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1 hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions

1 gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)

1 gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)

1 hear what he says and observe what he does (idiom, from Analects); judge a person not by his words, but by his actions

1 don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)

1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game

2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine

1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])

1 avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom)

1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job

1 As the teacher, so the pupil. (idiom)

1 like father, like son (idiom)

1 take the cream, discard the dross (political and educational slogan)

2 keep what is good, discard the rest

3 You need to be selective when studying.

4 In modernizing the country, don't accept uncritically all foreign ideas.

1 Macedonia

1 to look favorably on sth

2 would be glad see it happen

1 to travel to a place personally (idiom)

1 Turkish (language)

1 lit. to cover sb's mouth with cloth

2 to gag

3 fig. to silence

1 to find amusement in one's own way

2 to enjoy oneself quietly

1 serious about the matter

1 to equivocate

2 to talk evasively (idiom)