if you want to understand today, you have to research yesterday 懂得今天， 研究昨天。 (要项 懂得今天，就必须 研究昨天。) honesty is the best policy. 乃上策。 (诚 实 乃上策。) 第 2 页 共 5 页 each man has his limitation. (人各有所能。) 人各有所能。 (不要本末倒置。) 不要本末倒置。 don’ don’t put the cart before the horse. 朋友易失不易得。 easier a friend is easier lost than found. (朋友易失不易得。) all roads lead to rome. / every road leads to rome. （条条大路通罗 罗 。) 先苦后甜。 business before pleasure. （先苦后甜。） business. business is business. （公事公办 。） 不待人。 time waits for no man. （ 时 不待人。） 苦口。 a good medicine tastes bitter. （良药 苦口。） leap. look before you leap. (三思而后行。) 三思而后行。 (覆水难 收) things done can not be undone. provide for the worst, the best will save itself. （做最坏的准备 ，可以得到做好的结 果。） life is not just being alive, but being well. 了活着， 了活得更精彩。 （生活不是为 了活着，而是为 了活得更精彩。） 一智。 a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit. (吃一堑 ，长 一智。) for to wait for luck is the same thing as waiting for death. (等待走运无异于等待死亡。) 等待走运无异于等待死亡。 misfortunes never come alone. (祸 不单 行。) fortune is easily found, but practice is the key to it. (知识 是一座宝库 ，而实 践是打开 宝库 的钥 匙。) 人人。 all for one, one for all. ( 人人为 我，我为 人人。) 第 3 页 共 5 页 learning. there is no royal road to learning. (求学没有坦途。) 求学没有坦途。 learning without thought is useless; though without learning is dangerous. (学而不思则 罔；思而不学则 殆。) every coin has its two sides. 都有两面；事情都有两面性。 (每 个硬币 都有两面；事情都有两面性。) while there is life, there is hope. （有生命就有希望/留得青山在，不怕没柴烧 。） 有生命就有希望/留得青山在， god helps those who help themselves. （天助自助者。） 天助自助者。） all things are difficult before they are easy. 后易。） 放弃投机取巧的幻想。 。）[ （凡事必先难 后易。）[放弃投机取巧的幻想。] a little bit more.(多一点点！) more.(多一点点！ learn.（ 才干。） in doing we learn.（实 践长 才干。） best.（ 好西好， 是家里最好。） east or west, home is best.（东 好西好，还 是家里最好。） one.（三个臭皮匠， 葛亮。） two heads are better than one.（三个臭皮匠，顶 个诸 葛亮。） stone.（ 水穿石。