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中华文化博大精深，成语俗语都是智慧结晶，但翻译成英文如果表达不当，却容易引起误解。所以，一起来学学常见中文成语的英译很有必要!
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3 Y/ H$ D( L0 b3 m7 a% b 百闻不如一见
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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. h! N0 m" Y- a* v' r8 v Seeing is believing.
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3 O- C' T- m7 w6 V, K7 p 比上不足，比下有余" o; Z+ K! }" |4 R- d
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; V- s$ A( r! @# ~6 A$ K 笨鸟先飞
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不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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大开眼界
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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5 d2 X4 T7 o0 W6 i( J( q3 o 好事不出门，坏事传千里
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Bad news travels fast.
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和气生财
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Treasures fill the home.
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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" B; F+ v2 G/ u/ {# @ a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale1 H* C1 h/ f: {" J3 j! t! J l
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. h, C1 k3 e% R 破釜沉舟
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强龙难压地头蛇
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4 @$ U( z" C: ]! _ 人逢喜事精神爽
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/ O; j; G& q- n9 r& X Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth2 y1 ~* N' z0 k4 S! [8 @+ D
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/ t! _% L, t$ `* T% y& ? Every cloud has a silver lining.
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`5 ^0 k$ {: G A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.: L2 `8 |& i- M, N1 e3 Y9 q
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说曹操，曹操到
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5 k1 B% \" g8 Y, O$ h7 T" L5 V& F! U 实话实说
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0 K( p$ h) K) q- `6 v& Y' g% T 韬光养晦
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/ ]+ L1 Z2 k6 k, A3 c4 m: r 天有不测风云8 h0 K# k# `0 B! _, ?6 a
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Even if one jumped into the Yellow River, one can not wash oneself clean - there's nothing one can do to clear one's name
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无中生有
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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, c1 Y( O5 d6 E5 R+ @% @2 y a new broom sweeps clean
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accumulate strength for a take-off2 @0 _: w* _+ v
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z- U' J4 L3 Z! v 心想事成
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# J/ b. _! Z6 y& X% g8 g have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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& h# i4 R9 L. c& P7 ^ 先入为主
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1 T9 a3 k& v- N- |7 h The best defense is offense.
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ants on a hot pan
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息事宁人
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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+ {5 B; o+ f9 i0 {# s ?3 y 有情人终成眷属
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# e& S6 n; _2 C 有钱能使鬼推磨
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: B: E9 T7 y( o' [% Y1 ] 与时俱进
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teach students according to their aptitude
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: p4 e# ~) y/ X. y' i& Z& g 众矢之的
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target of public criticism
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