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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!7 r6 ~. c" ]0 f
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: G- R' O' f% d, f( G3 @: U Love me, love my dog.
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百闻不如一见
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8 a; ]% W- P4 ]% K1 p! T One look is worth a thousand words. E, |3 s# l" b; D7 t
* I0 w$ B3 u% s, P4 p I: o Seeing is believing.
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to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst' Q; b& d1 t% t2 j/ Q6 k
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4 x& x. l+ [) W$ S. L3 ^5 X A slow sparrow should make an early start.7 t: D" m" j0 g/ q9 t0 V
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spare no effort; go all out; do one's best
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No discord, no concord." }& \; ^+ E. y
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拆东墙补西墙
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rob Peter to pay Paul1 y( M3 c' G& _1 p
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0 w3 ?8 c: m; a* r6 p& Z 辞旧迎新
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2 y( A" L4 C% X3 q- ^9 Y+ r' O 大事化小，小事化了
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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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大开眼界
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过犹不及
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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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too much is as bad as too little
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好了伤疤忘了疼
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once on shore, one prays no more- @9 R: \3 H& i' \' p
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/ h% k R6 f" b 好事不出门，坏事传千里' w+ S2 c& n! b$ x: H6 m4 d
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! h5 }' d3 `$ }4 z2 @- G) _3 _ friendliness is conducive to business success {. J- @$ f9 k) S" z
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let bygones be bygones
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3 Q0 H% u3 V$ b2 F- Z& X1 d 老生常谈，陈词滥调
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q* v' k5 C4 w9 F2 w 礼尚往来
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1 m" Y5 b: U- W8 B. o 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
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茅塞顿开
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" S! e% ~, _: z9 Q 每逢佳节倍思亲
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/ r4 Q- W3 s0 ~ 谋事在人，成事在天& q9 X( ^2 `4 s
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make a fool of oneself in trying to be smart
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( t0 C7 j- D& l7 ] a modest spur to induce others to come forward with valuable contributions; throw a sprat to catch a whale! Z, O' U, |5 x |7 b) B
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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( \1 T9 d% W" D& E& a8 i
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d* g' X3 B1 [2 f% c/ t One can't make bricks without straw.
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Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.
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' ~3 @( N9 Q) A; C- y 强龙难压地头蛇
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瑞雪兆丰年
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Where there is a will, there is a way.
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- H" r" z. l9 U# S/ p Just as there is paradise in heaven, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou on earth
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A ship rises with the tide
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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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5 {# L! W. j/ |+ a3 E' i+ J/ r& z a sheer fabrication out of nothing; fabricate rumors out of thin air
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There are no waves without wind. Nothing comes of nothing.
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" [" I( W( F8 z, H3 n) j. m5 Z; C 徇私枉法- p/ @2 {! O3 J/ W+ q
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twist the law to suit one's own purpose
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a new broom sweeps clean
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蓄势待发
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accumulate strength for a take-off. X1 _' @3 K; @$ ]* N
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' g) }% k1 G* ^9 Z. i$ X 心照不宣
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have a tacit understanding; thoroughly understand each other, without having exchanged a word of explanation
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1 P& T, ?4 T( S3 b 先入为主
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First impressions are firmly entrenched.9 z! b8 R. }6 n) w+ u
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" A; e3 [; m" y0 I5 ] The best defense is offense.
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现身说法
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warn people by taking oneself as an example
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息事宁人
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! o' x' L, E3 s+ v5 h; T pour oil on troubled waters; patch up a quarrel and reconcile the parties concerned
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6 Z, J& D1 `5 t proceed in an orderly way and step by step; advance gradually in due order
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有情人终成眷属
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Jack shall have Jill, all shall be well.81- X- ^2 w9 C; ?" }
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Money makes the mare go./ Money talks.82
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a man of insight83
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有勇无谋
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3 t( z& K% ~4 \& j 有缘千里来相会
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0 `% w+ E1 f) G Separated as we are thousands of miles apart, we come together as if by predestination.85
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1 a" K% i3 j0 Q9 f' ^) B+ v* X 与时俱进
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1 `; }8 @ x+ S/ u* a Haste makes waste.
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# w3 Z' U' g8 b# u7 l+ W& c2 t* y. G More haste, less speed.
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Better make friends than make enemies.
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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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2 A8 J% U5 e& R A promise is a promise.
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A real man never goes back on his words.
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bring in wealth and treasure
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become debt-ridden
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众矢之的
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3 b4 b: J7 t$ P be an armchair strategist
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: Y1 n0 s8 ?8 ~1 `$ U You can't wrap fire in paper.
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What's done by night appears by day.
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caught in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea |
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