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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!$ E& r: I A8 h
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2 K- y$ k5 m6 u6 o1 F1 v One look is worth a thousand words.# d' D" g1 y0 G. _. r% w
+ B3 i$ u9 z4 P4 M$ x Seeing is believing.
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6 t6 V9 F+ z8 D0 a 笨鸟先飞
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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Q& R( v3 @: r2 H9 N$ ?! e8 y No discord, no concord.
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2 y) _5 V( a. q# I* q: O# Y0 x 拆东墙补西墙' E) N- x/ I2 R, f6 D( L9 z2 I
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rob Peter to pay Paul
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try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all6 v7 g2 i7 v" z j: t
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going beyond the limit is as bad as falling short; excess is just as bad as deficiency;5 B+ J% Q5 S6 o3 N% {
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好事不出门,坏事传千里
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和气生财
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harmony brings wealth;
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never too old to learn
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" `3 E1 b p+ G: ^& s1 c 既往不咎
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There are spots even on the sun.
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脚踏实地
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cut and dried; cliché
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gain both fame and wealth
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suffer a double loss; lose the bait along with the fish
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$ I8 H" a+ G9 w0 z6 @' o 破釜沉舟
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: r/ y$ B" N |( i The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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世外桃源
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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.
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seek nothing but profits; be blind to all but one's own interests0 X, n" ^3 u) ?5 d
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4 I! W5 F1 t: F% z8 H" n5 n1 I 无中生有
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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air, W' g6 K# O8 H
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+ |2 z4 h- h% s 无风不起浪
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0 h1 i+ K& C- R8 \/ a+ F8 e- l# ? There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.# l; \$ D3 Y. N% l! Y
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徇私枉法
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# s6 s4 E* T' a 新官上任三把火
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) U0 f" C9 I! D5 b' ` a new broom sweeps clean
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- }; c' l! p a% d/ R5 p2 I. `+ I8 I2 [ 蓄势待发# h7 K8 Q, N! }7 \, K0 C
% C$ a! i& r; _4 F6 Y accumulate strength for a take-off
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May all your wish come true
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心照不宣
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先入为主
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1 [# q8 E. C! A 热锅上的蚂蚁
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' x' @7 p, G3 f 现身说法
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$ m& n* Y( a- L9 E h; m 严以律己,宽以待人
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9 ?# e5 \3 T4 K9 r- O+ a& r Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81" ? F: O( @0 Y K2 ?
8 q0 }( u6 R, m5 r$ [1 V* _! m 有钱能使鬼推磨* {0 b( Z3 S6 Z! P2 N
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" X+ B; d+ N3 K 有缘千里来相会
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) F8 o3 N, h$ n4 P8 B! \7 k More haste, less speed.
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Great minds think alike.
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cases in which people were unjustly, falsely or wrongly charged or sentenced; unjust, false or wrong cases0 Y+ [2 t! z. P( E, e3 a7 o
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A promise is a promise.
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8 Y& d, a6 U8 t& w9 t% t bring in wealth and treasure
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债台高筑
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become debt-ridden
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target of public criticism' }( [( |- @: O! Y7 r- P
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" \ B# W! u3 m, e3 s& a" g$ t, N/ B You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.
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