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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! |) z) e s. f6 O+ s+ c
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( D/ D6 P @: z! @2 e) D+ X5 M# W$ U Love me, love my dog.
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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不遗余力
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不打不成交
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No discord, no concord.% w2 `! J' r7 r4 S: C% G* b
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大事化小,小事化了
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# B0 c) P5 X% n1 z! ^: M/ S try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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大开眼界
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;; s4 V0 d, ?3 q; p' h* \8 j
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8 o1 B* C3 |$ w 好事不出门,坏事传千里
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harmony brings wealth;
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* I, R2 p8 d/ H' o friendliness is conducive to business success
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( J% t' _, F: [ 金无足赤,人无完人" M6 d% l2 T; `/ z( W7 @
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8 V! V, e8 H3 O* i0 o 金玉满堂
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5 ^, P& d0 i* t$ t- B, } a Treasures fill the home.
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君子之交淡如水
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k, r" U; A) O* y" R. G( y cut and dried; cliché
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留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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名利双收
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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" K6 b" S( c( `( g# X 抛砖引玉
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! B3 i. ~* g) x a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale
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cut off all means of retreat;burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end
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5 A5 E0 l Z; l: H9 q+ C( S a thousand-li journey begins with the first step--the highest eminence is to be gained step by step
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Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
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4 |2 a1 @, |& B7 v j# u5 | a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
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6 D& @/ z! ]* N; s$ K Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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水涨船高
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天有不测风云
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! t* Y# C6 n% a' e2 y! J 团结就是力量
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Unity is strength.
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歪风邪气
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests
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! I( p+ ~2 m/ s( } O" u$ ? There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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' j9 O" Y% m, X9 g7 y 徇私枉法4 G6 q" O$ i! ?! ]
5 [5 t- d$ E1 |3 h' d twist the law to suit one's own purpose8 h- X6 I7 ^/ G
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新官上任三把火
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心想事成
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U* u3 y' C6 ~" c, W: ^% q have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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5 C5 u6 a- C: x5 n( X7 H He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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The best defense is offense.1 c! x J* G/ f. b
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+ S* k, J1 _1 v) E( Z& o 现身说法
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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* D) f7 E1 a( H2 }" g7 A' ~2 n 严以律己,宽以待人
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+ [0 h7 ]$ e9 Z be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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/ z& M% d! P) x* ^ 有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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有缘千里来相会
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Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85! S7 M+ v9 E# c- t B# z* S r
. s1 X, q) X* F 与时俱进
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因材施教
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7 _; W* C7 x" M' b; A- ]2 [0 ] 欲穷千里目,更上一层楼
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- X7 M5 y& C" Z% n& r: ? 优胜劣汰
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, P. a& s( h" H6 e. O$ Y% Q b3 q survival of the fittest
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英雄所见略同, h9 l; L+ o" |# Q
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2 V6 n/ U% p# e5 v s' X Better make friends than make enemies.+ Y5 c+ x1 I- `9 F6 B/ n
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases5 F3 N% P: w7 ^( A, ^+ g, R
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一言既出,驷马难追
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A promise is a promise.
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A real man never goes back on his words.' }1 S7 @3 M, t( _( E
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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