十萬火急

　　in hot haste

　　力不從心

　　my spirit is willing, but my flesh is weak

　　力挽狂瀾

　　try to stem the tide

　　入鄉(xiāng)隨俗

　　Do in Rome as the Romans do.

　　七上八下

　　to be sixes and sevens

　　八面玲瓏

　　smooth and able to win favour on all sides

　　千載難逢

　　It only happens once in a blue moon.

　　大言不慚

　　blow your own trumpet

　　大智若愚

　　He who cannot play the fool is not a wise man.

　　大海撈針

　　needle in a haystack

　　山窮水盡

　　at the end of one's resources

　　山中無老虎，猴子稱大王

　　Among the blind the one-eyed is king./When the cat's away, the mice will pay.

　　小洞不補，大來吃苦

　　A stitch in time saves nine.

　　亡羊補牢

　　Better late than never./ It's never too late to mend.

　　口是心非

　　Speak with one's tongue in his cheek

　　不畏艱難

　　Take the bull by the horns.

　　不戰(zhàn)而屈人之兵

　　The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.

　　不勝其煩

　　a pain in the neck

　　一朝被蛇咬，十年怕草繩

　　Once bitten, twice shy.

　　一言既出，駟馬難追

　　A word spoken is past recalling.

　　一見鐘情

　　to fall in love at first sight

　　一箭雙雕/一舉兩得

　　Kill two birds with one stone.

　　一寸光陰一寸金

　　Time is money.

　　一失足成千古恨

　　The error committed on impulse may turn out to be the sorrow of a whole life.

　　一將功名萬古枯

　　What millions died that Caesar might be great.

　　一年之計在于春，一日之計在于晨

　　Plan your year in spring and your day at dawn.

　　一人難稱百人意

　　You cannot please everyone.

　　一氣呵成

　　Never make two bites of a cherry.

　　九死一生

　　to have a hair-breadth escape

　　九牛一毛

　　a drop in the bucket

　　人生如夢

　　Life is but a dream.

　　人生自古誰無死

　　Death comes to all men.

　　人不可貌相

　　Appearances are often deceptive./ Never judge a book by its cover.

　　人山人海

　　a sea of faces：How many people are there in the stadium? Believe it or not, a sea of faces.

　　人云亦云

　　echo others' words

　　人面獸心

　　a wolf in sheep's clothing

　　人言可畏

　　Opinion rules the world

　　十年風水輪流轉

　　Every dog has its day.

　　十全十美

　　leave nothing to be desired

　　十拿九穩(wěn)

　　win something in the bag.