● Bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new.
【中文】：辞旧迎新。
● Try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all.
【中文】：大事化小小事化了。
● The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green.
【中文】：君子之交淡如水。
● Cut off all means of retreat;burn one‘s own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end.
【中文】：破釜沉舟。
● Worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst.
【中文】：比上不足比下有余。
● One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests.One sows and another reaps.
【中文】：前人栽树后人乘凉。
● A thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step.
【中文】：千里之行始于足下。
● A modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale.
【中文】：抛砖引玉。
● 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.
【中文】：过犹不及。
● 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.
【中文】：每逢佳节倍思亲。
● 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.
【中文】：强龙难压地头蛇。