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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!% n# K/ B/ H6 I0 p2 _
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Love me, love my dog.
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One look is worth a thousand words.
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: ~9 ^5 ^) H. G 比上不足,比下有余
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笨鸟先飞
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A slow sparrow should make an early start.: n8 y$ u5 T' u) `% ?. a4 |
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No discord, no concord.
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) W0 O" Z' |* j* k K" D1 O 大事化小,小事化了
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all
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3 i+ B# g: s! x2 K 大开眼界
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2 O$ j: p4 z5 }& h4 V broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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/ T5 l- U/ m, ~/ P2 n6 A2 O% Z 过犹不及1 L% b( I% @5 E% M5 c
! ~8 V% ^4 s) H4 u going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;
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too much is as bad as too little
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好了伤疤忘了疼
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once on shore, one prays no more
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Bad news travels fast.
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和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;
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friendliness is conducive to business success
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活到老学到老& @+ w$ ~/ \! v- A, E$ Y6 K
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never too old to learn
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既往不咎
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; t: B' \6 o# q% u5 q 金无足赤,人无完人
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Treasures fill the home.
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# D6 _' ^- Q; r0 `8 }& O 脚踏实地8 |) T" x) g% ~/ h0 y; s0 w
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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老生常谈,陈词滥调
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2 W! m& _" C% G" k$ j 礼尚往来
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Courtesy calls for reciprocity.
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# V" S4 w, G# y: s 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
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Where there is life, there is hope.
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. @1 X; O0 k& }, c) r+ x 没有规矩,不成方圆$ H/ P; ]9 v/ o+ U7 f
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.& v9 S l$ {# P& f' Q# T8 f
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4 f% S. i) A' i+ z% \ make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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抛砖引玉
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( Y1 H: j) C0 j% a a blessing in disguise;
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; E( n& X2 q: m 实话实说
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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实践是检验真理的唯一标准
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+ W* Q1 u8 M& I a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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J9 ?4 W* U* u( h3 ~ 无风不起浪
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.2 r& Y- }9 e% e ~
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# @- }1 G# A) i! f 徇私枉法
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& Y3 l) a9 i3 V Y a new broom sweeps clean
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+ u8 ]" Q8 _* }+ E$ g8 b. ?/ q% ] 心想事成8 X0 R; z' e7 j4 }
) f, Q! Z' k! @0 \. T7 ~7 Z May all your wish come true
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5 P" R% t4 f; p' r 心照不宣
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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& K* W" h1 j( V" w5 R1 m) U7 g- o: S He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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, R( n D8 X( i. r6 H7 R( a& d 热锅上的蚂蚁* f+ u% E. M- y" [
9 N- i- @6 U/ I! n ants on a hot pan
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9 t' i# Z p* j' S proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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9 U5 o8 Z+ y7 {/ i! h Q, j 有情人终成眷属
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0 k" {2 I6 P" M& c8 } Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.821 p1 K, e" n+ |0 L8 g9 |
" d! K, Z, m% x$ V* l* `3 v 有识之士2 i* v! m s1 m" g* t0 p
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1 t& Z+ O1 m4 ?& X" [2 a) A: A/ P4 j 与时俱进
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to ascend another storey to see a thousand miles further; Ascend further, were you to look farther.
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6 i2 m2 o& T. v. A9 Q 冤假错案
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8 S6 H- Z: y3 v' C6 k' l$ W2 A cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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一言既出,驷马难追
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bring in wealth and treasure
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.
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