帖一出，网络上一片哗然，不少网友对其行为表现出强烈愤慨，更有人将其当年硫酸泼熊的清华学子刘海洋相比。
First you had this wizard boy from Qinghua or Beida (i can't remember) who did this awful thing to a bear by pouring sulfuric acid onto its body. Now you have a more psychotic killer here from Fudan University. How could he do this to a helpless little kitty? He used scissors to cut and poke at the cats' eyes and he took great delight in doing that and he had this audacity to post his experience (torturing the cats) on the Internet. What a DOG!
COMIC STAR ZHAO BENSHAN
You know who this guy is and the country is divided over his acting. Some say his performances are uplifting and reveal some hidden (or real because all of us pretend they don't exist) social problems. Some say he is a vulgar entertainer.
I think he is a nice guy and he knows how to make full use of his sorry appearance and Northeastern dialect to make people laugh. But after all these years I am sort of tired of seeing him on TV all the time. Should he just take a backseat and let someone else run the show. He has always been in the spotlight. Football, TV series and countless appearances on many occasions.... I have no problem with an evening party without Zhao Benshan.
This is a picture showing a team vaccinating birds in a village. You can see the vet didn't wear protective gloves and there is a potential danger of transmitting avian virus to humans.
Nytimes article (Dec. 2) wrote a lot about how China tackled the wide-spread avian virus. My heart goes all out to areas where people have to live or deal with the virus. The rural areas are hit the hardest and I hope this thing can be over soon.