两耳不闻窗外事兩耳不聞窗外事 to pay no attention to outside matters
The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 乔叟[qiáo sǒu]
外交关系理事会外交關係理事會 Council on Foreign Relations (US policy think tank)
会计准则理事会會計準則理事會 accounting standards council
清官难断家务事清官難斷家務事 even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)
钱多事少离家近錢多事少離家近 1.lots of money, less work, and close to home2.ideal job
国际刑事警察组织國際刑事警察組織 International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
不经一事，不长一智不經一事，不長一智, 1.lit. you can't gain knowledge without practical experience (idiom)2.fig. wisdom only comes with experience
事不关己，高高挂起事不關己，高高掛起, to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
前事不忘，后事之师前事不忘，後事之師, don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
嘴上没毛，办事不牢嘴上沒毛，辦事不牢, a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)
大事化小，小事化了, to turn big problems into small ones, and small problems into no problems at all (idiom)
成事不足，败事有余成事不足，敗事有餘, 1.unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)2.unable to do anything right3.never make, but always mar
万事俱备，只欠东风萬事俱備，只欠東風, 1.lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)2.fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item
谋事在人，成事在天謀事在人，成事在天, planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
国务院台湾事务办公室國務院台灣事務辦公室 Taiwan Affairs Office
国务院港澳事务办公室國務院港澳事務辦公室 Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council
无事献殷勤，非奸即盗無事獻殷勤，非姦即盜, one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)
不做亏心事，不怕鬼敲门不做虧心事，不怕鬼敲門, he who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night; you can rest with a clear conscience
天下无难事，只怕有心人天下無難事，只怕有心人, 1.(lit.) there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)2.(fig.) persistence will overcome
好事不出门，恶事传千里好事不出門，惡事傳千里, 1.lit. good deeds do not go beyond the door, evil deeds spread a thousand miles2.a good deed goes unnoticed, but scandal spreads fast (idiom)
工欲善其事，必先利其器, To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
毛泽东：鲜为人知的故事毛澤東：鮮為人知的故事: Mao: The Unknown Story by Jung Chang 张戎[zhāng róng] and Jon Halliday
秀才不出门，全知天下事秀才不出門，全知天下事, a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
秀才不出门，能知天下事秀才不出門，能知天下事, a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
联合国难民事务高级专员办事处聯合國難民事務高級專員辦事處 Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊平生不做虧心事，半夜敲門心不驚, 1.He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.2.Rest with a clear conscience.
柳条沟事件柳條溝事件 see 柳条湖事件[liǔ tiáo hú shì jiàn]
嘴上无毛，办事不牢嘴上無毛，辦事不牢, see 嘴上沒毛，嘴上没毛，办事不牢[zuǐ shàng méi máo bàn shì bù láo]
世上无难事，只怕有心人世上無難事，只怕有心人, see 天下無難事，天下无难事，只怕有心人[tiān xià wú nán shì zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén]
(old) to report to one's master
(archaic) the seven duties of a sovereign