常用汉语成语英语释义爱财如命
love money as one loves one's life/love money as much as life itself.
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look cold and indifferent 爱莫能助
willing to help but unable to do so 爱屋及乌
love for a person extends even to the crows on his roof/love me, love my dog.
爱憎分明
understand what to love and what to hate/know whom to love and whom to hate.
安步当车
stroll over instead of riding in a carriage/walk rather than ride.
安分守已 abide by the law and behave oneself/know one's place 安居乐业 live and work in peace and contentment 安民告示 a notice to reassure the public 安贫乐道 be content with poverty, caring only for one's principles or the way 安然无恙 safe and sound/(escape)unscathed 安如泰山 as solid as Mount Tai/ as firm(solid)as a rock 安营扎寨 pitch a camp/camp 按兵不动 hold one's troops where they are—take no action; bide one's time.
按部就班 follow the prescribed order/keep to conventional ways of doing things.
按图索骥 look for a steed with the aid of its picture—try to find something by following up a clue 按下葫芦浮起瓢 hardly has one gourd been pushed under water when another bobs up--solve one problem only to find another cropping up 暗箭伤人 stab ab.
in the back/injure sb.
by underhand means 暗送秋波 make eyes at sb.
/ give sb.
the glad eyes/ make secret overtures to sb.
黯然神伤 feel dejected / depressed 黯然失遥 be cast into the shade/ be overshadowed/ be eclipsed/ pale into insignificance 黯然销魂 sorrow at parting 昂首阔步 stride along with one's chin up/ stride proudly ahead 昂首望天 hold one's head high and gaze at the sky 嗷嗷待哺 cry piteously for food 八面玲珑 be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) 八面威风 an aura of awesome might/a commanding presence 八仙过海，各显神通 like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each one showing his or her special prowess.
八字还没一撇儿 there's not even the first stoke of the character /there's not the slightest sign of success yet 拔苗助长 try to help the shoots grow by pulling them upward—spoil things by excessive enthusiasm