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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; f7 z9 v- J" x2 U, P; g1 |- L& y6 {
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# `" r7 B( |$ q( u6 F4 A 爱屋及乌
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$ x# {/ _ d" x2 d- v$ X6 q' l Love me, love my dog.
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百闻不如一见
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) O: h1 ], S% m One look is worth a thousand words.
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4 k; P; J% V9 ~* d; b# [$ U 笨鸟先飞: N7 F. {* m; \7 T
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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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No discord, no concord.
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# T `( [9 r& j/ K8 u1 I+ D$ Y 辞旧迎新# D3 A; d6 W" Z' c! W- V' j
1 [" o+ n4 L' C6 j* z5 F9 ^ bid farewell to the old and usher in the new' m- C4 r B0 L: j
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all/ M8 ` Y5 k0 a' X1 \6 X8 Z# y, q4 K
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5 U& v# I/ S. ` 大开眼界4 `% p, y- O8 M; ]7 F7 n
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活到老学到老
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, b5 s; z+ \8 h! J, k% J7 ` 金无足赤,人无完人0 h* B5 w1 m, H$ X
% Z' Z n( X& j& w There are spots even on the sun.
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脚踏实地
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老生常谈,陈词滥调1 H- J5 r3 ^: Y2 D6 d# I
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cut and dried; cliché% D x6 `; t9 F( w2 a; O' f; H1 N
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礼尚往来
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' @7 e& }1 ]5 B3 ] 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧7 _; S# O C" |1 |' U
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9 O. t6 U: I. r' W 名利双收
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" E, `; E4 l7 u; k ] _/ ] Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards.
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$ U+ R& b- Q E' ~1 x# m$ Q 谋事在人,成事在天
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Man proposes; God disposes.
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赔了夫人又折兵
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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. b7 r) ]* X9 t% I; c$ u+ a 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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! g7 \" M0 }0 C1 S One can't make bricks without straw.
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6 S, j6 [; Y+ v The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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9 B' e6 k u0 j3 f; U% w( J A fall of seasonal snow gives promise of a fruitful year
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People are in high spirits when involved in happy events.
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a retreat away from the turmoil of the world
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上有天堂,下有苏杭
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$ l! S8 L3 S; v; B 塞翁失马,焉知非福
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/ W% l) X! S$ Q- u# K( m A man should be independent at the age of thirty. /At thirty, a man should be able to think for himself.
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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糖衣炮弹
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3 [1 R/ z: F% d1 w 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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物以类聚,人以群分
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无中生有
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/ J7 m* G9 H1 a% W 无风不起浪
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$ ~+ _' P+ g+ m6 h0 N& U 徇私枉法' _' A+ A' C' `9 r/ f
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8 c# R* q0 Q4 G8 n May all your wish come true* |% G( q( Z3 W- W$ ~
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3 Z+ z2 b5 Z! P/ }* M& a1 h 先入为主% i& p% M( Y, k9 l+ H& k: A
/ z& K; Q$ G( V: R First impressions are firmly entrenched.8 e7 P$ ^9 N$ o% w& h" x0 j
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ants on a hot pan' \" P W Z5 T) Q# ~% p6 M) ^
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9 ?! U. B% K. H# p5 w: v m 息事宁人
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9 n# \/ d% k3 p8 |2 Q& Y 严以律己,宽以待人
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4 Y4 }1 T+ Q0 x/ w% q 有缘千里来相会' t* L8 t# a0 A' ~: l0 y
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英雄所见略同
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$ i y) x# R( |- V% c; K# _* U7 L, Z Better make friends than make enemies.
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4 a- s; J, V- Q, R1 A 冤假错案8 c% `: |2 l7 E7 r6 q8 G7 H
9 i9 e* }9 j# p- d; s cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases' w& X) j, G/ {. k& b, ~
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