四大皆空
All is vanity.

四海之內(nèi)皆兄弟
All are brothers within the four seas.

四面八方
These folks come from in all directions (far and wide; there and everywhere; length and breadth)

四海為家
I don't know where Jack is now; in my mind, he is a person who is here today and gone tomorrow.

未雨綢繆
take precautions before it is too late

目不識(shí)丁
not know A from B / an illiterate

失敗為成功之母
Failure is the mother of success.

失之毫厘，差之千里
A miss is as good as a mile.

只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針
Little strokes fell great?oaks.

毛遂自薦
to recommend one's own person?

小Car筆記：

vanity：虛無，浮云
illiterate：文盲，目不識(shí)丁 ?【常用詞組】①functional illiterate：職業(yè)上的文盲 ?②illiterate population 未受教育的人口
recommend：推薦 【常用詞組】recommend?substitutes：推薦代用器

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