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I really don’t know much about Chinese idioms and proverbs, so I cannot use an appropriate and interesting idiom to express what I mean. Unless you tell me which one to use, it is impossible for me to figure it out.

我真的对中国的成语和俗话不太了解，所以不能用又合适又有趣的成语表示出我的意思来。除非你告诉我用哪一个，要不然我自己想不出来。

You can tell by their ways of cooking that Chinese people are very particular about eating. In Chinese language, there are thousands upon thousands of words related to ways of cooking.

从中国人做饭的办法能看得出来他们很讲究吃。在中国语言里，跟做饭的办法有关的词儿成千上万。

Every time I travel to Datong, Shanxi to visit the Yungang Caves, I always went by train. To my surprise, you bought airplane tickets for me this time. You are poking your nose into my business!

每次我去山西大同参观云冈石窟，没有一次不是坐火车。居然这次你给我买了飞机票，你真是多管闲事！

The meaning of some proverbs cannot be gleaned from their surface meaning. I urge you not to use them carelessly, otherwise you will make a fool of yourself.

很多俗话的意思从字面上看不出来。我劝你不要乱用，要不然你会闹笑话。

People from almost every country work in China: from America to Japan, and from Britain to Brazil. These people work in all kinds of businesses. Some of them think that they will get a bette job when they return to their own country. However, some of them are worried that the longer they stay in China, the harder it will be for them to learn about the developments in their own country.

从美国到日本，从英国到巴西，几乎来所有国家的人都在中国工作。这些人在各行各业工作。有些人认为回到自己国家以后会找到更好的工作；可是，也有人担心，在中国的时间越长，了解自己国家的发展就越难。

His notion is that only competition will accelerate reform and bring success. He has offered many bonuses to increase competition. Therefore, gradually people have begun to work from seven in the morning to eleven at night, and they don’t wear smiles on their faces.

他的观念是，只有竞争才能促进改革带来成功。他提供了很多奖金来增加竞争。因此，人渐渐的开始从早上七点工作到晚上十一点，他们的脸上不再带着笑容了。

It is a good ideal to try and succeed on ones own efforts without using connections. However, a lot of young people no longer think so. On one hand, it is because the competition in every line of work is extremely fierce, and on the other hand, they realize they can succeed more quickly if they use their connections

不靠关系靠自己得努力来成功是一个很好的理想，可是很多年轻人不再这样认为了。一方面，是因为各行各业的竞争都非常厉害；另一方面，他们认识到，如果他们用关系，就可以更快得成功。

In the past few months, there have been a lot of fights between us because we stick to our own opinions. He felt that I no longer respected or understood his ideas. However, I felt that it was he who was tryong to force me to accept his standards.

过去几个月，由于我们都坚持自己的意见，我们之间发生了很多冲突。他觉得我不再尊重和理解他的意见了，然而我觉得是他在强迫我接受他的标准。

With the increase of my visits to foreign countries, I have a deeper understanding of why countries with differences in historical backgrounds can have so many conflicts during the course of their interaction.

随着我出国机会的增加，我更深地理解了为什么有不同历史背景的国家在交流的过程中会有那么多冲突。

Her cooking often remind me of my mother’s homemade dishes. The way she cooks is very similar to my mother’s in many aspects, nevertheless, she has not achieved my mothers level yet.

她做的菜常常使我想起了我妈妈做的家常菜。她做菜的方法在很多方面跟我妈妈类似。然而，她还没有达到我妈的水平。