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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!& W( l+ b: ]! `; N: I
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6 ~( G2 a5 |6 Y, a Love me, love my dog.
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' a: R& Q) q8 M+ T 百闻不如一见
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4 S6 B$ Z% ` E% a3 _ One look is worth a thousand words.
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Seeing is believing.
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笨鸟先飞
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; C8 l Q" S5 O 不遗余力
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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8 \6 E$ k6 j# j4 J No discord, no concord.* v: v2 C% _8 e" _0 A' X
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: O! _$ C" N/ M# c7 K2 O' S 拆东墙补西墙# ?( J' V* [- k
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& ^! t! L# l! g$ Z$ A2 n bid farewell to the old and usher in the new
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; t, W1 E7 g9 s( r- K3 j 大开眼界
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broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener
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U: u: i" f/ Y7 L# g6 v too much is as bad as too little
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F t5 p( ?) u+ I5 k Bad news travels fast.
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金玉满堂
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! o3 K4 b6 \/ h4 j" Y+ c: Y A hedge between keeps friendship green.) O/ z% F5 T* c% x& {2 F
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马到成功
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, |" q2 _4 Q: B 茅塞顿开
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8 y( K& |# }! k: y* o be suddenly enlightened
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$ Y4 j6 d7 u( p1 Y 每逢佳节倍思亲
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7 b$ d% P) h* u0 [/ I+ q- v On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of one's dear ones far away.
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# L+ i1 H; v6 c9 U6 V 弄巧成拙
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: W5 A( @: I5 J 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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巧妇难为无米之炊
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/ a0 U4 h$ ^$ D" ~9 a! E, |2 h 强龙难压地头蛇
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The mighty dragon is no match for the native serpent.
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人逢喜事精神爽
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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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$ C# r' }0 `8 q8 S speak the plain truth; call a spade a spade; tell it as it is4 ?- ~- ~6 _! p5 |. U
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6 [5 a; ~1 L' N. Z 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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a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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* `" ]* i. e6 }5 }: w% i# \" b2 q3 @ There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.# E) B" V: N) f0 v) v( C$ Q
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2 t+ Q9 V1 R/ w: W' u1 `. ` 徇私枉法
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8 p7 G! G% Y7 @ c$ V 新官上任三把火% P2 r( d% T* M+ i- J% Z
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accumulate strength for a take-off
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6 m1 O- ?5 l* Q' u0 k8 M$ @6 i# \ 心照不宣/ r4 P$ ~ s, ^( U; i
' r% _2 p: t( q8 N have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation" w b3 Q& `, z& C2 k& G
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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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. g, z) M( R! f; n( z 严以律己,宽以待人& M& m6 p! w3 k6 D) K
& Z; R3 H4 Q4 f be strict with oneself and lenient with others; R' c- A( R/ j$ F' T8 z) i
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有识之士
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有勇无谋
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6 E# s4 [- Q2 C3 u0 ]2 ~ Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85" N+ K/ ~6 i2 c5 w
& `' D# c8 o" C7 A9 U8 a 与时俱进0 D6 }, e9 M/ X( X2 D
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7 a7 [2 K4 y0 ~6 w- \- { 欲速则不达1 V- R& }& w' B( Y2 e
1 k6 F* r7 o# E# t) J2 B, T Haste makes waste.
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! i4 H6 V4 _/ a& r6 [# f( W8 y2 } 英雄所见略同
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) i. V9 |# H% W4 p- G! [+ z* v Better make friends than make enemies./ B# X$ F1 U% Q9 A9 T V4 Y( |
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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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A real man never goes back on his words.
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招财进宝
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9 L b/ y+ G$ f# d& F" y D bring in wealth and treasure
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7 d+ ~; w5 @, ~8 G3 K 债台高筑
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9 {$ M0 V h3 t# B3 F 众矢之的
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be an armchair strategist
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What's done by night appears by day.
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