| 饥不择食 | When one is hungry,one is not particular about what he is going to eat. | |
| 饥寒交迫 | to suffer from hunger and cold | |
| 既往不咎 | 既往不咎 | let bygones be bygones |
| 计时工资 | wages paid on time basis | |
| 家徒四壁 | 家徒四壁 | utterly destitute |
| 家丑不可外扬 | Wash your dirty linen at home | |
| 见利忘义 | to forget one’s integrity under the temptation of personal gains | |
| 见异思迁 | easily moved by what one sees or hears | |
| 剑拔弩张 | be at daggers drawn | |
| 将军不下马 | go your own way | |
| 街头巷尾 | throughout the city | |
| 金钱万能 | money is almighty | |
| 金屋藏娇 | to build a magnificent house for a beloved woman | |
| 进退两难 | difficult either to proceed or retreat | |
| 惊惶失措 | to lose one’s head from fear | |
| 惊心动魄 | heart-shaking / soul-stirring | |
| 井底之蛙 | be a person with a very limited outlook | |
| 旧的不去，新的不来 | No going of the old, no coming of the new. | |
| 鞠躬尽瘁 | to bend oneself to a task and exert oneself to the utmost | |
| 举目无亲 | There is not a single friend around. | |
| 举一反三 | to infer the rest from what is already known | |
| 聚沙成塔 | accumulation of small amounts result in huge quantity | |
| 君子之交淡如水 | A hedge between keeps friendship green | |
| 江山易改，本性难移 | A leopard cannot change it’s spots | |
| 鸠占鹊巢 | illegal occupation of another’s place |
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