繁榮昌盛thriving and prosperous
愛不釋手fondle admiringly
愛財如命skin a flea for its hide
愛屋及烏love me, love my dog/He that loves the tree loves the branch
安居樂業(yè)live and work in peace and contentment
白手起家build up from nothing
百里挑一one in hundred
百折不撓be indomitable
半途而廢give up halfway leave sth. Unfinished
包羅萬象all-embracing all-inclusive
飽經風霜weather-beaten
卑躬屈膝bow and scrape cringe
悲歡離合vicissitudes of life
背道而馳run counter to run in the opposite direction
本末倒置put the cart before the horse
笨鳥先飛the slow need to start early
必由之路the only way
閉關自守close the country to international intercourse
變本加厲be further intensified
變化無常chop and change fantasticality