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走 马观花
(zǒu mǎ guān huā) 
-
“Looking at the flowers while riding horseback”
坐 井观天
(zuò jǐng guān tiān)
-“Sitting at the bottom of a well limits how much sky you can see"
胸 有成竹
(xiōng yǒu chéng zhú)
-"Having plans in your mind encourages success"
好 逸恶劳
(hào yì wù láo)
-"Living an easy life and hating work will lead to a lazy existence"
半途而废
(bàn tú ér fèi)
-“Stopping halfway only produces wasted effort"
有志者,事竟成
(yǒu zhì zhě shì jìng chéng)
-“the man with firm resolve will surely succeed” 
滥竽充数
(làn yú chōng shù)
-“Pretending to be a musician within an ensemble is like a group member pretending to be as useful as the others"
拔苗助长
(bá miáo zhù zhǎng)
-“Spoiling things through excessive enthusiasm is like trying to help seedlings grow by pulling them upward"
对牛弹琴
(duì niú tán qín)
-“Playing music to a cow”
不入虎穴,焉得虎子
(bù rù hǔ xué,yān dé hǔ zǐ)
-“If you don’t enter the tigers’ lair, you cannot catch any cubs,”





 

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