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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!, W9 c1 [) J8 `# e' S) x
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! R8 E. |) [5 T9 \/ p 爱屋及乌) ]& r8 h3 T) E
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- `( ^7 W. ? W2 `8 E, C3 L. z9 V 百闻不如一见6 `- d( }5 A5 F1 L: T
6 X r; `& u1 _" J% o One look is worth a thousand words.
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& L" {! D; e5 u+ h 比上不足,比下有余
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$ N+ i B7 g' i) \, L 笨鸟先飞
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5 i2 x8 d6 h1 { A slow sparrow should make an early start.; }( |; W- t8 Q' ~3 s& d
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7 v$ O7 s; s7 [0 E6 U# y7 G 辞旧迎新
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7 ]) F4 J* z0 J 大事化小,小事化了
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8 K4 T! `/ Z9 g- ] try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all2 Y* g7 b) [* n2 D, \6 E
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% v7 ^/ E" v3 P, x# i* E 大开眼界
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener& V! |# N9 \0 S' G/ J, ]5 Z2 c
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( n- K4 |) F# Q1 C 国泰民安
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8 r' h A1 |! [0 @2 { 过犹不及
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7 n% ]" ?" `8 U0 c' q2 L0 k. t x going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;, n5 P* `5 q# F+ ?6 r2 H* O' n
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once on shore, one prays no more
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* g: D9 ~8 l" x/ t9 c# ? 好事不出门,坏事传千里
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0 v0 t) I- ], I1 |* C- s8 ? harmony brings wealth;
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9 x) {, k+ v- q( [# m 活到老学到老
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$ J( [( h& X+ ^ let bygones be bygones
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Treasures fill the home.
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脚踏实地
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sit on the fence; be a fence-sitter; have a foot in either camp
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4 i2 h9 [$ |; f) G1 D# m v+ N A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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老生常谈,陈词滥调
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: }8 z0 C+ t' v- s 礼尚往来9 v% W6 F$ D& t: s) X
9 m7 j u1 x7 f Courtesy calls for reciprocity.2 n: c- w, s" D9 }9 b( N; V3 R7 r- {
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achieve immediate victory; win instant success
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gain both fame and wealth
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茅塞顿开" [$ _& i9 g- s2 D# ?+ e7 [
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+ q* H# t1 S+ I: [& h5 l2 f 没有规矩,不成方圆
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On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.2 T" O- F5 O: ?: {, M2 P) {
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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1 F+ H# V K# i One can't make bricks without straw.
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fear wolves ahead and tigers behind; hesitate in doing something
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强龙难压地头蛇
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瑞雪兆丰年
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a blessing in disguise;
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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./ B% r" g' v2 `/ t+ z) t* f6 h
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( V; _3 d$ t0 I- S 杀鸡用牛刀
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speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is
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% u) \- n' w. Y0 K/ h 徇私枉法
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新官上任三把火
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a new broom sweeps clean
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蓄势待发7 y& h! f: X1 x2 W( {1 f2 ?
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心想事成
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% _8 E, x" P* v% O8 ? 心照不宣
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! A2 i0 x* U& o/ A( ? have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation6 V6 E( n) g+ y/ X* w
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先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.
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The best defense is offense.
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned( ^/ I, M* m8 J0 e) l: \
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循序渐进
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proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order( Y& Q y0 i# a( ?
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* V9 N8 K3 Y" j! s4 ~ _ 严以律己,宽以待人
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be strict with oneself and lenient with others
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有情人终成眷属
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a man of insight83
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有缘千里来相会
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与时俱进
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survival of the fittest8 U5 t$ `- Z! ?+ }' ]
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A real man never goes back on his words.
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债台高筑
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What's done by night appears by day.
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