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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 h6 O ?# z, o5 r3 t- A Love me, love my dog.9 E1 G. R- f$ i: t& Z9 m
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9 Z/ `" u {* l* c0 b9 w 百闻不如一见
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- Z, ^9 h: l4 y0 } One look is worth a thousand words.
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7 W( v' i: p3 ~. }( u9 a Seeing is believing.; \* V2 {. L1 t4 o
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比上不足，比下有余9 b) Y/ x R4 q8 ^7 K4 Y
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笨鸟先飞
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& u. Y& B& p' j9 G) d: x$ B A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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- [! \6 e# F/ z8 J& k! Q 不遗余力
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0 M, h7 X# {7 Y$ S4 x( R# M0 H 不打不成交8 @ j6 F! c5 }7 B4 b- u. J* m& ?
9 w, `% `" f; \; t No discord, no concord.! L7 l/ J1 s. C! u
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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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, ^) Q. Q7 p8 L, b& s" Q 大开眼界/ i0 O" Q0 K$ }: G4 L8 S
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too much is as bad as too little
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once on shore, one prays no more
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0 d% K* z) A7 j 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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3 B1 G" x* ]5 p& e0 t" q7 W let bygones be bygones
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/ p1 w ]3 `& n- R 金无足赤，人无完人' E8 o% a# I5 u) g! L j: s) }7 \
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There are spots even on the sun.
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Treasures fill the home.
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" {4 J9 F; h* n( X) h 老生常谈，陈词滥调( j2 ^" R8 D6 Q8 @' q2 H
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1 V3 T4 W0 K* J& ~ 马到成功& e; C4 [& R8 J
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9 O' A% G; s+ t+ w$ w& f 茅塞顿开$ U5 v' N! U6 s$ T
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2 j8 k0 k9 A+ @ 没有规矩，不成方圆1 |- T) X% m* `9 R
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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% M A; s0 j, J8 ^# v; q cut off all means of retreat;burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end7 u: s( C, Y7 K4 n% s' v5 f6 l5 R! d
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( u. p2 x& ~0 |% |, R; H fear wolves ahead and tigers behind; hesitate in doing something
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Where there is a will, there is a way.
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7 ?; r9 p9 F# {5 ~. d4 `$ G Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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! W8 `' G3 p- P6 m6 A Every cloud has a silver lining.
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6 `8 y% J# j/ |# p( E5 U 团结就是力量
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air. o9 c/ F& m( `7 M3 k. d4 S" c
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无风不起浪
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.0 W5 V3 z2 l5 w% q' q
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徇私枉法9 }& {7 N Z' ]- b% u
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose6 O! y" a9 E, G& e
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a new broom sweeps clean
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accumulate strength for a take-off# c2 z- @7 @) E0 `
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May all your wish come true/ y7 I, \$ V8 U; p9 `6 y
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先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.. K3 b# s( j) V7 {
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先下手为强
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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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严以律己，宽以待人
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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有钱能使鬼推磨9 S5 i) Y, u' F4 p* ~
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a man of insight83
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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* ^: O/ |/ r- o, i% x) Z5 d& p% n$ J
! ?. T; H/ ^5 c6 a3 q 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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More haste, less speed.
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' ? [! A( V( A% i. _ Great minds think alike.
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases
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A promise is a promise.
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bring in wealth and treasure
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( J, i8 W6 f- ?3 v; y% T0 T4 ` 纸上谈兵5 _7 \- i& \2 o* a8 A/ |
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be an armchair strategist
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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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