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2. I did not remember a single point discussed at the meeting.会上讲了什么，我一点没记住。 1. Even if the monk can run away, his temple cannot run with him. 跑得了和尚，跑不了庙。 2. Even if I were to be beaten to death, I will not tell.打死我也不说。 3. Modesty helps one go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind. 谦虚使人进步，骄傲使人落后。 5. We will not attack unless we are attacked. 人不犯我，我不犯人。 6. 吃苦在前，享乐在后。Be the first to bear hardships and the last to enjoy comforts. 8. 不知苦中苦，哪知甜中甜？If you have never tasted the bitterness of gall, how can you know the sweetness of honey? 东边闪电出日头，西边闪电必有雨，南边闪电天气热，北边闪电有雷雨。If it lightens in the east, it will be sunny; if it lightens in the west, it will be rainy; if it lightens in the south, it will be sultry; if it lightens in the north, it will be stormy. 有饭大家吃。（= 如果有饭的话，那就让大家吃吧）Let everybody share the food if there is any. 不到黄河心不死。Until all is over, ambition never dies. 狐狸再狡猾也斗不过好猎手。However sly a fox may be, it is no match for a good hunter. 狼披羊皮还是狼。 A wolf remains a wolf even though it is in sheep’s clothing. 问遍千家成行家。 Learn from numerous advisers, and you’ll become a master. 上梁不正下梁歪。 If the upper beam is not straight, the lower ones will go aslant.／ When those above behave unworthily, those below will do the same. 不进则退 He who does not advance falls backward.／Move forward, or you’ll fall behind. 物极必反 Once a certain limit is reached, a change in the opposite direction is inevitable. 酒醉智昏 When wine is in, wit is out. 玩火自焚 Whoever plays with fire will perish by fire. 欲盖弥彰 The more one tries to hide, the more one is exposed. 远交近攻 Befriend those far away while attacking those nearby. When I try to understand what it is that prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes, of which one goes much deeper than the other.为什么如此众多的美国人不能如想象中那样幸福呢？我认为原因有二，而两者之间又有深浅之分。 It was what sentimentalists, who deal in very big words, call a yearning after the ideal, and simply means that women are not satisfied until they hav