法乎其上，仅得其中;法乎其中，则得其下的英文

• if you copy the best you get mediocrity, if you copy something not so good you get something worse

• 法    law
• 其    his
• 上    upper; up; upward
• 仅    nearly; close to
• 得    need
• 其中    among; in; inside
• 则    standard; norm; criterion
• 下    below; down; under; undernea ...
• 法乎其上,仅得其中法乎其中,则得其下    If you copy the best you get mediocrity,if you copy something not so good you get something worse.
• 深得其中三昧    master the secrets of an art
• 取法乎上,仅得乎中    Aim high or you may fall below the average.
• 取法乎上仅得乎中    aim high or you may fall below the average
• 其中    among (which, them, etc.); in (which, it, etc.); inside 乐在其中 find pleasure in it; 我们有8个人考试及格, 我是其中之一。 eight of us have passed the examination, myself among others. 这是其中的一个错误。 this is one of the mistakes
• 取法乎上    the dharma magic arts
• 得其道    sleep well
• 得其利    daiquiri
• 神乎其技    wonderful is one's art
• 神乎其神    make [present]... as sth. miraculous; marvelous; divine; fantastic; mysterious; supernatural; wonderful 吹得神乎其神 laud sth. or sb. to the skies; 把原子弹看得神乎其神 look upon the atom bomb as sth. miraculous
• 微乎其微    very little; as trifling as it is; next to nothing; very insignificant; minute 地壳一些微乎其微的变化, 有的是可以通过仪器测量出来的。 some of the minute changes in the earth's crust can be detected by means of instruments
• 微乎其微的    remote a
• 瞠乎其后    stare at from behind -- to fall far behind; be a far cry from sb.; be left far behind; be nowhere; consider oneself inferior to another; fail to secure a leading place; feel one is not another's equal; stare at others and lay far behind; unable to overtake [catch up]; stare helplessly at the vanishing back of the runner ahead -- to despair of catching up
• 人得其位,位得其人    the right man in the right place
• 人得其位位得其人    the right man in the right place
• 吹得神乎其神    laud sth. or sb. to the skies
• 戛戛乎其难哉    how formidable the task is! original