Translation of idioms commonly used in Chinese document translation:
1. 鐵石心腸 cruel and unrelenting / heart of stone
2. 置死地而後生 a vigorous and manly exertion
3. 千秋功業 a great undertaking of lasting importance / LASTING IMPORTANCE
4. 安居樂業 live and work in peace and contentment
5. 骨肉分離 family separation
6. 各得其所 be properly provided for / get what they want
7. 眾議紛紜 disagree on something controversial
8. 歲月不居，來日苦短 Time does not stay and is brief as the day
9. 夜長夢多 A long delay may mean trouble.
10. 時不我與 Time and tide wait for no man.
11. 依時順勢 keep up with the tide
12. 日漸沒落 being pushed out of business / boot out
13. 鷸蚌相爭 play A off against B
14. 浩然之氣 noble spirit / righteousness
15. 鳳毛麟角 a rarity of the rarities
16. 望而生畏daunting
17. 敬而遠之 at arm’s length
18. 眾矢之的 in the dock / public enemy
19. 毫無瓜葛 be divorced from
20. 爾虞我詐 sheer cunning and falsehood / intrigues
21. 備受推崇 be rewarded and respected
22. 善有善報，惡有惡報 the good inevitably is successful and the bad inevitably punished
23. 其樂融融 sweetness and light
24. 義無反顧 feel obliged to / no turning back
25. 物美價廉 attractive in price and quality
26. 源源不斷 keep flowing in a steady stream / continuously?
27. 滾滾不息 endless rolling
28. 福祉 well-being
29. 精華 quintessence
30. 陰霾 specter
31. 勢不兩立 pit sth against sth
32. 打折扣 discount
33. 大展宏圖 score big points / big plans
34. 重整旗鼓 shock sth back to life / settle down, start a family
35. 不謀而合 coincide with/ happen to hold the same view
36. 染指 dip one’s finger in / encroach
37. 博大精深 both extensive and profound / profound
38. 源遠流長 has a long history
39. 諸子百家philosophers -
40. 天下為公all things are equal
41. 天下興亡，匹夫有責 The rise and fall of a country is every man’s responsibility.
42. 吃苦耐勞 bear hardships
43. 勤儉持家 frugality in household management /thrifty
44. 尊師重教 respect teachers and value education
45. 當務之急 highest priority / priority
46. 遭受重創suffer heavy losses
47. 先見之明foresight
48. 奇園古宅 exotic/ strange gardens and old mansions
49. 衣食住行basic necessities
50. 信誓旦旦promises
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