| 在天愿作比翼鸟，在地愿作连理枝。 | In the heaven we shall be birds flying side by side and on the earth we shall be flowering sprigs on the same branch. | |
| 载歌载舞 | to sing and dance at the same time | |
| 贼喊捉贼 | cover up one’s misdeeds by shifting the blame on to others | |
| 造福社群 | to do good deeds to benefit all | |
| 拆东墙补西墙 | Rob Peter to pay Paul. | |
| 朝三暮四 | play fast and loose | |
| 针锋相对 | to oppose each other with equal harshness | |
| 蒸蒸日上 | flourishing; getting more and more prosperous | |
| 正通人和 | The administration efficient, the people united | |
| 置若芒闻 | to turn a deaf ear to | |
| 知识越多越反动 | The more knowledge you have, the more counter-revolutionary you are. | |
| 重色轻友 | 重色輕友 | to take love more seriously than friendship |
| 诸如此类 | various things like this | |
| 转变抹角 | to speak in roundabout way | |
| 转弯抹角 | to talk in a roundabout way | |
| 转危为安 | to turn a perilous situation into a safe one | |
| 转移视线 | to draw attention to some other matter | |
| 自力更生 | to achieve self-renewal with one’s own effort; to stand on one’s own feet | |
| 自寻烦恼 | to look for trouble | |
| 自暴自弃 | to abandon oneself to a dissipated life. | |
| 自食其力 | to live by one’s own exertion | |
| 自食其果 | to suffer the consequences of one’s own doing | |
| 自相矛盾 | self-contradictory | |
| 走自己的路，让人家去说吧 | Walk along your own way,no matter what others say | |
| 足智多谋 | wise and resourceful | |
| 趾高气扬 | lift up one’s horn | |
| 纸上谈兵 | be an armchair strategist | |
| 走马观花 | examine a thing hurriedly | |
| 坐马打电话 | intriguing story |
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