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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!, S, t5 f/ v% ]9 F! L
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爱屋及乌
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5 _+ w3 n7 i- u/ O8 {8 y One look is worth a thousand words.
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7 S. M3 M0 O+ x7 y' L! s! |0 @2 R2 M0 z Seeing is believing.# D- z1 z$ V' J% |( o& F% `
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+ ^2 b" X2 U3 B$ b j 比上不足，比下有余
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2 B7 F$ W6 f! z/ e6 ]4 J to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst: v3 W8 ]/ Z. F7 h7 Q# f& }" m
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) C0 i( b4 w/ y 笨鸟先飞' t5 d- N: @; P8 p5 Y% H; c$ O
+ [/ u2 r O Y' u' Z( _0 Z; _ A slow sparrow should make an early start.
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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, A9 j5 x9 x/ E! l: g No discord, no concord.
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, o* p4 `- V$ j# p& L% V) ^- D 拆东墙补西墙( e" B0 |4 P; T9 h# Q0 M
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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& s* \% C2 B% N" s1 ^+ y t bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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9 m3 s4 f! C+ h$ Y 大事化小，小事化了2 H$ }3 G: R6 T' U6 z4 F
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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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9 ~. l; A6 K+ ]7 b/ O, ` broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;
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once on shore, one prays no more
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" Q' i$ \( a% R* G5 G 金玉满堂
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7 Y% A' b- ^2 J* m- V1 h T A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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) |2 l# H. k x3 Y 老生常谈，陈词滥调
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, ?$ H6 q( V5 T K 礼尚往来
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茅塞顿开
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F2 D' L7 ]2 _- E; X7 W6 | 破釜沉舟# H+ N$ p. M. O" g- ^3 H
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3 D* {# ^& g# ~3 [2 N- O: F 千里之行始于足下
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1 n! U, S5 p) X* o 世外桃源
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4 p+ B) L+ c6 m Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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seek truth from facts; be practical and realistic; be true to facts
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8 Q: I: G. w' v2 D; o' h4 H( f 无风不起浪
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8 r0 M& J6 b V/ [, A( { There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.6 x% Q. n$ n9 ]4 M' B9 e
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' |4 Z" B! [/ e3 q5 T' A' R 新官上任三把火
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. F& A) V2 o) @7 `; A( E a new broom sweeps clean
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accumulate strength for a take-off
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May all your wish come true
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation1 d9 k: x0 i7 I$ r; x5 i8 e% C! j
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# [+ t o5 Q/ S& Q 先入为主
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He who strikes first gains the advantage.
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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' _& ]% l4 x+ |1 t* _
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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以人为本
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You can't wrap fire in paper.
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8 z9 I1 _. j2 F+ C. P) `1 e What's done by night appears by day.
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