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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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爱屋及乌
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Love me, love my dog.
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: L6 P" O: i! a; }4 {8 v 百闻不如一见
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One look is worth a thousand words.6 [+ a1 B& c$ i2 m6 h( n0 H6 n
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Seeing is believing.* p3 y/ v8 u4 I$ L
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! ^' O- Q; J, V" k6 r/ _$ R 比上不足,比下有余
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笨鸟先飞
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! o% O; c0 X0 j" H/ ?2 `6 a No discord, no concord.
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$ _( y! g- p' X L: y 拆东墙补西墙. d& R8 P# ^7 Q+ o* V
, T5 S8 t7 w9 M' A4 p! i% A rob Peter to pay Paul! {# F$ t B* f8 L! `0 ^$ U0 j4 L
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5 I" a# ~( k" i 辞旧迎新
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bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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9 U. G% O* v" [1 v0 c 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2 {2 E6 Q0 t: T% h/ q1 H+ [5 i* e
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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too much is as bad as too little
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; @4 y; |, q& y6 C8 l3 u" | 好了伤疤忘了疼" H! D* P% d- }
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和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;
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/ o) D7 Y2 p4 S! a m 活到老学到老: s, \ g6 x3 }8 T5 a+ I( y
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; ~; e% a6 v( R L let bygones be bygones
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There are spots even on the sun.
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金玉满堂
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be down-to-earth
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脚踩两只船
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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君子之交淡如水
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cut and dried; cliché
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礼尚往来
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留得青山在,不怕没柴烧
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茅塞顿开
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be suddenly enlightened
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1 y* ~4 s# A* @ ]- l 谋事在人,成事在天+ r3 f1 q1 P1 i
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8 l: E: ?' _% _) d/ Y0 o T4 ~9 U8 c 弄巧成拙6 H) W6 ]" S5 g- _3 ?; N! C
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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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抛砖引玉
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$ n/ Q! h. N, W 巧妇难为无米之炊
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) a$ b- ?. h/ A1 X R 千里之行始于足下
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* L- v( b5 N1 f, y& I7 b9 C7 j 前怕狼,后怕虎3 ~! x' \6 M$ i. j1 t7 b
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/ @$ S3 V) M# ?& Q" y 人逢喜事精神爽
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a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
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A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself." o2 \, g+ [/ t
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水涨船高
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# I! B' g1 d# ~9 X! u* ? A ship rises with the tide
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实践是检验真理的唯一标准
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糖衣炮弹
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$ H5 \4 |6 @. J2 q- ] 歪风邪气
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无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air/ ]8 ~3 ?( P$ O, o9 z! a
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无风不起浪
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. U4 C b: m0 c; Y4 d# _2 u5 P1 q There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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! j" B2 R$ \, y: u 徇私枉法
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新官上任三把火
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5 S5 ]+ Q% R& S N4 O 心照不宣- F. y- b) {1 g$ e) l3 t2 t
6 n; s q; ]6 @* B3 D% H have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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. D7 u$ L& L* t2 r 先入为主- ^ B+ o6 y' h) ~; C' _
- `4 e: F# R8 q$ W+ e- u First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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ants on a hot pan
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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有钱能使鬼推磨
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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a man of insight83
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! h( Q! ^! S( m- e/ [2 ]6 q8 {6 H 与时俱进
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teach students according to their aptitude
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- i% h* s0 q" _1 u( t( h 优胜劣汰
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Great minds think alike.
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一言既出,驷马难追
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A real man never goes back on his words.
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招财进宝
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众矢之的
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target of public criticism
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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